P: Bring back "Shake Reduction" filter - Removed in Photoshop v.23.3.0

Developers are routinely removing useful tools and removing tools that function perfectly. Millenial programmers, out of touch with users needs, nothing new.

@lesterk25013207I'm using  23.3.2 and it's still working. I don't let Adobe auto update anything so I think I'll stick with this until something comes along which warrants an update. RE Adobe disabling that filter: It seems very likely it IS the case that Adobe pushed out some code to disable this specific plugin because I have (VERY) old 8bf(s) that still work just fine. If that were to be confirmed it's just another (solid) reason to migrate.Why would anyone want to use a product from a company that does that?

Hi @franciss43197070 

Looks like your Shake Reduction.8bf solution was only a temporary joy for me.

After the latest update 23.4.1, when I click on Shake Reduction, I get this error message:

"Could not complete the Shake Reduction command because of disk error".

I tried increasing the scratch disk to no avail. I also tried to delete the Shake Reduction.8bf

and restart the software then shut it down and recopy the 8bf file into the folder and I still

get the same error. It looks like Adobe probably jammed the work around somehow.

Thanks.

It's time to start demanding that Adobe create an API for both Filters and Adjustments so that 3rd party devs can start doing all the work that Adobe is uninterested or unwilling to do.

Start here:

https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/guides/

https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/photoshop-api-docs/

Folks, none of this is at all surprising. Adobe long ago abandoned doing any work on Filters, even though they're how so many of us fell in love with Ps in the first place. The vast majority of filters haven't been touched since the 90s and almost no new filters (Neural, i know) have been introduced since that time either. From my perspective, Filters (and Adj Layers) should be under constant development with updates, improvements and additions. That they're not just goes to show how out of touch Adobe is these days.
It's time to start demanding that Adobe create an API for both Filters and Adjustments so that 3rd party devs can start doing all the work that Adobe is uninterested or unwilling to do.

I reiterate, that a tiny operation like Topaz labs have managed to get their shake reduction app (Sharpen AI) working on M1 Macs. No it is not quite as slick as the PS filter was but it gives very good results. If a minnow like Topaz can make it work, why can't the behemoth that is Adobe do it. I can only assume it is lack of will and a loss of interest in pure photography, where they now prefer to be messing about with design and video. 

Thank you @franciss43197070 !!! LOL, yours is the TRUE solution to the problem for this missing filter; it is comical that the "solution" is so simple.  The FACT that this works is proof that there is nothing wrong with the filter at all. 

I know a lot of you are putting 100% of the blame for this on Adobe for not being able to get this filter to work on M1 Macs.  But I'm not convinced they are fully to blame.  This is PURE SPECULATION, but now more than ever I think Apple played a role in Adobe removing the Shake Reduction filter.  The existance of a very simple to use, quick, and effective feature that works perfectly fine on everything ecept an M1 Mac is as much or more of a knock on Apple as it is Adobe.  It just seems odd to me that Adobe would remove a perfectly functional feature on it's own just because it doesn't work on a very small percentage of user machines.  If M1 Macs were the lion's share of end user machines, then I would understand, but that obviously isn't the case.

Thank you again @franciss43197070.  Let's hope Adobe doesn't intentionally break this work around in an upcoming release.