P: Refined Clarity and Dehaze Controls
Clarity and Dehaze are powerful tools, but they operate as broad, single-axis adjustments. Clarity affects midtone contrast globally without allowing the user to control which frequency of detail is being enhanced. Dehaze can introduce color shifts and over-saturate certain tonal ranges. Neither tool provides fine-grained control over exactly how it interacts with different parts of the image. Other applications offer more nuanced micro-contrast controls.
Add expanded controls beneath Clarity and Dehaze that allow users to:
- Adjust the frequency/scale of detail enhancement (fine detail vs. broad structure)
- Control the tonal range where the effect is applied (shadows, midtones, highlights independently)
More accurate micro-contrast control would reduce the time spent masking and applying multiple local adjustments to achieve what should be a single global correction.