Yeah, I know it's free but, having had a play, it doesn't seem anywhere near as user friendly as Lightroom and you know me and technology, it really does need to be user friendly!
Once you go beyond the equivalent of the Basic panel on LR, I find C1 much more user friendly than LR, but if you are used to LR, it does take a bit of a mental shift to use C1. e.g, controls with the same names don't necessarily do the same things in each program. and C1 is designed around the concept of being able to customise almost every aspect of the workflow.
Here is a list of resources for C1 that I have found useful. I realise this list is a bit overwhelming but I would definitely download Alex Svets guide. and have a look at the official Capture One introductory videos, especially the ones aimed at Lightroom users. This will save you a lot of frustration with C1.
#Capture One help and support from within C1 Help menu
Resource Hub: News, tutorials for specific tools, webinars and links to support.
Online user guide (including PDF download)
Tips produces overlays to explain what different parts of C1 are called.
Direct link to support
## Youtube videos
###Official Capture One site
Behind the scenes videos with our favourite photographers, tutorials, tips and guides to Whether you are a beginner or an expert, prepare yourself for a dose...
www.youtube.com
An obvious place to go (I suspect it duplicates the videos on the resource hub)
Most are done by David Grover (C1 staff), but occasionally he has guests on. Overall tends to repeat introductory material for each new version, but a solid introduction and has many videos on specific topics. David seems to have a background in sales and training, first with Hasselblad and then with Phase One.
###Paul Reiffer
Paul Reiffer - Landscape, cityscape and commercial photographer. Exploring the world around us, with fine art limited edition prints, photography workshops a...
www.youtube.com
This is a series of editing viewers photographs using C1 by a professional photographer. I find these very good as he explains in more detail how things work and why he uses particular approaches. He also has some pro-tips videos on specific topics.
###Kasia Zmokla
Welcome to my channel! Like you, I’m an artist. I’m passionate about creating personal, meaningful and captivating artwork. I love the freedom of the medium,...
www.youtube.com
Kasia has a degree in arts and design plus a Masters in Fine Arts and compared to the above brings a different approach both in terms of how she wants her photographs to look and in the way she uses C1.
###Timo Buske
www.youtube.com
No new videos here for 10 months, but like Kasia, he has a different approach to the standard C1 approach to using C1, while still producing “normal” looking photographs.
###Tim Fitzgerald
Videos from Photographer & Motion Graphics Artist, Thomas Fitzgerald. Thomas is a professional fine art photographer and writer specialising in photography r...
www.youtube.com
Covers a lot more than just C1 as he seems a bit of software junkie but he does give some very useful tips on working around C1 bugs as well as simple but helpful usability tips.
###Richard Boutwell
Dedicated to Elevating the Art and Craft of Digital Black and White Photography. This channel focuses on techniques for editing and printing black and white ...
www.youtube.com
Not many videos here, but he has a background as a black and white printer (from the film days) for high end photographers and brings some useful insights into using C1 from the view of making high quality black and white prints.
###Paul Steunebrink
Read blogs here with tutorials, reviews and opinions about Capture One Pro
imagealchemist.net
Very useful blog with blog entries covering individual C1 tasks and over views. He is a regular contributor to C1 forums.
###Alex Svet
"Mastering Capture One" is a free guide to learn Capture One and a collection of more than 110 links to the best articles and videos to study each topic.
alexonraw.com
Useful web site and webinars, but of most use is his free downloadable guide to C1 on the link above
####Nils Christoffersen
Note: Photographer's Guide to Capture One 21 has now been released. Please go here if you would rather buy the new version that covers Capture One 21:https://gumroad.com/l/captureone21guideWith the Photographer's Guide to Capture One 20 eBook, you will become an expert of Capture One, speeding...
gumroad.com
This link is to the sales page of the “Photographers Guide to Capture One”
Nils apparently worked for Phase One (Capture One) at one time and is “still involved in its development” whatever that means. But it’s the “only” up to date book available and most people find it useful.