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SUMMARY
Adobe has significantly upgraded Photoshop's depth range mask, now integrated into Camera Raw, allowing it to automatically generate depth maps from any image, regardless of file type. Previously, this feature was largely unusable outside of specific smartphone portrait modes that embedded depth data. The updated tool builds a depth map with a single click, representing distance with a white-to-black gradient, enabling targeted adjustments using a range box and sliders. This allows editors to isolate and modify specific depth zones, stacking multiple masks to treat foreground, midground, and background independently, and works with JPEGs through the Camera Raw filter in Photoshop.
TAKEAWAYS
Photoshop's depth range mask now automatically generates depth maps from any image.
The feature allows localized adjustments based on distance from the camera.
It works on raw files and JPEGs through the Camera Raw filter.
Users can combine depth masks with other mask types for precise editing.