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SOME PHOTOSHOP INSPIRATION DEPTH AWARE HAZE By Andrew Haysom
With the release of Photoshop CC 22.0 (October 2020) Adobe released the Depth-Aware Haze beta neural filter. This is one of a number of new filters (some in production and some in beta) that can be accessed using the Filter / Neural Filters menu command. After choosing this menu command, click the Beta Filters icon in the left navigator, and then click the Depth-Aware Haze switch (see Figure 1).
[Figure 1 – Neural Filters dialog with Depth-Aware Haze chosen]
Like many of these new filters the image is uploaded to the cloud, where Adobe’s artificial intelligence engine will analyse the image and apply the filter. This activity could take a few seconds to complete. The controls for this filter are simple. The main one is Haze which simply controls the amount of Haze applied (0 = none up to 100 = maximum amount). Adjust this slider to your taste. The Warmth and Brightness sliders adjust the warmth and brightness of the haze. Personally, I do not like the colour adjustments made by the warmth slider, and think I will do my colour grading later, but try these sliders out to see if you like the effect.
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