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SUMMARY

Adobe Camera Raw has updated its masking tools with feather and edge sliders, enabling users to precisely expand or contract selections for more accurate edits. These sliders are available on specific mask types like sky, subject, and background. Additionally, the color grading feature, previously a global adjustment, is now integrated into masking, allowing for selective color adjustments to specific regions of an image. This shift mirrors video color grading workflows, enabling complex layered looks within Camera Raw without needing to export to Photoshop.

TAKEAWAYS

New feather and edge sliders allow precise control over mask boundaries.

Color grading can now be applied locally within masks.

These features are currently exclusive to Camera Raw, not Lightroom.

White balance range has been extended for both raw and non-raw files.

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