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November 5, 2024
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This post applies to Adobe Camera Raw plug-in.

Adobe Camera Raw team is sharing an early look of our new Reflection Removal feature, which removes reflections caused by plate glass surfaces from photos.

Note:

~~The feature currently only works on raw photos.~~ Support for JPEGs & HEICs is added in the April 24 Update.

There is a known issue on some Windows machines where the feature may produce a corrupt image. We are working on a fix for the upcoming release.

Check out HelpX for more detailed usage information. For more technical information on the underlying technology, please refer to this Blog post.

Getting started with the Reflection Removal feature:

Make sure you have the “New AI Features and Settings Panel” Technology Preview enabled in the Camera Raw plug-in Preferences dialog (requires restarting the host application to activate).

Go to the Remove panel [B] , and in the “Distraction Removal” section, click on the “Reflections” checkbox.

Optionally adjust the slider after the ML model is done computing.

Use the rest of the Camera Raw tools just like you would otherwise.

When using the slider, the key values to note are:

0 – the input photo

100 – de-reflected (window reflections removed) photo

-100 – reflection photo (what the window was reflecting towards the camera)

Please try the feature and share feedback in this community forum. It would help to include details like how you access Camera Raw (via Adobe Bridge or Photoshop), your computer system details, and as much information about what you like or do not like about the resulting photo quality. Our team will continually monitor this thread to track issues to improve the future experience.

When to use Reflection Removal

The feature is designed to deal with large-area reflections when shooting through windows. Many other types of reflections occur in nature and are captured in photographs, but this feature may not recognize and handle those. We plan to work on expanding the supported reflection types in the future.

Example use-cases for the feature include:

Looking through windows inside-out (e.g., from the car, airplane, room windows, etc.)

Looking through windows outside-in (e.g., shop windows)

Museums (e.g., paintings behind glass, glass case exhibits, etc.)

How best to use Reflection Removal

For best results, try the new feature following these suggestions:

Apply Reflection Removal before applying any other edits to the photo, except for Enhance features such as Denoise
- The changes made to the photo may be quite profound and render any changes you already made inappropriate.
- If you plan to use both Enhance (Denoise, Super Resolution, or Raw Details) and Reflection Removal on a photo, it is better to apply Enhance first.
Play with the feature slider and adjust the removal strength as appropriate.
If you applied Adobe Adaptive (beta) profile prior to running the Reflection Removal feature, please update it or you may see traces of removed reflections still present in the photo (Adobe Camera Raw will remind you to do this).

Boris Ajdin: Product Manager, Emerging Products Group

Update (01-16-2025)

To improve the performance and results of this feature, it is important that examples of images that are failing to properly remove the reflections are forwarded to the team via your report. A large variety of file formats are allowed as attachments in these forum posts. The best option is to attach your image's raw file directly to your feedback post. Note that there is a 50 MB limit on an attachment's file size. If your raw file is too large to attach, the best option is to share the file via a file-sharing service (Dropbox or similar) and then share the link in your feedback post. Thank you for continuing to provide feedback on this Tech Preview!

If you have already shared your raw file with us - thank you!

~Rikk

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Correct answer Conrad_C

This reply, earlier in this thread, explains why:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/camera-raw-discussions/p-reflection-removal-feedback-cr-amp-lrclassic/m-p/15405349#M28971

Also, it isn’t called “glare reduction.”

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Anon Y. Mouse

Known Participant

This is a fabulous feature - thank you for building it.

Here's a tough image to de-reflect. There are paintings reflected in the glass case.
It gets much of it right but there are two errors:

(1) the reflected painting on the left is not completely removed and leaves a blobby mess;

(2) a reflected rectangle over the right object is not identified or removed.

Raw image would be attached except that this Adobe forum does not seem to like a DNG file created by Adobe Indigo... "The attachment's idg_20250828_174045_451.dng content type (image/x-adobe-dng) does not match its file extension and has been removed." 🙂

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Eric29489323q7t4

Adobe Employee

Please stay tuned for updates. We are actively working on the feature. I'm glad that you've found it helpful.

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terencew23591293

Participating Frequently

This feature doesn't work for me - even in Best mode... Zero happens after it processes - no change to the reflection

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Eric29489323q7t4

Adobe Employee

This usually happens when folks try to remove reflections from small window panes in the scene. This tool is designed to remove reflections from windows that cover your camera's entire field of view. If you can share your photo, I can check if it is the kind of photo that the tool is designed for.

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BillTheCat99

Participating Frequently

Thanks, see my post above I attached a photo example, it was of a football player whose clear plastic eye shield and its reflection, which partially obscured the player's eyes. I figured it would not (and it did not) so am submitting a 'it would be cool if in the future...." comment.

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BillTheCat99

Participating Frequently

Hopefully this wonderful feature can be tweaked to being able to apply the effect to selected areas not just the entire image. I shoot sports and recently noticed some of the players have plastic shields over the top part of the face protection in front of the helmet. So in certain lighting conditions I get a reflection that partially obscures their eyes, would be great in certain instances to be able to remove that. When I try the current implementation even on 'best' setting it does not alter the image.

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Eric29489323q7t4

Adobe Employee

Terrific photo. We are continuing to improve this feature, so stay tuned for updates. Your suggestion is noted.

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steve_2021

Participant

The reflection removal has failed in JPEG. Is this always the case?

JohnDG Photography

Known Participant

Not always, but it's better on RAW pictures as they contain more detail information.
But if the glass plate with the reflection doesn't cover the whole image, it doesn't work on RAW either.

BK_2069

Participating Frequently

Since I'm trying to be helpful after my 'preview' mistake, here's an example of a poor result.

BK_2069

Participating Frequently

Reflection removal at 100% introduces so much blur it's basically unusable.

BK_2069

Participating Frequently

Just read up this thread a bit.... why TF does it default to preview mode??

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CapturingTimePhotography

Participating Frequently

I have a vinyl floor cover I use for Cake smash Photography sessions and the reflections are being seen by LRC. is this a known error? here is an axample of the Refelextions on the floor.

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Eric29489323q7t4

Adobe Employee

Is this photo captured through a pane of glass? I can't tell. What reflections do you want to remove from this photo?

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CapturingTimePhotography

Participating Frequently

Its a Vinyl floor so it is reflective and it should just be a black and white checkered floor but there are reflections all over it. i guess i dont get why you cant see the refelctions on the flooring?

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mgroeteke

Participating Frequently

A masking option would be very useful to mask out areas which are erroneously corrected by the algorithm.

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Eric29489323q7t4

Adobe Employee

If you want to mix together parts of the two images, you should open the images as layers in photoshop. You can open the -100, 0, and +100 as layers. Use an alpha mask to blend as needed. This is the intended workflow.

BK_2069

Participating Frequently

Yeah, but this is lightroom, not photoshop??

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roman_4849

Participant

In my example the sun was removed from the picture

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Eric29489323q7t4

Adobe Employee

Wow this is a terrific result. You can fix errors like the sun removal by creating a photoshop file. Overlay the original or the reflection as a layer, and blend back in the content you want to keep (the sun).

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zeetoe25

Known Participant

Hello,

I have a iMac 27 in 5K with Intel 3.7 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5, Graphics Card Radeon Pro 580X 8 GB, and 64GB or Ram, OS Sequoia 15.6.1. I've also checked and the Graphics Card supports Metal 2. I've had no problems with all the other AI improvements to PS and ACR. Everytime I've tried to remove a reflection I get the attached results. Any ideas would be Greatly appreciated. I'm pretty sure my computer meets the Specs.

Thanks,

Dennis

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LAMY2017

Legend

zeetoe, you'll get better results from this community if you start a new conversation. Your issue doesn't seem to match the problem in this discussion.

Double-check me on whether your machine has at least the minimum required to run Ps 2025.

Photoshop system requirements

Looks like your processor, VRAM, OS, Graphics are ok.

I have a question about Intel or AMD CPUs having AVX2 support and hard disk space.

Have you tried to uncheck the Use Graphics Processor box?

Larry

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