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The Best Free Lightroom Presets and LUTs from ON1 (and How to Use Them)

Whether you’re just getting started with photo editing or you’re looking to streamline your workflow, presets and LUTs (Lookup Tables) are essential tools in photographers workflow that can dramatically speed up your process and elevate your creative results.

In this post, we’ll break down what presets and LUTs actually do, how they differ, when to use each, and where to find an extensive library of free Lightroom presets and free LUTs—compatible with industry popular software.

July 20, 2025 • 463 Views • Posted by Ben Nemec

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Celebrating 20 Years of ON1: Through the Years Photo Contest + Weekly Challenges

This month marks the 20th Anniversary of ON1, and at the heart of our 20th Anniversary celebration is the ON1 Through the Years Photo Contest — a month-long showcase of creativity, memory, and growth.

June 3, 2025 • 5803 Views • Posted by Ben Nemec

Aretha Cool: An Interview Matthew Jordan Smith

VP of Product, Dan Harlacher, met with Matthew Jordan Smith to talk about his latest project ARETHA COOL: A Decade with The Queen of Soul. Aretha Cool covers the multimedia journey of renowned photographer, Matthew Jordan Smith’s friendship with Aretha Franklin. It includes his fine art photography and audio commentary featuring iconic and never before seen images of the legendary singer. The book and his narrations are a touching tribute to the Queen of Soul. They celebrate her extraordinary life during the last years of her career. We hope you enjoy the interview and support Matthew’s Kickstarter project!

March 27, 2023 • 5530 Views • Posted by Patrick Smith

How Photo Noise Reduction Software Can Be Better

When we developed our new photo noise reduction algorithm in the upcoming ON1 NoNoise AI photo editing software, we took a holistic approach to understand noise and its causes. Thinking like a doctor, if we could prevent noise, that would be better than just treating it. A lot of the research bears this out. The earlier you can tackle noise, the better. A lot of the image noise we see in digital photographs is a side effect of the demosaicing process. If you are unfamiliar with that term, don’t worry, I’ll explain.

June 7, 2021 • 18855 Views • Posted by Dan Harlacher

ON1 Photo RAW 2021.5 Splashscreen

Photographing on the Oregon Coast is always an adventure. You make the two-hour trek to the beach and hope for the best. Typically the biggest obstacle is the wind but at the Oregon Coast it can also be rain and cold even in the middle of summer. My last trip to Manzanita, Oregon was for a series of Ballet dancers on the Beach. I teamed up with our local Ballet Studio for this adventure. We booked the trip in the middle of summer and yet the day we were to take photos it rained. As in poured down rain ALL DAY LONG. So much planning and organizing went into this and the rain through quite the wrench in our day. We held out though and waited until about 6 pm where we finally decided to give it a go so the day was not a complete waste. Armed with umbrellas we headed down to the beach.

April 26, 2021 • 7675 Views • Posted by Whitney Stevens