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Client Companion

The client sees the shot inside the layout. Live.

Every frame lands in the job's ad layout and appears on the client's iPad seconds behind the shutter. No manual export. No screen mirroring. Nobody at your shoulder.

Buy for €25

Your capture, their artwork, seconds later. Every format the job ships in, from a 6 sheet at a bus stop to a 96 sheet that crops it to a band.

An iPad in its cage rig on set, showing the client view
The SOIE campaign laid out at 6 sheet, 1200 x 1800mm

Outdoor sizes follow the UK and Ireland sheet standards. Digital deliverables come off the same session.

Three steps, then forget it is there.

It sits behind the shoot you already run.

Step 1

Load the job's layout

Drop the agency's layout into Capture One's Overlay tool, a PNG with a clear window where the photo lives. Keep one per crop, 48 sheet, 6 sheet, square.

Step 2

Shoot as normal

Tether into Capture One like any other day. Share to Live for Studio once and pick the ClientLive collection, so the iPad knows what to follow. Client Companion spots each new frame the moment it lands.

Step 3

The client watches it build

Every frame appears inside the artwork on the iPad, copy and logo locked in place. The art director judges the real ad, not a loose photo.

Built for real sets.

Fast, quiet and unfussy, because a shoot day has enough going on.

Two speeds to the iPad

Speed sends the frame in about three seconds, quick enough to keep pace with the shoot. Detail sends a larger frame the client can pinch in on. Switch between them any time.

You stay in the Overlay tool

Artwork, scale, position and opacity are all set from Capture One's own Overlay tool, the panel you already use. The iPad mirrors exactly what you set, frame after frame.

Pause with one checkbox

Untick Show in the Overlay tool and the client view holds. Tick it back on and it resumes. Nothing awkward ever reaches the sofa.

Runs through Live for Studio

Delivery is Capture One's own free Live for Studio app on the iPad, over your local network. No account, no cloud, no cable to the iPad.

Follows your session

Change session or capture folder through the day and it keeps up on its own. Set it once in the morning and forget it is there.

Yours, and quiet

Client Companion sits in the menu bar and gets on with it. There is no window to keep on screen and nothing extra to mind on a shoot day. The licence is offline and yours, there is no account, and nothing about your work is reported back to us.

Every seat on the set covered.

One session, two very different views.

Kiosk mode

Full bleed artwork, zero interface, newest frame always. For the screen on a stand beside the client sofa.

An iPad on set showing the latest frame inside a 6 sheet portrait layout, full screen with no interface

Grid review

Every take of the setup inside the artwork, selects hearted. For the walk me back through them moment.

An iPad on set showing a grid of six takes from the setup inside the campaign layout, two marked as selects

Client Companion · On sale now

Buy it once.

€25

Perpetual licence · optional yearly updates · two personal Macs

  • All features included, no tiers inside the app
  • Runs entirely on your Mac, offline licence, no telemetry
  • Delivers to the iPad through Live for Studio
  • Updates itself when a new version ships
  • 14 day refund guarantee
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Requires Capture One Studio on a Mac, a session based workflow, and the free Live for Studio app on an iPad on the same network.

The quick answers.

What does Client Companion actually do?
It places every tethered frame inside the job's ad layout and shows it on the client's iPad, seconds behind the shutter. The art director judges the real ad, in the real crop, as you shoot, instead of a loose photo.
What do I need to run it?
Capture One Studio on a Mac, a session based workflow, and the free Live for Studio app on an iPad. The Mac and the iPad need to be on the same network. That is it.
Does it work with Capture One Pro, or only Studio?
Delivery to the iPad goes through Live for Studio, which is a Studio feature, so Capture One Studio is required.
How fast does the client see each frame?
About three seconds in Speed mode, quick enough to keep pace with the shoot. Detail mode sends a larger frame the client can pinch in on and takes a little longer. You switch between them any time.
Does the client see my edits, or the raw frame?
For now, the RAW preview — the frame as shot, before your adjustments are baked in. It is the same preview Capture One shows you, mirrored into the layout on the iPad, so the client judges the real crop, pose and composition live. Delivering the fully treated frame, with your Styles applied, is on the way.
How do I control what the client sees?
Entirely from Capture One's own Overlay tool. The artwork, its scale, position and opacity are set there, and the iPad mirrors exactly what you set, frame after frame. There is no second control surface to learn.
Can I pause it mid shoot?
Yes. Untick Show in the Overlay tool and the client view holds where it was. Tick it back on and it resumes. Nothing awkward reaches the sofa.
Does the client need an account or a login?
No. It runs on your local network through Live for Studio. No account, no cloud, no sign in for anyone.
Is my work private?
Yes. Client Companion runs entirely on your Mac with an offline licence and no telemetry. Your photos, file names and sessions never leave the room.
Does it change my Capture One workflow?
No. You tether and shoot exactly as you do now. It sits behind the session you already run and asks nothing of you once it is set for the day.
How do updates and the licence work?
It lives in the menu bar and updates itself when a new version ships. Your licence is a perpetual one, yours to keep, good on two of your own Macs, with no subscription. It activates offline and keeps working with no internet connection, which matters on location.
Capture One keeps saying Export completed. Can I turn that off?
Yes, and most people will want to. Client Companion hands every frame to Capture One to bake, so Capture One announces an export each time. That notice comes from Capture One rather than from us, so it is switched off in macOS: System Settings, then Notifications, then Capture One, and turn Allow Notifications off. It changes nothing about mirroring. Capture One's Activities window is already kept out of your way for you.
The menu bar icon vanishes when Capture One is open. Where did it go?
Capture One has a long menu bar of its own, and on a laptop screen macOS can run out of room and hide the icons furthest to the left. Hold Command and drag the Client Companion icon to the right, as close to the Wi-Fi icon as it will go. It stays where you put it from then on. There is also a Dock icon, on by default, so the app is one click away whatever the menu bar is doing.
Is it made by Capture One or Apple?
No. Client Companion is an independent product from DigiOp.ie in Ireland. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Capture One A/S or Apple Inc.

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