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About ON1 Photo RAW
ON1 Photo RAW combines raw processing, photo management, layers, masks, effects and retouching in one application. It is positioned as a replacement for using Lightroom and Photoshop together, so you can browse, edit, retouch and export without switching programs. AI tools such as NoNoise noise reduction are included.
It is sold as a one-time purchase with no subscription required, and a mobile app is also offered. A new version, Photo RAW 2027, is announced for this autumn.
Strengths
- Raw processing, organizing and layered editing in one app
- One-time purchase instead of a subscription
- AI tools including noise reduction
Limitations
- Proprietary and paid
- Frequent yearly versions can mean paying again for upgrades
Details
- Pricing
- PaidOne-time purchase with no subscription required.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- ON1
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Photographers who want a Lightroom and Photoshop replacement they own outright
- Categories
- Image editors, Photo tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Adobe Lightroom
Adobe's photo organizer and RAW editor with a library synced across desktop, web and mobile.
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Luminar Neo
A desktop photo editor for Windows and Mac built around AI tools for skies, portraits and relighting.
Luminar Neo is a Windows and Mac editor built around AI sky, portrait and relighting tools with a one-time purchase option, giving less manual control.
Capture One
Professional RAW photo editor and tethering tool used by studio photographers.
Capture One offers precise RAW and colour handling plus tethered shooting for studio photographers, but it is often priced higher and harder for casual users.
DxO PhotoLab
Desktop raw photo processing software known for its noise reduction and automatic optical corrections.
DxO PhotoLab is a paid raw developer known for noise reduction and automatic lens corrections, focusing on raw development rather than layered editing.
Exposure X7
Commercial RAW photo editor and organizer with film simulations, masking and layers.
Exposure X7 is a paid raw editor and organizer with film simulations, masking and layers, which can also run as a Photoshop and Lightroom plug-in.
ACDSee Photo Studio
Commercial photo manager and editor for organizing and editing large photo libraries on the desktop.
ACDSee Photo Studio combines library management and editing with an iOS companion app, but comes in several paid editions and its Mac version is a separate product.
darktable
A non-destructive raw developer and photo workflow application: a virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers.
darktable is a free open-source raw developer with a library database on Windows, macOS and Linux, but it has a steep learning curve and no layered compositing.
Affinity Photo 2
Raster photo editor for retouching, compositing and RAW processing.
Affinity Photo 2 is a one-time purchase layer-based editor for retouching and RAW, but it is legacy software with new features going into the unified Affinity app.
ON1 Photo RAW as an alternative
Listings that name ON1 Photo RAW as an alternative.
Topaz Photo
Desktop image enhancement software that uses AI models to sharpen, denoise, unblur and upscale photos.
ON1 Photo RAW includes AI noise reduction within a raw editor and organizer sold as a one-time purchase, rather than a dedicated enhancement tool.
Zoner Studio
A Windows program for managing, editing and retouching photos and videos in one application.
ON1 Photo RAW combines raw processing, organizing and layered editing on Windows and macOS as a one-time purchase, without video editing.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe's raster image editor for photo retouching, compositing, painting and generative AI edits.
Nik Collection
A suite of photo-editing plugins for film looks, black and white conversion and sharpening.
digiKam
A photo manager built for libraries of a hundred thousand images, with face recognition, batch processing and heavy metadata support.
Aftershoot
Desktop AI software that culls, edits and retouches large photo shoots in a photographer's own style.
