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Inspiring
January 21, 2026
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Smart object color adaptation to what beneath

  • January 21, 2026
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Done live per channel . something like what patch tool does.     My bet its could be simple  frequency separation  trick  like splitting both whats beneath  and a layer  to low and high frequencies .   Then relacing the layer low freq to beneath low freq   with some slider to control the blure  . Could  be done in SBSAR  and substance designer probably if we could access to "beneath" in photoshop. 

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kirkr5689Author
Inspiring
January 26, 2026

I think it would be nice as a filter working on smart objects we could deform to conform /match the background image properly  .  Including the cmyk  mode .  I mentioned SBSAR  just because I could easily do thise frequency separation mechanic  in substance designer   but being exported as sbsar  to Photoshop it wouldn't work since require access to "beneath" composited image.     

So I would definitely prefer it working just as an adjustment layer on smart  object.     

CShubert
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 26, 2026

Thanks for the detail @kirkr5689. You mentioned SBSAR in the original post, but are you thinking this is just a Ps tools general ask or only for Substance files?

 

Thanks, 

Cory

kirkr5689Author
Inspiring
January 23, 2026

I mean how patch tool or content aware move  work currently . The patch is adapting  to surrounding pixels. it's very convenient instrument with one exception. it doesn't let you deform the patch to conform target place .     A smart object behaving same way would .   If it's to much of realtime calculations for such an old software  I understand  It might be slow. Still would be nice to have when you want to collage a cloud on top of a sky for example .       An other solution could be letting as  to perform puppet warp  on patch tool or content aware move tool before applying it .

CShubert
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 21, 2026

Hi @kirkr5689 could you share more info on this, what is the workflow and how would this feature be used?  If you could mock up some images to show what you think would make sense or work, all the better.

 

Thanks,

Cory - Photoshop Product Manager