Dehaze

[David Eichler]

Is there a function or an action one can create in Photoshop itself (not ACR) that has the same function as Lightroom/ACR "dehaze," in both the positive and negative directions?

[Wolfman]

I sometimes in photoshop use the acr filter on a layer set to luminosity blend mode and go back to dehaze in acr. I don't know of anything in photoshop that lets you do what dehaze does with sliders. Curves comes close to doing what dehaze does, but only the positive slider effect or look...not the negative slider look. Using the acr filter on a layer is pretty easy. That way you can change blend modes if needed.

[Eric Brody]

If go from Lightroom to Photoshop as a smart layer, you can click on the base layer, return to LR, and do all the dehaze you want, then return to Photoshop. Charlie Cramer taught me this at a workshop and it really adds to one's flexibility since there are a number of things that are easier to do in LR.

[digitaldog]

This is very effective: Mac’s midtone contrast routine:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uYYwyYRXaRQ