You are wrong, case closed

And the only reason I speak strongly is because you are sharing your opinion so strongly and I will repeat my original answer, yes and no, it depends.

And in the answer yes and no has to do with what you shoot.

To a landscape photographer, most are very concerned about corner sharpness.
For a portrait photographer, they are interested in center sharpness. Corners don't matter.

If you want big bokeh for the portrait and sharp corners for landscape, get an RF 85 1.2 :) So price, not always, but often makes a big difference.

We will have to disagree on this one and why I said yes and no. No to your statement. Comparing these 2 lenses.

Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM Lens
Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens

Both sharpest at F8
Both lenses at 50mm at F8, top image is the zoom, bottom image is the prime.
The zoom is not sharp in the corners and I would never own this modern zoom and there is nothing you can do no matter how good a photographer you are. It is a limitation of the lens at any fstop

https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=295&Camera=979&Sample=0&FLI=2&API=3&LensComp=941&CameraComp=979&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=0&APIComp=6

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A lot of software companies push the stuff out and make customers be the beta testers.

If you notice On1, Neo, and Photoshop all had the AI masking features in the latest update. I think Neo did a better job, but On1 is doing it in raw, I don't think anyone is doing that. (maybe lightroom but I don't use that software so I am not sure.)

I am noticing some issues with Topaz AI masking as well. It may be an nvidia driver issue. I have seen some resolutions are to revert to an earlier driver. :(

I am not very good at macro yet :(

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Has Captain Obvious been running around UHH again lately?

Yes and No. What does sharp mean? In the center only, mid frame or corners?
What is a modern zoom lens? Does this include the cheapest modern zoom lens?
And then, are you a pixel peeping photograph, or normal joe non photographer looking at the image results?

These things matter and the results are often in the eye of the beholder :)

That is why I always recommend trying the trail first even when you are going to upgrade. If it doesn't work, don't buy it. But hindsite is 20/20.

I found a bug and submitted it to On1, it is about the AI mask, it doesn't work right. I have another laptop and desktop to check it out on but the laptop I have now uses a Nvida 2070 which is a standard up to date card. So I will see how soon they get back on this on. I don't think the mask Ai stuff is ready for primetime. I usually don't buy software until it has been out there for a few months but I was really excited about the mask AI stuff and of course it does not work :) I will have to wait till they fix it.

I went to use Luminar Neo mask AI stuff but it does not work in Raw, so I am a bit disappointed there to but I don't think that is going to change in Neo, but I can still use it but the results are better in raw.

Sorry, someone dug up and old post and I responded to it.

I would definitely try the trails first and see if they are easy or hard to learn. Since the trials are limited time, make sure you are ready to spend some time with the editor editing photos.

One thing, neither Neo or on1 have one click save. I guess it depends on what you mean as save.

So if you edit your image in Neo and don't want to save it as a jpg just save the edits, you just close the program, all your edits are saved.

With on1 you click done and your edits are saved and you can close the program.

If you are trying to save a your images as a jpg. Neo pops you to a screen for what type, tiff, or jpg ect and where you want to store it.

On1 pops you over to presets, this way you can create a preset that say I want a jpg at 50 percent compression save in a folder in the same location as the original and the folder is named finished images.

Sure if you are good a photoshop you can do it. Luminar neo uses depth maps and does a pretty convincing job but the masking gets it wrong often, then you have to go and adjust the mask.

And while this is fine for one shot. If you are taking multiple shots and have to edit every image this way, it is much easier to have a lens that does this, but those lenses are expensive and specialized (no zoom) an you have have to decide if it is worth it to get that lens over editing each picture to have a narrow dof in photo editing.

Yes you absolutely can. Any one even a non photographer can see it. Or at least I can see the difference.
I sold my two 50mm lenses so I cannot show you the different but from a depth of field simulater you can this applies to any lens The first 2 images are portrait shot wide open, images 3 and 4 are full body shots and are a little more difficult to see the difference but I can see it, draw your own conclusion.

dofsimulator.net

Below I also show you the sharpness difference between the Canon 50 1.4 and the Canon 24-70 2.8 II. Both wide open You can see the difference between those to pretty easily , you can also see the chromatic aberration (red color fringing) in the 50. The sigma I am going to buy the 50 1.4 Art wide open, you probably can't see the difference between it wide open and the Canon 24-70 2.8 ii wide open at 50.

https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=115&Camera=979&FLI=0&API=0&LensComp=787&CameraComp=979&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=3&APIComp=0

You can go to the two different sites dofsimulator.net and the-digital-picture.com

Now someone might say, you have to put all the lenses at 2.8, then sure, you will not see any difference but you don't buy primes with an F 1.4 or faster so you can shoot them at 2.8

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So, I was looking through the knowledge base for an issue I was having (with masking) I found this..

You seem to have more than enough. Don't forget to create a recovery disk if you have a dvd drive or a usb recovery thumb drive.

Look at the size of your internal drive on your computer according to file explorer, This PC. C drive. How much space is it using, then look at how big your external drive is and how much space it has left.

You can use virustotal.com to scan for viruses before you download anything. Or if you already downloaded the file, sent that file to virustotal.com and scan in first before you open it.

I would back up my pc by imaging the disk with macrium reflect on a PC. With mac, use whatever software they use to image your computer.

Are you running mac or PC? The warning you mentioned sounds more like a PC.

I have 4 AI and Neo. I would get Neo.
But it depends on what you are editing. Jpg or raw?
If raw, I think on1 is a better tool for raw and it handles layers better in a more logical manner.
There are things I like about both. Again depends on what you do. The portrait module is better in Neo IMHO. Handing of layers and external plugins, On1 is better. Neo has some great effects that are easier to use. If you get the extra modules Neo will cost you more, most of those modules are included in On1 for free
Both have trials. Try them both before you buy. Youtube Anthony Turnham for Neo or Jim Nix for both Neo and On1 videos for results and instructions.Good luck I use Neo as a plug in for On1 because then you get the best of both worlds with little issues jumping between the two.

If you get neo, use promo code ATNEO or JIMNIXNEO I think you get 20 percent off. Neo is more expensive than On1

If you decide On1 use JIMNIX20 you get 20 percent off $79