{"id":23493,"date":"2026-01-20T14:21:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T22:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/?p=23493"},"modified":"2026-01-20T15:37:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:37:44","slug":"adobes-light-touch-promises-powerful-intuitive-relighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/20\/adobes-light-touch-promises-powerful-intuitive-relighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Adobe&#8217;s &#8220;Light Touch&#8221; promises powerful, intuitive relighting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Almost exactly 19 years ago (!), I <a href=\"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/14\/more_fascinating_3d_face_bits\/\">blogged<\/a> about some eye-popping tech that promised interactive control over portrait lighting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3D morphable model face animation\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nice6NYb_WA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was of course incredibly eager to get it into Photoshop\u2014but alas, it&#8217;d take years to iron out the details. Numerous projects have reached the market (see <a href=\"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/category\/ai-ml\/relighting\/\">the whole big category here<\/a> I&#8217;ve devoted to them), and now with &#8220;Light Touch,&#8221; Adobe is promising even more impressive &amp; intuitive control:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>This generative AI tool lets you reshape light sources after capture \u2014 turning day to night, adding drama, or adjusting focus and emotion without reshoots. It\u2019s like having total control over the sun and studio lights, all in post.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Check it out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#ProjectLightTouch | Adobe MAX Sneaks 2025 | Adobe\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YqAAFX1XXY8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If nothing else, make sure you see <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YqAAFX1XXY8?si=Mhf5NYq7MhehSW4j&amp;t=201\">the pumpkin part<\/a>, which rightfully causes the audience to go nuts. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LightTouch.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LightTouch-1024x557.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LightTouch-1024x557.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LightTouch-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LightTouch-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LightTouch.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost exactly 19 years ago (!), I blogged about some eye-popping tech that promised interactive control over portrait lighting: I was of course incredibly eager to get it into Photoshop\u2014but alas, it&#8217;d take years to iron out the details. 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