ON1 Photo RAW 2027 Guided tour Step 1 of 6 New in 2027
Masking on the Adjustment
Masking now lives right on each adjustment, filter and layer, so you no longer need the separate Masking pane.
Sky Removed
The adjustment now covers the background but leaves the sky alone.
Feather & Shift Edge
The most-used refine controls now sit right on the mask.
Works the Same Everywhere
Subject, Background and Sky now mean the same thing on adjustments, filters and layers.
Copy & Paste Masks
Reuse a mask on another adjustment or filter in a couple of clicks.
Masking Tools at a Glance
The tool well now expands to show every masking tool.
Adjustments, Masking, BlendingEvery adjustment has these three tabs. Click Masking to work on its mask. Click anywhere to continue
Add, Subtract or IntersectRefine the mask with another one. Here the Background adjustment gets Subtract › Sky. Click anywhere to continue
Background minus SkyThe red shows the combined mask: mountain, trees and water, with the sky and rider left out. Click anywhere to continue
Composite MaskThe overall result of all mask layers. Open Mask Layers to see each one. Click anywhere to continue
Soften and adjust the edgeFeather 10 blends the edge; Shift Edge −20 pulls it in. Click More for the rest of the Refine Mask controls. Click anywhere to continue
Check the maskViewed as black and white: white gets the adjustment, black is protected. Click anywhere to continue
Masks on filters tooHere the Black & White filter has the same Masking tab. Click Subject… Click anywhere to continue
…and the subject gets the effectOnly the rider and horse turn black and white. The background keeps its color. Click anywhere to continue
Right-click the maskCopy, then Paste on another adjustment, sub-masks included. Paste Inverted flips it in one step. Click anywhere to continue
All the tools, right hereClick Mask and its tools expand in the left rail, including the new separate Linear and Radial gradients. Click anywhere to finish
Tour complete
You previewed masks with a hover, made a selection in one click, and saw that masks now behave the same everywhere.
- 1Tabs
- 2Subtract
- 1Mask preview
- 2Composite Mask
- 1Feather & Shift Edge
- 2Mask view
- 1Filter masking
- 2Subject result
- 1Mask menu
- 1Tool well