Using ON1 PHOTO RAW MAX with Adobe® Lightroom® Classic CC
ON1 Photo RAW MAX 2025 integrates tightly with Adobe Lightroom Classic CC for enhancing your images and now includes plugins to be used within Adobe Lightroom Classic CC.
When you run the product installer, the plugin files for Lightroom will be installed automatically.
Accessing from Lightroom
There are two primary ways to use ON1 with Lightroom, via the Plug-In Extras from File>Plugin Extras, or by choosing Edit In from the Photo menu. Using the Photo > Edit In
We recommend using from the File Menu>Plugin Extras: (Then choose the Plugin)
Using Plug-In Extras from Within Lightroom
When you access ON1 through the Plug-in Extras menu, the file handling is controlled via the Lightroom section in the Plug-Ins tab of the ON1 Preferences window. These options can be configured in advance, based on your workflow, and, depending upon how you set it up, can be changed as desired when working inside Lightroom.
The file export options include the following settings:
- File Type: This determines what type of file will be created. The default is Smart PSD —but you can also select DNG, JPG or TIFF.
- Color Space: The color space menu determines which working color space is used; Adobe RGB 1998, sRGB or ProPhoto RGB.
- Bit Depth: Sets the exported file’s bit depth to either 8 or 16 bits per pixel.
- Resolution: Determines the resolution of the newly created file.
- Stack with Original: When enabled, the new image is stacked with the original image upon return to Lightroom from ON1.
- Use Original for Single PSDs: When enabled, if you select a single image in PSD format, the original file will be edited, rather than a copy.
- Ask Every Time: When checked, Lightroom will present these export copy options whenever you chose an item from Plug-In Extras. Turning this off will bypass the export window inside Lightroom, using the options set in the Plug-In Preferences window.
NOTE: The Color Space, Bit Depth, and Resolution options are not applicable when the export file type is set to DNG.
If you have the Ask Every Time option checked, you’ll be presented with the Export Options window (shown on the right) inside Lightroom whenever you open an image. . The Export Options window lets you adjust the file format, color space, and bit depth as needed. If you find that you use the same options every time, then you can set those parameters in ON1’s Preferences window by unchecking the Ask Every Time option.
Working With Smart Photos
ON1’s Smart Photo technology is a variation of the Photoshop file format that has been engineered to preserve all editing and retouching operations made within ON1: filter operations, masks, local adjustments, retouching, and so forth. Smart Photos can only be created via the Plug-In Extras export method, although you can re-edit them via either the Plug-In Extras or the Edit In menu options in Lightroom.
When you choose Smart Photo PSD as an option in the Plug-In Extras submenu from within Lightroom, ON1 creates a standard Photoshop file with “Smart Photo” at the end of the original file’s name. As you work in ON1, all of your editing operations are saved in a ‘sidecar’ file that sits alongside the PSD on disk inside the same folder as your original image. When you are done editing and return to Lightroom, your edited photo will look as it did in ON1, but is completely re-editable.
To re-edit a Smart Photo from within Lightroom, select the image, and choose ON1 from either the Plug-In Extras from the File menu or Edit In from the Photo menu. Depending upon the method chosen and your ON1 Preferences, the Smart Photo will open automatically, or you will need to select Edit Original from the Lightroom export window.
There are a few things to know about with regards to Smart Photos and re-editability:
- Smart Photos have been specifically designed to work as a conduit between Lightroom and ON1 to preserve re-editability. If you use Effects/HDR as a standalone app, you can open and view a Smart Photo from within ON1, and can re-edit the photo in the Edit module, and, as long as your sidecar file is present, all of your edits will be present. However, when you complete your edits, ON1 will create a new file in any of the available file formats (PSD, PSB, TIFF, JPEG, and PNG), but the file will be flattened, and your edits will not be preserved.
- If you open a Smart Photo in Adobe Photoshop, the layers will be merged into a single, composite layer. If you make any edits to the photo and save it, re-editability in ON1 will no longer be available.
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