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Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
November 5, 2024
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P: Reflection Removal feedback (CR & LrClassic)

  • 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.”

    523 replies

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    gegeger
    Participant
    March 13, 2026

    I need help because i’m tired of trying things, reinstalling and nothing happened.

    it’s just an example but happened to every photo i try.

    pc specs in spanish:

    Procesador    12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600K   3.70 GHz
    RAM instalada    96,0 GB (95,8 GB usable)
    Almacenamiento    932 GB SSD KINGSTON SNV2S1000G, 3.64 TB SSD KINGSTON SNV3S4000G, 1.82 TB SSD Viper M.2 VP4100
    Tarjeta gráfica    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (8 GB), Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770 (128 MB)
    Tipo de sistema    Sistema operativo de 64 bits, procesador basado en x64
     

     

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    +100

     -100

     

    Jann Lipka
    Jann Lipka
    Inspiring
    March 12, 2026

    Unfortunately the most recent Beta ( OSX ) 
    reflection removal is doing nada in situations when it would be really useful
    ( It worked semi- good in earlier betas ) 


     

    HooliganImages
    HooliganImages
    Inspiring
    March 12, 2026

    Hmmm tool chose to remove a highlight spot but not the reflections on glasses.  Note this was a black and white shot.   What it did removed was poorly done.  Maybe it doesn’t work on B&W, but it seems to me it should choose glasses in all cases.  

     

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    Fotograaf Hein
    Participant
    March 10, 2026

    Mooie optie die bij het fotograferen door ramen vaak perfect werkt. Nu vroeg ik mij af of jullie deze optie ook als masker kunnen aanbieden. Het zou mij de mogelijkheid geven om in een beeld de reflectie te sturen of te doseren. Ik heb nu bijvoorbeeld een foto waar de reflectie bijna geheel wordt weggehaald terwijl ik hem in een deel van het beeld zou willen behouden of voor een stukje laten terugkomen. Het zou een mooie aanvulling zijn.

    Ik werk in LightRoom Classic versie 15.2 Camera Raw 18.2

    ThomasH_on_the_web
    ThomasH_on_the_web
    Inspiring
    March 10, 2026

    This is a very good idea, especially that the reflection removal can take enormous amount of time when applied on the entire image.  Generally, this feature has been a great help for any Museum or street photographer. I am not sure what they theoretical fundamentals to this discovery, so I am not sure why in some cases there seem to be no improvement.

    I also see that sometimes the system hangs, and never finishes the removal. When I stop Lightroom, I see a plethora of Adobe processes still hanging. Than I hard reboot the system (W11 Pro), restart Lightroom and the reflection removal runs to its end. I suspect some issues with process communications.  Also the duration prediction is often very much off. 

    ThomasH_on_the_web
    ThomasH_on_the_web
    Inspiring
    March 4, 2026

    I have another example, from Mission Carmel (CA), Canon CR3 R8 Raw File. It is the CRaw (the compact raw) format.
    This is the original:

    Original CR3 file

     

    This is the in this case ineffective Reflection Removal (quality Standard):


    I made another experiment. From the original I applied “Quality Best”. LR said “estimated time 59 min. Lets see how long it will take. I have a XEON workstation with 48G RAM. 

    CPU:  Intel(R) Xeon(R) W-2223 CPU @ 3.60GHz, 3600 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

    It finished already, after some 5min, not 59min.  And unfortunately no improvement:

    Reflection removed, quality “Best”.


     

    ThomasH_on_the_web
    ThomasH_on_the_web
    Inspiring
    February 28, 2026

    Here is another example where the algorithm makes no improvements. Also, the estimated time prediction is wrong. Prompt showed 13min estimated processing time, but in fact it was rather like 33 or 43 min time.

    The original.

    After the reflection removal:
     

    Virtually identical to the original.

    ThomasH_on_the_web
    ThomasH_on_the_web
    Inspiring
    February 28, 2026

    Feedback from Lightroom Classic:  This a magnificent feature, but in some cases the result is not encouraging. This is here to provide a feedback, not a criticism.  As a PhD of science I am aware of the arcane complexity of the algorithm. An image from Mission Santa Barbara, CA. The PC spent some 20min and provided basically an identical image. Canon R8 CR3 raw file. 
    Before: 
     

    Original image

    And this is after the reflection removal. 
     

    After the Reflection Removal quality Standard.  Basically identical. 

     

    ThomasH_on_the_web
    ThomasH_on_the_web
    Inspiring
    February 28, 2026

    I see the typo “scince” instead of “science.” But this forum site is broken. When I click on “edit” the site returns to the main page and does not allow to correct the typo. 

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    sb2314
    Known Participant
    February 24, 2026

    When taking hockey picture through the glass guard, using the reflexion removal tool does not make much of a difference. I have tried it with all the hockey pictures and there is no noticible difference. Maybe, the glass does not make much difference in the pictures.

    Vladimir RJ
    Vladimir RJ
    Participant
    February 23, 2026

    Sinceramente es una herramienta que no funciona como debería para un programa profesional con tanto prestigio y por el cuál se paga suscripción mensualmente, mejor funciona el eliminador de reflejos de la aplicación de mi Samsung Galaxy que es gratuito. Es increíble, pero habrá que buscar una alternativa para cambiarse de sistema, en realidad hoy en día son estas cosas que hacen la diferencia.

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    lagedor222
    Participating Frequently
    February 21, 2026

    Lightroom Classic 15.2 (also in 15.1) on Mac Tahoe. When I try to remove reflections in a photo in LRC the result is terribly unsharp. Updating the AI Edit Status brings no relief. I have a enclosed a before and after photo.

    Before (reflection in rh corner)

    After

     

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