How can we dehaze a photo with curves and not using Dehaze?

[juan_8293]

I want to dehaze in photoshop -- without using Dehaze in Camera Raw or Lightroom.

How??

[D Fosse]

The correction itself is easy to do with Levels.

But remember what atmospheric haze is. It increases with distance. Dehaze is specifically targeted to the areas of the image with low dynamic range, which in a landscape shot is whatever is far away, and more adjustment the farther it is. It is auto masked.

In other words - in Photoshop you need masking.