ON1’s New NoNoise AI 2027 Is Coming

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ON1’s new NoNoise AI 2027 is coming in late September, as the company announced just yesterday, with the biggest change being a completely revamped set of AI noise-reduction models. Rather than relying on one general model for every photo, the new version lets you choose a model based on what you are shooting specifically, with options for wildlife, people and concerts, astrophotography, and scanned film negatives. The idea is to remove heavy noise while doing a better job of holding onto small details such as feathers, fur, and texture instead of leaving everything looking overly smooth. TackSharp AI, ON1’s tool for dealing with slightly blurred photos, has been reworked as well, with the company saying it can recover sharpness while introducing fewer artifacts and less additional noise.

Masking also gets an upgrade. NoNoise AI 2027 can now create subject and background masks with a single click, and those masks can be combined through layers. So, for example, you could sharpen the eye of a bird while applying stronger noise reduction to the background without having to manually paint everything in. There are also new depth masks for making adjustments based on distance. Beyond noise reduction, ON1 is adding automatic sensor dust and power-line removal, along with Generative Erase for removing larger objects and Generative Expand for extending the edges of a photo.

ON1 has also rebuilt its AI inference engine, which should make better use of available hardware and speed up batch processing, particularly when working through folders of high-ISO RAW files. Windows on ARM is now supported natively, and NoNoise AI can open RAW files from more than 800 camera models, including cameras going back roughly 20 years. NoNoise AI 2027 is scheduled for late September 2026 and will be included with ON1’s Photo Studio annual subscription.