ON1, though, is expanding the functionality of the standard detail pane that we have come to expect by including tabs along the top of the pane that allow the editor to specify different levels of adjustment depending on the output medium when the image is exported. Each does as you'd expect and at first glance appears to do a fairly good job. Each individual slider, like the lens correction panel, does not appear to be breaking any new ground. Detail is defined as the balance between sharpening and noise reduction. In Photo (RAW) 2017 ON1 adds another new pane to the develop module designed to help photographers manage detail within their images. In Photo (RAW) 2017.5 ON1 has added the functionality to layer multiple presets on one another to craft a new look. One of the major weaknesses that most preset systems suffer from, however, is that only one preset can be used at a time and selecting it overwrites any existing settings already applied to the image. Photo (RAW) 2017's presets offer a thumbnail grid view that lets the user preview the impact of each preset before applying them to the image. Photo (RAW) 2017 enjoyed this feature from day one by offering an improved workflow beyond the traditional Lightroom style preset system.
#On1 photo raw 2017.5 review series
Presets are a fantastic, quick way to apply a series of adjustments to an image in order to achieve a specific look. For me, it is a checkbox that needed to be filled but not a wheel that needed reinventing. In my tests it seemed to work great but offered nothing new to the table. Other than some slightly different naming conventions Photo (RAW) 2017.5's lens correction tool is almost identical to other lens correction tools on the market. In Photo (RAW) 2017.5, ON1 has added a standard lens correction tool that will feel very familiar to any photographer who uses other raw editors on the market. Many photographers consider such a feature to be critical, for good reason, and often would cite its omission from Photo (RAW) 2017 as a reason to cast it aside. One of the most commonly bemoaned missing features lacking in the original release of Photo (RAW) 2017 was the lack of a lens correction tool. (As we all know, if I do, that will be the one the client selects for editing) An even more welcome, addition, however, would be a tool that can automatically detect eye sharpness and reject soft images as I find that one of the biggest time drains while culling is often zooming into each and every image to ensure that I don't accidently send a soft shot to the client for review. This feature makes comparing aspects of a photo such as focus accuracy much easier and is certainly a welcome addition to a culling workflow and is often something I have wished was present within Lightroom. ON1, however, has taken their compare mode feature a step beyond what Lightroom offers by including a feature that makes it easy to zoom in on each image and pan them all at once to easily compare at 100% zoom. For those familiar with Lightroom's survey mode will find Photo (RAW) 2017.5's compare mode quite familiar. The first new feature offered in Photo (RAW) 2017.5 is a tool designed to help compare images and make selections from within a library. With this latest iteration ON1 has promised a series of impressive new features that it feels will launch it into contention as a top tier raw editing tool. In December, we took a look at the original launch of Photo (RAW) 2017 and were impressed by many of the features but ultimately felt that it did not offer enough benefit to recommend switching to over existing raw editors.
#On1 photo raw 2017.5 review update
ON1's relatively new to market Photo (RAW) 2017 has pushed their first major update into beta which Fstoppers managed to get our hands on for an early review.