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I think I figured it out - it was a reflection in a window in the background that couldn't be removed. When I did a test shot through a window, it worked well.
Are you sure you're using the 'best' setting and not 'preview'? Preview will certainly show you a blurry pic. But on certain images, reflection removal removes too much, and you get a muddle. Adjusting the intensity slider can help.
Removing eyeglass reflections is a goal Adobe mentioned in their blog post from last December (Removing window reflections in Adobe Camera Raw), so at least we know they’re interested in working on it.
Those results are consistent with a lot of the reports in this thread…it works fine on recent computers (for Macs, that means Apple Silicon M1 through M4 work great), but there seems to be a problem with the graphics drivers for the GPU in some Intel Macs, and this feature relies heavily on the GPU. Because Mac graphics drivers are supplied by Apple, it might need a macOS update to get fixed. But we never know exactly what Apple will fix in the next macOS update, so no guarantees.
Did you by any chance just use the 'preview' mode instead of the best mode? A lot of people have been making that error, and the preview mode is intentionally low res.
Seems Quality is on "preview". Try setting it on "best".
Eric,
do I understand it well the reflections will only be removed when the glass plate fills the whole frame of the picture. As it won't remove reflections from a windows that's part of a larger picture.
I tried to cut part of the picture, so only a small part of the window remains. Feed only the small part to the reflection removal and paste it back into the original picture, using Photoshop. It's not perfect, but ..
I noticed doing this, the reflection feature reacts differently than using the entire picture. With the entire picture I can't get any reflection off either.
well Eric, since I tempory used the jpg picture kastalia67_s provided, I had to work in jpeg. I only shoot RAW and I only use Ps. Just wanted to see what it would do if I narrowed the view to just a part of that car window like it was one whole picture. And it did work.
If I can use that technique with a RAW, the result can only be better.
Looking forward to see support for small panes of glass in RAW.
FitzFoto, that suggestion will not work. That crop will not change the RAW result. To remove reflections from a cropped region you must convert the RAW image to a PNG/TIFF/JPEG.
Here is one workflow:
1. Open the image in Lightroom.
2. Make a virtual copy, and crop the virtual copy
3. Export the original and cropped image as TIFF files
4. Open the original and cropped TIFF in Photoshop
5. Use the Camera RAW filter to remove reflections from the cropped image
6. Copy the clean, cropped image int
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Kastalia, please precisely follow the steps I enumerated. It will work. There are other variants that will work, but not what you did.
FitzFhoto, as you probably know, when you crop a RAW photo in Lr or ACR, the underlying image is not modified. Specifying a crop simply tells Lr/ACR how to render that RAW image onto your screen. The remove reflections tool operates before the crop is applied by Lr/ACR when your RAW is rendered onto your screen. Why? There is a long list of usability issues th
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Hi Eric,
I just tested your steps, precisely.
Screen capture shows you a little reflection suppress in part of the girls face.
Well it is the best I could achieve up to now.
Here are the steps :
1. Open the image in Lightroom.
2. Make a virtual copy, and crop the virtual copy
3. Export the original and cropped image as TIFF files
4. Open the original and cropped TIFF in Photoshop
5. Use the Camera RAW filter to remove reflections from the cropped image
6. Copy the clean, cropped image into the original
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That explains, why it removed some of the reflections in my workflow. I didn't actually crop the picture. I marked the area, copied, created a new image and paste only that part. So, it had no other information of a larger picture when I applied the reflection removal.
Then I copied the result back to the original picture and aligned it.
That’s expected…the feature is currently designed to remove reflections in a window filling the entire image frame between camera and subject. Eyeglasses only cover a small area of the frame so they aren’t handled yet. But in the original Adobe blog post announcing reflection removal, they did say they’d like to handle eyeglasses in a future update.
Since the blog post was published last December they did add support for some non-raw formats, extended the feature to Lightroom, and just introdu
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Didn't work. Just get this every time...
Didn't work. Just get this every time...
By @Leigh Gray
Can you please send me the full system info for your computer? In Photoshop please select "System Info" from the Help menu and copy the information.
Thanks for your help!
I have tried 4 photos and it pixilates the photo. They are all artworks that I did and are behind glass. I read that it should work but it doesn't. My raw files are not compressed and I use a Canon R6 and it saves raw as CR3.
I would love some suggestions and help
Jane
By @painterjan
Can you please provide a link to download one of the CR3 files that does not work?
Can you please send me the full system info for your computer? In Photoshop please select "System Info" from the Help menu and copy the information.
Thanks for your help!
I followed the steps to actvate thsi feature, even rebooting my mac, but it still does not allow me to use. On Mac mini M2 pro, Sequoia 15.2.
I followed the steps to actvate thsi feature, even rebooting my mac, but it still does not allow me to use. On Mac mini M2 pro, Sequoia 15.2.
By @Aimee V Photo
What message is shown when you mouse over the ! warning icon?
Can you please provide a link to this NEF file for me to download?
Can you please send me the full system info for your Mac Mini M2? In Photoshop please select "System Info" from the Help menu and copy the information.
Thank for your help.
Win 11. Ps 2025 (production rel.) - opened Sony ARW image into ACR. Tech Previews are enabled in ACR.
Appearance of Orig. Image - inside looking out at de Young Museum (SF). The trees are outdoors behind glass. The warm colors and pictures are indoors where I am and where I'm shooting from.
What I wanted was to remove the reflections of the indoor galleries and just see the outdoor trees. That didn't work. I tried views at both +100 and -100. Both ends of the spectrum ended up looking the same.
After running Reflection Removal feature:
Hi all. I have attached a before and after image of what Im getting when trying out the new remove refelections in Ps. All software/windows 10 are up to date im running an amd Ryzen 5 3400g with the on board Radeon graphics 11 card. Im thinking the graphics isnt up to snuff for this. Suggestions?
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