As I lost some confidence in Adobe due the not so nice trick of advantaging CC to the detriment of the life time licence 
, I am considering to change camps and adopting Capture One as my new pp workflow.
But, there is as always a but, I have been working in LigtRoom since the very beginning, so many years ago.
Doing so, I gathered an extensive catalog and a rather huge image library, all organised by the famous 'LightRoom system'. But that's is of a lesser issue, I think...
What I am concerned of is the vast amount of work, e.i. developing, done on these photos in LR.
Can I 'transfer' all that developing work and settings from the LR catalogue to what ever it is called in Capture One, avoiding having to do all that developing work again in C1? 
Hi Philippe,
The hardest part of switching, is forgetting old habits...
A common question is, how can I replicate this-or-that specific function of 'X' in 'Y', but that often is the wrong approach. The better question should be, how can I achieve 'this goal' or 'this look/style/result'. That may require first asking some questions to oneself, about what it is you want to achieve, what it is in the image that needs to be accentuated, and what not.
While in essence there are many similarities in the steps that are required to do a Raw conversion, under the hood things can be (and are) handled a bit different.
That will make a one-to-one conversion difficult, if not impossible. And although it's a lot of work to start from the beginning again, it also offers the opportunity of a fresh look at some older files. In my experience, as your taste develops over time, you may want to develop the image in a somewhat different way (but you never felt the need to do so before because you thought it was finished). There are also some different tools that may offer different/better solutions.
There are several things in Capture One that are clearly aimed at Professional Capture and use of images, they may or may not be of use to you. There are many workflow benefits that allow to work very efficiently (time is money...). But overall, the conversion quality is
very good and may improve your previous images in a way you never considered trying. The catalog system of Capture One is pretty good, but there will probably be some improvements over time to make it easier to use (watch some of the tutorials
several times on the Phase One website and YouTube channel). You can also work in Sessions, and later add them to catalogs, but you'll need to define your requirements for the use of the images very well
before you dive in. Some approaches work better than others, e.g. for stand-alone use or shared use.
Cheers,
Bart
