{"id":5186,"date":"2025-09-28T14:48:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T21:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/?p=5186"},"modified":"2025-10-05T10:54:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T17:54:55","slug":"the-latest-news-from-on1-pre-release-sale-of-photo-raw-2026-ends-in-2-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/the-latest-news-from-on1-pre-release-sale-of-photo-raw-2026-ends-in-2-days\/","title":{"rendered":"The latest news from ON1: Pre-release sale of Photo RAW 2026 ends in 2 days!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s a bit of a busy time in software land as our favorite developers have released or are about to release new versions of their flagship products. In this post we&#8217;ll take a quick look at the latest offerings from ON1, who are about to release <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/on1.sjv.io\/BXY0mB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Photo RAW 2026<\/a><\/strong> in October.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5188\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>I have been working with the pre-release beta version and have prepared some visuals (below). But before we go any further, please note that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/on1.sjv.io\/BXY0mB\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/on1.sjv.io\/BXY0mB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">only 2 days are left<\/a><\/strong> to take advantage of the current pre-order special! You can choose from either license-to-own or subscription options:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"863\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1preorder.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1preorder.jpg 863w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1preorder-768x655.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>If you <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/on1.sjv.io\/BXY0mB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pre-order ON1 Photo RAW 2026<\/a><\/strong>, you don\u2019t have to wait. Get ON1 Photo RAW 2025 today, plus ON1 Photo RAW 2026 the moment it launches next month \u2014 all for one price. It\u2019s the best Lightroom alternative with real ownership or subscription flexibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New features include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Add Cinematic Depth Lighting in Seconds<br>One-Click Subject &amp; Background Masking<br>Start Every Edit with the Look You Love<br>Make Your Background Larger Without Losing the Foreground<br>Turn Tiny, Noisy Images into Huge Photo Enlargements<br>Get Cleaner Edges with Less Manual Touch-Up<br>Fix Crooked Buildings Without Losing Image Edge<br>Stop Fighting Complex Masks \u2014 Stack &amp; Combine Them Instead<br>Customize Your Workspace to Edit Faster<br>Find Your Favorite Filters &amp; Effects<br>Turn Ordinary Shots into Art with Double Exposure<br>Add Realistic Motion Blur Right at Your Desk<br>How to Perfectly Invert &amp; Color-Correct Negatives When Digitizing Film<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I poked through a handful of these new features, starting with &#8220;One-Click Subject &amp; Background Masking&#8221;. I chose a very difficult image (a man with curly hair against a piney-type tree) and Photo RAW made quick work of the isolation, with no further work done on my part:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1624\" height=\"1012\" src=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hairmaskon1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hairmaskon1.jpg 1624w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hairmaskon1-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hairmaskon1-1536x957.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1624px) 100vw, 1624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used the masked result in Photoshop to make a quick comp, using one of my own &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/abex.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abstract Extract<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; backgrounds:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1868\" height=\"851\" src=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hairsequence.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hairsequence.jpg 1868w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hairsequence-768x350.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hairsequence-1536x700.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1868px) 100vw, 1868px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up was &#8220;Add Cinematic Depth Lighting in Seconds&#8221;. I dredged up some old digital images with imbalanced lighting and gave this feature a try (notice the difference between foreground and background in each set):<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1006\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1relight1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1relight1.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1relight1-768x824.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1006px) 100vw, 1006px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>I added Brilliance AI to the result on this one:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1relight2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1relight2.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1relight2-768x823.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Architectural perspective correction is a very quick fix using the Transform tool (&#8220;Fix Crooked Buildings Without Losing Image Edge&#8221;) \u2013&nbsp;just click an option and drag the slider!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1transform1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1transform1.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1transform1-768x825.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1004\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1transform2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1transform2.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1transform2-768x826.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>Let&#8217;s do the twist! &#8220;Add Realistic Motion Blur Right at Your Desk&#8221;, in this case to a classic car tire:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1motion.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1motion.jpg 864w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1motion-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br>This last example is one of my favorites: &#8220;Turn Tiny, Noisy Images into Huge Photo Enlargements&#8221;. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/on1.sjv.io\/BXY0mB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Photo RAW 2026<\/a><\/strong> now incorporates the recently released standalone ON1 Resize into the Photo RAW fold, enabling you to easily upscale images up to 8X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My original is shown here (full-frame, reduced):<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hawkorig.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hawkorig.jpg 864w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hawkorig-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hawkorig-285x214.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/on1.sjv.io\/BXY0mB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Photo RAW 2026<\/a><\/strong> I cropped and slightly rotated the original, after which I applied Resizing at 4X with the Highest Quality model (no other ON1 enhancements were activated). You can see the before-and-after at 100% here (I also posted this screenshot full size, please open in a new window):<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1894\" height=\"1015\" src=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1resize.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1resize.jpg 1894w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1resize-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on1resize-1536x823.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1894px) 100vw, 1894px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/on1.sjv.io\/BXY0mB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pre-release offer<\/a><\/strong> is a great deal, especially considering the fact that you can choose between perpetual license and subscription options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But please move fast, there are only 2 days left!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a bit of a busy time in software land as our favorite developers have released or are about to release new versions of their flagship products. In this post we&#8217;ll take a quick look at the latest offerings from ON1, who are about to release Photo RAW 2026 in October. I have been working <a href=\"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/the-latest-news-from-on1-pre-release-sale-of-photo-raw-2026-ends-in-2-days\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Read more about The latest news from ON1: Pre-release sale of Photo RAW 2026 ends in 2 days!<\/span>[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3,25,31,4,7,1],"tags":[281,800,1364,223,1360,168,243,1362,197,314,95,66,1363,1366,204,631,182,1367,642,201,8,38,1365,97,1361,806],"class_list":["post-5186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discounts","category-general","category-photography","category-post-processing","category-reviews","category-software","category-uncategorized","tag-ai","tag-architecture","tag-color-correct","tag-coupon","tag-depth-lighting","tag-discount","tag-discounts","tag-double-exposure","tag-effects","tag-enlargement","tag-filters","tag-image-enhancement","tag-invert","tag-license-to-own","tag-masking","tag-motion-blur","tag-on1","tag-perpetual-license","tag-perspective","tag-photo-raw","tag-photoshop","tag-post-processing","tag-scan-negatives","tag-subscription","tag-transform","tag-upscaling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5186"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5222,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5186\/revisions\/5222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plugsandpixels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}