I tried it out on a picture from a few years back that had a very bad lens flare. I had tried unsuccessfully to rescue it using a combination of masking and other tools, including generative fill. I had given it up as a lost cause. The reflection removal tool fixed it PERFECTLY in one click. All I can say is, 'Wow.'
My tolerance for lost-cause images has gone up many-fold from 5 years ago. Barely missed focus for example. Back then, following online advice, I deleted images that were considered unfixable. Now if there's just a moderate flaw that can't be fixed yet, but I like something about the image, I sort it into a can't-fix-yet folder. I really regret following the aggressive deletion policy recommended in the past.
Wow Wow Wow! I'm in my mid 70's and my wife and I frequently tour in a bus through some stunning scenery. After my last trip through the Canadian Maritime provinces in October, I'd given up on taking photos out the bus window. This changes everything!
If you're a street photographer this is a great tool. There's been many times I passed on taking a reflection shot in a window because I didn't think I was getting enough reflection of someone walking by and was getting too much of what was on the other side of the window. I'm going to give this a try on some of my previous photos and see if I can improve them.
Amazing, the first thing that occurred to me is that it would be nice to have a video of this transition. I don't know what for but I was just imagining things.
A device I carry called "LenSkirt" I carry in a pocket in the rear of bag for those out the hotel or building window, the only problem even being the XL you have to use a longer lens due to the LenSkirt being in the way! I use on bus tours also. NOW no real worries capturing out a window like a tour train ride through mountains or just a cross country. But the LenSkirt has suction cups also for the window and it is real nice, just saying!!!
I don’t use PS so will wait for LR version. But I would rarely think of shooting something behind glass unless I want the reflection as a composite image. Not sure of utility of this feature but cool that they figured out how to do it. Maybe it could be helpful once in a blue moon. Thank for the update.
When I open an image from LrCC to Ps, have it be raw or smart object, it converts the file to a tiff, a format that can't be used to use this reflection process. Kinda stuck.
I love it… now let’s get this into Desktop LR and Mobile. I have been playing with it in PS for a few days now, from previous shoots at museums and other venues where reflections abound. Another dream filter would be one that would remove heat haze, distortion from an a image. I shoot a lot of aviation, airshows and the like with some serious teles. One of the big downfalls of this combo of long glass and a distant aircraft rotating off a runway is distortion and living in a warm climate (Texas) only compounds the problem. Hopefully something like this is in the pipeline at Adobe, perhaps you could drop a hint…
Does reflection removal work with the latest ACR update in Ps 2024 or only production release Ps 2025? Thx. (I saw user postings about some key Ps features I use not working right on Win PCs so haven't updated to Ps 2025 yet). I was eager for this ever since MAX Sneaks in 2023.
Oh No! Instant regret over all the hockey pics I deleted do to reflections. Wish I had those back now. The tool does work. Nikon NEF files have to be converted to DNG first.
Wow.. I've deleted countless photos because of reflections. I even bought two large different size silicone hoods to fit different lenses. They're cumbersome to use as they just stretch around the end of the lens. They fall off. I've torn one because they're a pain to fit properly. I originally bought a real cheapo one. Stiff as a board and it actually pulled the focus ring off one of my lenses, fortunately it clipped back on, but it could have wrecked the lens.
I can just see it now, once its made to work with jpgs eveyone will be trying it on photos from the internet of people with sunglasses to see who took the photo, whats in the scene behind the camera and all kinds of such scenerios.
I truly do appreciate all that Adobe does to help make editing easier. I love all the new removal tools. But it does make me wonder then why some seemingly minor improvements (like customized colour labels and smart collections) have not yet appeared in these versions of Lightroom. Adobe has had a long standing practice of retaining legacy tools while also introducing new ones in their new releases. I would be a much bigger all-in fan if all of the legacy organizational elements that I rely on do get ported over from Lightroom Classic alongside these "speechless" improvements. Take a couple weeks/couple of staff, get it done and then move on to these enhancements. Just sayin'.
You know what pictures most often have reflections in them? JPEG/HEIC photos taken with a phone (like in a hotel room, on a plane, etc.). Since Photoshop's reflection removal doesn't work on JPEG files, it's honestly not as useful as I would have hoped. 🤷♂
It’s frustrating that they put these things into ACR but not into Lightroom Classic when they run on the same engine. Most people use classic. This is now the denoise slider and this reflection tool stuck in camera raw for months like the curves mask was
Reflection removal is kind of a bad name on this. On 90% of the photos out there It just enhances the reflection. Seems like the only time it doesn't is if the reflection is covering the entire frame of the shot. If there's a little bit of something in the background It tends to Make the reflection more noticeable. Also you have to open the image in camera raw directly so it doesn't work well with an integration with Lightroom. For example you can't go from Lightroom and right click and edit and Photoshop. If you try this and then go up to the camera filter it says the raw format is not supported. A really good use case of this technology if it actually worked would be reflections on cars for automotive shooters.
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I tried it out on a picture from a few years back that had a very bad lens flare. I had tried unsuccessfully to rescue it using a combination of masking and other tools, including generative fill. I had given it up as a lost cause. The reflection removal tool fixed it PERFECTLY in one click. All I can say is, 'Wow.'
My tolerance for lost-cause images has gone up many-fold from 5 years ago. Barely missed focus for example. Back then, following online advice, I deleted images that were considered unfixable. Now if there's just a moderate flaw that can't be fixed yet, but I like something about the image, I sort it into a can't-fix-yet folder. I really regret following the aggressive deletion policy recommended in the past.
Thanks Brian. You are correct. This is amazing.
Wow Wow Wow! I'm in my mid 70's and my wife and I frequently tour in a bus through some stunning scenery. After my last trip through the Canadian Maritime provinces in October, I'd given up on taking photos out the bus window. This changes everything!
If you're a street photographer this is a great tool. There's been many times I passed on taking a reflection shot in a window because I didn't think I was getting enough reflection of someone walking by and was getting too much of what was on the other side of the window. I'm going to give this a try on some of my previous photos and see if I can improve them.
Amazing, thank you!
absolutely amazing, I have quite a few photo's from a plane window in Alaska that I will address ASAP.....
I am blown away. I too almost always skip shots with bad reflections. Now I won’t. Thank you adobe and AI
Astonishing 😮
I LOVE ADOBE ENGINEERS SOOOO MUCH. Thank you Brian for blowing my mind. AGAIN.
You were not joking, it's just amazing.
Outstanding
Amazing, the first thing that occurred to me is that it would be nice to have a video of this transition. I don't know what for but I was just imagining things.
A device I carry called "LenSkirt" I carry in a pocket in the rear of bag for those out the hotel or building window, the only problem even being the XL you have to use a longer lens due to the LenSkirt being in the way! I use on bus tours also. NOW no real worries capturing out a window like a tour train ride through mountains or just a cross country. But the LenSkirt has suction cups also for the window and it is real nice, just saying!!!
This option could be very interesting if you want to work on double exposure photos merging 2 raw photos together. Thanks for the video !!
WOW!! 🎉🎉🎉
Jeez! If I knew about it I could take the photo in Tokyo in all observatory deck with all window reflections as you I didn't do due to reflections
Right?! Same with me at the top of the World Trade Center.
I don’t use PS so will wait for LR version. But I would rarely think of shooting something behind glass unless I want the reflection as a composite image. Not sure of utility of this feature but cool that they figured out how to do it. Maybe it could be helpful once in a blue moon. Thank for the update.
How does it work with landscape images? Comparing a circular polarized image to one that isn't with this filter would be neat to see.
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work with eyeglasses.
This feature is fantastic.
I know I’ll use it for my museums photos. I usually take photos of stuff in museums. 🙏
When I open an image from LrCC to Ps, have it be raw or smart object, it converts the file to a tiff, a format that can't be used to use this reflection process. Kinda stuck.
Yep, it will probably get added to LR later when refined.
The odd thing I found...if I try to send it right to PS from LR the filter does not work. I have to open the image in PS and then it works.
I love it… now let’s get this into Desktop LR and Mobile. I have been playing with it in PS for a few days now, from previous shoots at museums and other venues where reflections abound.
Another dream filter would be one that would remove heat haze, distortion from an a image. I shoot a lot of aviation, airshows and the like with some serious teles. One of the big downfalls of this combo of long glass and a distant aircraft rotating off a runway is distortion and living in a warm climate (Texas) only compounds the problem. Hopefully something like this is in the pipeline at Adobe, perhaps you could drop a hint…
Does it also eliminate reflections in glasses?
Does reflection removal work with the latest ACR update in Ps 2024 or only production release Ps 2025? Thx. (I saw user postings about some key Ps features I use not working right on Win PCs so haven't updated to Ps 2025 yet). I was eager for this ever since MAX Sneaks in 2023.
Oh No! Instant regret over all the hockey pics I deleted do to reflections. Wish I had those back now. The tool does work. Nikon NEF files have to be converted to DNG first.
Wow.. I've deleted countless photos because of reflections. I even bought two large different size silicone hoods to fit different lenses. They're cumbersome to use as they just stretch around the end of the lens. They fall off. I've torn one because they're a pain to fit properly. I originally bought a real cheapo one. Stiff as a board and it actually pulled the focus ring off one of my lenses, fortunately it clipped back on, but it could have wrecked the lens.
It will be very good that in lightroom mobile too
Wonder how it works with water reflection?
Wow! Will this also work on reflections on peoples glasses, or does the AI look for reflections that sort of "cover the whole area of the photo"?
I'd like to see that. Evoto has a pretty good solution, so technically it's solved by 3rd party but not with Adobe.
I can just see it now, once its made to work with jpgs eveyone will be trying it on photos from the internet of people with sunglasses to see who took the photo, whats in the scene behind the camera and all kinds of such scenerios.
I truly do appreciate all that Adobe does to help make editing easier. I love all the new removal tools. But it does make me wonder then why some seemingly minor improvements (like customized colour labels and smart collections) have not yet appeared in these versions of Lightroom. Adobe has had a long standing practice of retaining legacy tools while also introducing new ones in their new releases. I would be a much bigger all-in fan if all of the legacy organizational elements that I rely on do get ported over from Lightroom Classic alongside these "speechless" improvements. Take a couple weeks/couple of staff, get it done and then move on to these enhancements. Just sayin'.
Is this the end of the polariser?
oh wow, very true!
You know what pictures most often have reflections in them? JPEG/HEIC photos taken with a phone (like in a hotel room, on a plane, etc.).
Since Photoshop's reflection removal doesn't work on JPEG files, it's honestly not as useful as I would have hoped. 🤷♂
It’s frustrating that they put these things into ACR but not into Lightroom Classic when they run on the same engine. Most people use classic. This is now the denoise slider and this reflection tool stuck in camera raw for months like the curves mask was
Doesn't work with fresh Lumix RW2 files. RW2 files are not considered as RAW files it seems.
Reflection removal is kind of a bad name on this. On 90% of the photos out there It just enhances the reflection. Seems like the only time it doesn't is if the reflection is covering the entire frame of the shot. If there's a little bit of something in the background It tends to Make the reflection more noticeable. Also you have to open the image in camera raw directly so it doesn't work well with an integration with Lightroom. For example you can't go from Lightroom and right click and edit and Photoshop. If you try this and then go up to the camera filter it says the raw format is not supported. A really good use case of this technology if it actually worked would be reflections on cars for automotive shooters.
Brain, you could use a polarizer to reduce reflaxions ;-) LOL (just kidding)
No more telling people to remove their glasses?
Pronouns 🤫