What is a .COP file?
COP is a Capture One settings file accompanying a raw photo. Created by Capture One.
- Did you know
- For years Capture One shipped special brand-specific editions for Sony, Fujifilm and Nikon cameras, before retiring them between 2022 and 2024.
- A COP is not an edit list at all but Capture One’s cache of preview thumbnails for fast browsing.
- Capture One can bundle the COP, COF, COS and raw together into a single .eip “Enhanced Image Package” for transport.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify camera RAW edit sidecars - Apple Photos adjustments (AAE), RawTherapee (PP3), Capture One (COS), DxO PhotoLab (DOP) and Nikon NX Studio (NKSC) - reading the applied-edit recipe, plus cinema and rare camera RAW: REDCODE (R3D), Blackmagic (BRAW), Canon Cinema RAW Light (CRM), ARRIRAW (ARI), Phantom CINE and FLIR thermal (FPF).
- Depth of analysis
- .COP is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .COP file
- Drag a .COP file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.