Photoshop: Add Clarity adjustment layer

Please add the clarity adjustment (local contrast) found in Lightroom to Photoshop. Put it in the adjustment layers submenu along with curves, levels, color balance, etc. I often save a flattened film scan TIF file from Photoshop and then import it into lightroom just to add a clarity adjustment. This ends up being a clunky workflow and I cannot undo or modify the clarity adjustment later in Photoshop. Adding clarity to adjustment layers in PS should be a no-brainer as far as the necessary coding is concerned.

Joel Pickford

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Posted 12 months ago

12 months ago

Jeffrey Tranberry, Sr. Product Manager, Digital Imaging

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Note: You can apply Clarity to a layer using the Camera Raw filter under the filter menu. If you convert the layer to a Smart Object, the Camera Raw settings can be applied to a layer non-destructively.

See related: Photoshop: Make Camera Raw features available as an adjustment layer

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