ON1

Easy to do

Easy to do - easy to download

Unstable software that repeatedly loses my work

I purchased ON1 Photo RAW 2026, but it has been unusable on my Mac. Its memory usage increases dramatically, creating excessive swap files and consuming nearly 50 GB of available storage. This has repeatedly caused ON1—and sometimes my entire Mac—to crash. Even when the software does not crash, various bugs still cause me to lose editing work. For example, the color-grading plugin sometimes resets adjustments to the default settings without warning, but this is not the only issue I have experienced. Losing hours of editing because of crashes, bugs, and settings resetting is unacceptable for professional photo-editing software. Based on my experience, I cannot recommend ON1 Photo RAW.

It was extremely easy to order and…

It was extremely easy to order and download the ON1 software and I'm really looking forward to using it

The SW is good value but has some bugs

The SW is good value but has some bugs. It is quite annoying to have to install AI features the first time you use it. This is after you just installed the SW. You then have to wait 15mins for it to install. One of the new feature in Photo 2026 is Color Negative to convert camera scans of negatives to a positive. Make sure it works with your RAW files. It does not work with OM System ORF files. This is a feature I upgraded to Photo RAW 2026 for. I reported this to ON1 and I am still waiting for a fix. This is after 4 weeks. Apart from that it is great.

Good masking and interesting tools but…

Good masking and interesting tools but very convoluted interface process and non obvious apply stuff check thingy. Noise reduction is good.

This was free software

This was free software. All ON1 products I have used have been excellent.

Incompatible

I used the free Denise package and…

I used the free Denise package and found it to be good to very good on a number of photos that I tried with it.

It's good..

The old 2025 ON1 is much better because…

The old 2025 ON1 is much better because it doesn't crash when I select 500+ photos and then export them on my macbook air. The 2026 version chugs memory and I have to export 35 maximum photos at a time or it chugs even more memory than I have and then it crashes. It's slower exporting and makes it even hotter. The experience while editing is a but better but the lack of information from one version to another made me go in the toolbars looking for the options that before were available on the right click option.

Aggressive advertising of other…

Aggressive advertising of other products.

The software continuously crashes with…

The software continuously crashes with only one photo in it. I haven’t tried multiple photo editing, constantly, getting stuck in a loading screen as well.

Super program removes all noise in one…

Super program removes all noise in one click.

Having come from many years of…

Having come from many years of Lightroom use there was some initial doubts but gradually working with the included lessons and videos I am extremely satisfied and impressed with the program now, and have recently removed LR completely. I would highly recommend this software for anyone looking for something similar to LR, I'm very impressed with ON1

Good so Far

So far, I like this application a lot (I have the 2026 MAX version). Still have a bit to learn as the interface is quite different than Ps or LRC, which I have been using for decades.

Software is great but steep learning…

Software is great but steep learning curve.

One of the best software i have been…

One of the best software i have been using for very long time, reliable, consistent, innovative, and for a very good price functionality ratio

It doesn't work with .CR3 files from my…

It doesn't work with .CR3 files from my EOS R5ii - it displays a white haze over the RAW file.

I have an on-again/off-again…

I have an on-again/off-again relationship with ON1. I have used ON1 pretty much since the beginning because I did not want to pay the ADOBE price after they broke everything up and cost sky rocketed. After a couple of Photoshop Summits, I switched. Photoshop got simplified and ON1 more difficult. The layout got more confusing. I still used ON1 as a plug-in to lightroom/photoshop because I liked some of the presets I purchased. Now I have a subscription to both Adobe and ON1. Adobe is in the process of acquiring Topaz Labs which I used to use allot. Especially Denoise, and Sharpening. On1's new noise reduction software was a good deal, so I bought it to try out. I will soon be Off-Again with ON1 because of an update. The new update for 26.3 keeps crashing my computer. I stopped reporting it, because everything still works but I have to reboot my system. Also, installing new presets I purchased or got for free, will not install. The instructions are not clear and some of the actions just aren't there. Installing anything new in ON1 has turned out to be a pain. So, back to Photoshop. ON1 is a great program and has done a great job on some of my fine art photography. However, I just wish the creators would stop tinkering with it and just let it settle down and let it work the way it is supposed to.

On1 made it quite easy to download and…

On1 made it quite easy to download and utilize the application I acquired. I highly recommend their applications!