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What’s New in ON1 Photo RAW 2019
ON1 has actively, and transparently, been enhancing and improving ON1 Photo RAW since its debut in late 2016, providing at least two major updates every calendar year that are free to existing users. We also regularly engage with our customers and other photographers through the Photo RAW Project, a crowd-sourced list of feature requests for future versions. Through this project, nearly every enhancement in ON1 Photo RAW 2019 was a direct result of input from photographers and customers. Some of the features in this new version include:
A New & Faster Editing Workflow
ON1 Photo RAW 2019’s photo-editing power is found in the Edit module, which consists of four distinct editing functions, separated into tabs.
• Develop is where you perform basic, global editing operations—adjusting tone and color, removing noise, sharpening and more. It is the perfect place to begin editing your photos, especially if you are using Photo RAW as a standalone editor.
• Effects is the stylization center of Photo RAW, with 27 filters—offering such operaGons as black and white conversion, HDR stylizing, glows, sharpening, color enhancement and more— that can be stacked in any order, all with extensive blending and masking operations.
• Portrait is designed for retouching faces. It can automatically find faces, apply smoothing, reduce blemishes, and brighten eyes and teeth.
• Local Adjustments are designed to apply basic, targeted edits to parts of your photos, letting you perform traditional photo-editing tasks—like dodging and burning—with ease.
A New Workflow for Layers
Layers will no longer be a separate module. Instead, the power of layers will be accessible within the non-destructive workflow inside of Develop and Effects. The Layers functionality inside ON1 Photo RAW 2019’s Edit module lets you create quick composites, blend multiple images together, paint in new skies or backgrounds, align layers based on their content, and much more. And, because Layers is tightly integrated within the Edit module, all of your work remains re-editable at all times: you can go back and add, change or update any setting made inside the Edit module, on any layer.
Auto-Align Layers
One of Photo RAW’s most advanced features is the ability to align multiple layers based on content. This can be a great aid when you’ve hand-held a group of shots, and want to blend portions of one image onto another, to use a beger sky, for example.
Lightroom Photo Settings Migration
New AI-powered algorithms will give customers the ability to transfer Lightroom-edited photos, keep the non-destructive settings, and move them into ON1 Photo RAW 2019.
The Text tool lets you add multiple blocks of text to your photo or composite, for everything from simple watermarks to more complicated text-based layouts. Within each block you have complete control over the font, type size, color and alignment, and can set the opacity of each text block. Photo RAW will remember the last settings you used, which can be helpful if you like to use a specific font and size—in text for a watermark, for example.
Text Tool
The Text tool lets you add multiple blocks of text to your photo or composite, for everything from simple watermarks to more complicated text-based layouts. Within each block you have complete control over the font, type size, color and alignment, and can set the opacity of each text block. Photo RAW will remember the last settings you used, which can be helpful if you like to use a specific font and size—in text for a watermark, for example.
Focus Stacking
When working in the field, achieving perfect focus in a photo from the foreground to the background can be difficult, if not impossible to achieve. With ON1 Photo RAW 2019’s Focus Stacking feature, you can blend a series of photos taken at different focus distances, giving you more depth of field than any single photo. And, you can adjust the focus in real-time, just like changing the focus on your lenses. Think of it like HDR, but for focus instead of exposure.
Master Keyword List
Now you can see every keyword that you use in a single, searchable list. You can quickly apply, clear, edit, or delete keywords. As you add cataloged folders or browse through folders of non-cataloged photos inside ON1 Photo RAW 2019, any keywords you have added—to any photo—are stored in an internal database. That list of keywords is visible in the Keyword List pane, and from there, you can search for established keywords and display those photos from your cataloged folders, manage the keyword list, and apply keywords to new images.
Layered HDR Workflow
With the powerful new non-destructive layers you can combine other photos, text, or alternate exposures with your HDR photos. You can even use the powerful masking tools to combine multiple HDR rendiGons.
Portrait Tools
The new Portrait tools will automatically detect faces in your photo and will retouch to smooth skin, brighten and sharpen eyes, and whiten teeth.
User Interface
Overall contrast has been reduced to make photos stand out along with a new font to help increase readability. New icons, tabs, and sliders will also take up less visual space.
Filter Options in Effects
Dedicated film grain, curves, and color adjustment filters have been added in the Effects tab. There’s also a new way to select and browse filters.
Enhanced Local Adjustments
Local adjustments have been enhanced to use the raw processing data. This allows for more highlight and shadow details with more tonal range. Local adjustments can be used to apply a gradient filter to darken a sky, for example, or to add a more complicated vignette to an image. Local Adjustments are designed to apply basic, targeted edits to parts of your photos, letting you perform traditional photo-editing tasks—like dodging and burning—with ease.
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