Scott Kelby's ON1 Photo RAW Max Workflow: The Order That Actually Makes Sense

Scott Kelby's ON1 Photo RAW Max Workflow: The Order That Actually Makes Sense

There’s a particular kind of creative paralysis that hits when you open a new piece of software and stare at seventeen panels you don’t understand. I’ve been there with ON1 Photo RAW more than once. I knew it could do impressive things. I’d seen the demo videos. But every time I launched it alongside my usual Lightroom and Photoshop setup, I’d poke around for twenty minutes, feel mildly confused, and go back to what I knew.

Firefly Boards Just Broke My Brain (In the Best Way): Steal Any Photo's Style in Minutes

Firefly Boards Just Broke My Brain (In the Best Way): Steal Any Photo's Style in Minutes

There’s a specific kind of frustration that comes from spending three hours manually color grading a portrait to match a reference photo, only to look at the result and think, “close enough, I guess.” I’ve been there more times than I’d like to admit. Color matching across different lighting conditions, skin tones, and moods is genuinely hard, and the manual approach is one of those tasks that separates the people who are okay at Photoshop from the people who’ve paid their dues in misery.