What's NEW in On1 Photo Raw 2025 - Part 1

In this tutorial, I demonstrate some of the new features found in the latest release of Photo Raw, On1 Photo Raw 2025.
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iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020)
Processor: 3.6 GHz 10-Core Intel Core i9
Memory: 64 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 16 GB
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macOS: Sequoia 15.0.1
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[@AnthonyMorganti]

In this tutorial, I demonstrate some of the new features found in the latest release of Photo Raw, On1 Photo Raw 2025. Download my free On1 Photo Raw Shortcut PDF: www.AnthonyMorganti.com/ You can download a fully working free trial of On1 Photo Raw 2025 here: on1.sjv.io/EaGR2K If you purchase it, you can save $20 with Coupon Code: AM20 Note that the Coupon Code may not work when On1 has the product on sale. FULL DISCLOSURE: I am an affiliate of On1 Software and will benefit financially if you purchase their product using the above links or the Coupon Codes. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement: onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/ My iMac is older than I thought: iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020) Processor: 3.6 GHz 10-Core Intel Core i9 Memory: 64 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 16 GB 2TB SSD Drive macOS: Sequoia 15.0.1 Thank you!

[@wmstram1]

I'm serious amateur on a budget. With the new Adobe pricing, I can't justify LRC/PS pricing. On1, for what I do, looks like m great option, but the learning curve is steep and my LRC muscle memory is really impeding. You taught me LRC and PS a million years ago and have kept me up to date. Thanks for that. Now you're doing the same in getting me started with ON1. Thanks. Please keep them coming. BTW where is part 2?

[@merlebecker8417]

Anthony ~ thank you very much for this video. I really appreciate your presentation style - slow, detailed explanations. Even something simple like going to the top of the page to display the option chosen is beneficial vs just charging through that small aspect. Very good. Look frwd to Part 2 and other videos,

[@mikebarbee8621]

Thank you Anthony, you offer very good instruction both positives and negatives!! Enjoying your videos!

[@charlesmargrave6320]

Great video. The pros and cons of Ai. I agree that it will get better in time.

[@michaelg-1491]

Great video. I have downloaded and installed ON1 2025 but have not used it much yet and have not tried the new features you review, but I am glad that I watched your video so I know what to expect now. Thanks!

[@marklaurendet1861]

A good honest review

[@maxmillion4216]

Thank you Anthony for the video. Yes I'm having the same issues. Hopefully ON1 will make improvements.

[@rlselby801]

Great fair insights

[@martineudall]

I agree results are mixed or poor. My quick fix until on1 fix on1 is to send the photo to luminar neo gen erase or gen expand. Both gives perfectly acceptable results. Generally don't use luminar much but this works

[@martineudall]

Ps does sequoia slow your mac down?

[@sounderdavis5446]

I am up-to-date in both Adobe and ON1 licenses and lol, have no axe to grind in this fight. Those who have a $10 per month Adobe Photography subscription plan know that these generative tools added to 2025 ON1 Photo RAW work better in Adobe Photoshop, but that's mainly because Adobe has a two-year head start. They were similarly hit-or-miss two years ago in Adobe as well, but Adobe has continued to improve them, and they work better there now than in ON1. I'm confident ON1 will get better with experience and continued programmer attention as well.

[@barryrichter9084]

I have tried the new AI functions with the anticipation that it will not work 100%. So I was not disappointed with the results I got. However I did not update from 2024 to 2025 for only the AI, but also for the other improvements and additions and that is worth a lot more to me.

[@BruceKorb]

Can it be applied to another layer? Can I do it multiple times to multiple layers? Sometimes it is useful to blend multiple results into one.

[@RetrieverTrainingAlone]

I love ON1 Photo Raw but have a SLOW windows base laptop so the generative AI tools take forever. My workflow with wildlife photography is to crop the photo and save as a 16-bit tif file. Then I run denoise AI on the smaller tif file, and typically apply masks and effects such as HDR effect, sunshine effect, dynamic contrast effect, custom vignette. The masks in ON1 photo are outstanding: local masking, depth masks, luminosity masks, etc. I don't use the generative AI because that would not be allowed in photo competitions. Get started with 25 free credits if you want with Stablity AI, then cost is a penny per credit.

[@richyw959]

I also had no luck with the generative crop, lines and blurry images. I tried both the gen ai and the stability ai without success. Stability ai will give you 25 tokens when you sign up so you can give it a try.

[@DanielWBates]

Feels like they're just playing catch up with PS's content aware fill. The one click aspect of line removal would be sweet if it worked...

[@razoo282]

Anthony, you didn't really make it clear that the generative features will only work locally if you have a dedicated graphics card.

[@rhiwderinraytube]

Anthony, a great unbiased video. In my opinion, ON1 over-hyped and rushed out these new features without fully testing them. They fail completely on my old Mac Mini M1 (2014) and I am not prepared to shell out more money on Stability A1. ON1 now takes up a lot of storage and is also extremely processor hungry. I will stick with it for now, but I don’t know how long that will be in future.

[@ingosperber498]

M1 2014???

[@rhiwderinraytube]

@ Mac Mini A1347 2014 - or as Apple call it A Paperweight 🤣

[@jimkok1957]

Is it worth putting in a larger Video Card + 8 VRAM

[@MathiasSabey]

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[@AWalterDavies]

I think you'll find that Stability AI will cost in the region of 2 or 3 cents an image.

[@Onz70]

Great video. I finding I get the same results with Adobe LRC and PS. The Ai has some stranger results sometimes even out of the three choices. Looking for an alternative.

[@craigozancin]

Nice video, Anthony. I was very excited when they first announced the generative additions. Unfortunately, the release has proven to be very disappointing. Most of my attempts with generative erase have given horrible artifacts or random unrelated objects. As a long-time ON1 user, i am looking for an alternative.

[@zoltanpuskas4722]

Same here. Poor results with both local and Stability AI, so I hope it improves in the future.

[@librarycollection3795]

I've been using the Gen AI features in Luminar for a year and can attest that they work flawlessly. But it didn't in the beginning, so there is hope for On1 in the long run. However, I saw samples of using the Stability AI for Gen AI changes. Yes, it was better than the current Local On1 generation. However, the Stability AI gen still lags behind Luminar. It lacks Luminar's seamlessness and naturalness. Most changes by Luminar look so natural you can't tell if changes were made and where.

[@Archmage88ttv]

Did he forget about part 2 ? 😆

[@ednsb]

accurate video on the plus and minus of the AI. I am assuming you haven't tried it again with the new update? Also I love you actually tell us what equipment you are using. I think you are the first instructor I follow who does that. Please keep it up. I would love it if you actually posted the images you are using so we could download them and try them on our equipment. By the way if you don’t want fan noise, get the new M4 Mac mini.. thanks Anthony.