New Reflection Tool

I tried this with Nikon NEF files from 2 cameras and it does not work at all for me, gives a warning about not being a suitable file, but NEF is Raw???

It sounds like you’re asking about not a Reflection tool, but maybe the new reflection removal option that is a technology preview in Adobe Camera Raw? If so, then this question might be better asked in the existing thread about that feature.

If the feature is grayed out, and you are using a supported format (it looks like you are), the problem is usually because of these possible causes:

• The file is no longer raw because Lightroom Classic sent it to Photoshop as a rendered document (as it normally does), and because it’s no longer raw the feature won’t work (at this time, they might change that). 
• The file is still raw in Photoshop (a Photoshop Smart Object), but you’re using the Camera Raw Filter instead of editing the actual raw contents.

One way to test this feature is to forget about Photoshop and use Bridge to open the raw file directly into Camera Raw.

Or, if you need to try it in Photoshop, use the Open command so that it first opens into Camera Raw.

Through either of those two methods, the reflection removal option should be available.

Or, if you must start from Lightroom Classic, use these steps which will keep it raw in Photoshop and make reflection removal available:

1. From Lightroom Classic, choose Photo > Edit In > Open as Smart Object in Photoshop. (It has to be that command…if instead you choose Photo > Edit In > Open in Adobe Photoshop, that will not preserve the raw data in Photoshop.) 

2. In the Photoshop document that is created, double-click that raw Smart Object layer. (That’s a shortcut for the correct command, Layer > Smart Objects > Edit Contents. Do not use Filter > Camera Raw Filter.) 

Hi @Jay Amundson please share your workflow steps so the team can try to reproduce here.

Thanks,

Cory - Photoshop Product Manager