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Photoshop Gets a Light Adjustment Layer Matching Lightroom's Controls

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Photoshop Gets a Light Adjustment Layer Matching Lightroom's Controls
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Adobe has added a Light adjustment layer to Photoshop, with controls that look nearly identical to the tone and exposure panel in Lightroom and Camera Raw. The Fstoppers piece digs into how the two differ under the hood and where each one actually belongs in a layered editing workflow.

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AUGUST 27, 2026
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