ON1 Effects Full Feature List

New in Effects 2026

• Subject & Background Masks: Instantly isolates the subject or background with one click using fast, accurate AI-powered masking.
• Mask Layers: Allows multiple masks per filter with add, subtract, and intersect controls for flexible, non-destructive masking.
• Improved Mask Quality: Delivers cleaner edges and more natural transitions, even around hair, foliage, and fine details.
• Depth Lighting Filter: Adjusts foreground and background lighting independently to enhance depth and guide viewer attention.
• Split Field Filter: Simulates a split diopter effect to balance wide-angle scenes by bringing distant backgrounds closer.
• Double Exposure Filter: Blends multiple images creatively with full control over brightness, blending modes, and subject protection.
• Motion Filter: Adds intentional camera movement effects like pan, zoom, or twist to create dynamic motion and reduce clutter.
• Effects Starting Points: Sets customizable default filter layouts that mirror familiar workflows or personal editing styles.
• Enhanced Add Filter Dialog: Improves filter selection with favorites, search, and the ability to hide unused or legacy filters.
• Grayscale Image Support: Enables proper viewing and editing of grayscale photos and legacy scanned images.
• UI Panel Docking Improvements: Allows panels to be docked or floated for a cleaner, more flexible editing workspace.
• Module Tips: Provides guided onboarding tips to help new users get up and running quickly.
• Export Improvements: Speeds up exports and simplifies preset management for faster, more reliable output.

Core Functionality

• Wide File Support: Supports JPG, TIF, PSD/PSB, PNG, DNG and more
• Plugin Support: Whether you work in Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Lightroom Classic, Capture One, Affinity Photo, Corel Paintshop Pro, or Apple Photos, you have seamless access to ON1 Effects as a plugin.
• Re-Editable: Re-edit your settings later, even when using it as a plugin for Lightroom Classic or Photoshop.

Editing Tools

• Local Adjustments: Fine-tune specific areas of your photo using gradient, brush, or masking tools.
• Filters and Effects: Choose from over 30 effects like Vintage, Grunge, and Dynamic Contrast. Stack and blend them in layers.
• Masking Tools: Includes AI masks, masking brushes, gradient masks, luminosity masks, line masks, color range, and depth masks.
• Generative AI Tools: Extend canvases or remove large objects seamlessly using AI-powered crop and erasing tools.
• Crop & Transform: Get just the write perspective by cropping, leveling, and controlling keystoning.
• Preset Support: Comes packed with hundreds of bespoke presets and of course you can save frequently used settings as presets for easy access.

Advanced Tools

• Layers and Compositing: Add multiple layers to blend images or create composites.

Output and Sharing

• Batch Processing: Apply edits to multiple photos simultaneously.
• Export Options: Export images in various formats (JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PSD, etc.) with customizable settings for size, quality, and metadata.
• Watermarking: Add text or graphic watermarks during the export process.
• Printing: Print images directly from ON1 Effects with customizable layout options.

AI and Automation Tools

• Super Select AI: Just tap on an object and select an adjustment or effect.
• Depth Masks: Apply effects based on scene depth for natural blur, lighting, and realism.
• Masking Tools: Mask AI and luminosity masking make combining photos easy, even with tricky stuff like hair and sky.

Retouching Features

• Generative Eraser: Remove distractions such as people or objects from photos.
• Generative Crop: Expand your canvas seamlessly with AI, recomposing your photo without cropping.
• Retouch Brush & Perfect Eraser: Fine-tune features and fix imperfections.
• Clone Stamp and Healing Brush: Duplicate or heal parts of the image with ease.
• Reduce Dust & Power Lines: Automatically detect and reduce sensor dust and power lines.
• Liquify: Use the liquify tools to push, expand, or contract areas in the photo to warp them to your needs.
• Refine Masks: Blend your masks with the refine brush, blur, and chisel tools.

Extras and Add-Ons

• Presets Manager: Organize, import, and export presets for easy access across projects.
• Textures, Borders, and LUTs: Import additional elements like textures and look-up tables (LUTs) for creative editing.
• Brush Customization: Create or import custom brush shapes for advanced edits. Save brush styles for easy reuse.