Using ON1 Photo RAW 2020 as a Photoshop Plugin

Using ON1 Photo RAW 2020 with Adobe® Photoshop®

ON1 Photo RAW 2020 can be used as a plug-in to Adobe Photoshop CS6 and above. When you run the installer for ON1 Photo RAW 2020, the plug-in files for Adobe Photoshop will be installed automatically.

When you edit an image sent from Photoshop to ON1 Photo RAW 2020, you are editing Photoshop’s currently selected layer. By default, Photo RAW makes a copy of the layer, so your original layer is saved unless it is a Smart Object (see below). If you’d like to change this preference, see the Plug-Ins section of the Preferences window.

ON1 Photo RAW 2020 is accessible from within Photoshop in two ways, from the File > Automate menu, and from the Filter > ON1 menu. From the Automate menu, you can access the Develop, Effects, and Portrait tabs of the Edit module, as well as the Resize module; from the Filter menu, you can access the Develop, Effects, and Portrait tabs (Browse is not accessible from within Photoshop.)

File > Automate > ON1 Effects, Portrait, or Resize 2020

Filter > ON1 > ON1 Develop, Effects, or Portrait 2020

There are two options for editing an image in ON1 Photo RAW 2020. Which method you choose depends upon whether you wish to be able to re-edit your image in Photo RAW.

EDITING A PHOTO FROM PHOTOSHOP WITHOUT PRESERVING CHANGES MADE IN PHOTO RAW

To use Photo RAW inside Photoshop, when you do not wish so be able to re-edit your operations, follow these steps:

1. Open the image you want to work on in Photoshop.
2. Select the layer you want to work on. (Depending upon your Plug-Ins Preference, make a duplicate if you want to preserve the original layer (Layer > Duplicate))
3. From the Filter menu, select ON1 and then the Edit module tab you would like to start in.
4. When you’re finished editing your photo, click the Done button in ON1 Photo RAW 2020.

EDITING A PHOTO FROM PHOTOSHOP TO PRESERVE CHANGES MADE IN PHOTO RAW

To be able to re-edit your Photoshop images at a later point inside ON1 Photo RAW 2020, you will use Photoshop’s Smart Object technology. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open the image you want to work on in Photoshop.
2. Select the layer you want to work on.
3. Right-click on the layer and choose Convert to Smart Object.
4. From the Filter menu, select ON1 and then the tab that you would like to use.
5. When you’re finished editing your photo, click the Done button in Photo RAW 2020.

To re-edit your Smart Object layer again inside ON1 Photo RAW 2020, double-click on the ON1 module name in the edited Smart Object layer in Photoshop. Photo RAW will then launch that module, and let you change your previous settings or make new ones.

NOTE: Smart Object re-editability is not possible when you add a layer to your photo in Photo RAW (in addition to the original, base layer). When you save your work, Photo RAW will flatten the image before it sends it back to Photoshop.