Camera Raw

Adobe’s image processing engine and plugin used for non-destructive RAW development within photoshop and lightroom.

Features & Capabilities

• Advanced RAW data manipulation, color grading, and exposure adjustment.
• Lens Blur Tool: Part of recent updates in camera-raw and lightroom to simulate realistic depth of field.
• Depth-Based Adjustments: Leverages depth maps to enable advanced, realistic photo adjustments and precise 3D-like effects.
• Advanced Masking: Utilizes depth information for complex, realistic masking and 3D photo manipulation.

Related Concepts

• photoshop
• lightroom
• lens-blur
• depth-map
• masking

References

• 2026 04 22 Photoshop Depth Map Mastering Precise 3D Photo Adjustments (Tutorial by PiXimperfect)

Source Notes

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