De-haze [Will Dehaze work on JPGs as well as Raw?]

[Guest]

Does the de-haze feature work on JPEG files as well or just if you are shooting in RAW?

Thanks

[MichaelHughSims · Accepted solution]

Saraj25892596,

De-haze will function with a JPEG however you will get a more noticeable loss of information which can translate in color shifts that can cause banding, and loss of tonal information. I have used it for some of the images that I take with my mobile phone ( iphone7+) and find if I'm gentle with the slider its not too noticeable.  RAW will give you much better results.

[Guest]

Thank you!!  I plan to get a different camera and start shooting in raw soon but for now I have some JPEG photos I want to try to fix!

[Guest]

Thank you,  I will follow your advice and be gentle!

[JP Hess]

Yes, the dehaze filter will work with JPEG images as well as raw images.  But as with any adjustment on a JPEG image, you need to be more conservative with the adjustments because the JPEG image won't tolerate  as much as a raw image will.