On November 10, 2026, Adobe announced Camera Raw 19.0. The update for Photoshop and Bridge brings virtual copies, up to three stacked LUTs, and the Mark to Remove function, which lets you mark unwanted areas in multiple photos and remove them together.
The announcement gives no details on price, credits, or a German interface. You get Camera Raw through the updates for Photoshop and Bridge in the Creative Cloud app.
What changes when editing individual photos?
Virtual copies create multiple editing variants of the same photo without duplicating the original file. You edit each variant separately and save it as its own output file. The variants are also preserved between two sessions.
Task and new tool
Five new features in Camera Raw 19.0, according to Adobe's description
TaskNew in 19.0
- Test variants of a photoVirtual copies
- Remove distractions in seriesMark to Remove
- Layer a color lookUp to three LUTs
- Pull highlights into streaksGlow styles Motion and Streak
- Reduce noise in JPEG and PNGDenoise for more formats
Description based on Adobe's announcement, without our own test.
Source: Adobe Community
For the color look, according to the announcement in the Adobe Community, you stack up to three LUTs across the whole photo or apply one LUT per mask, each with its own Amount slider for intensity. The new Glow styles Motion and Streak pull highlights in one direction or in two opposite directions, respectively. You control the angle and edges of the streaks with the Direction and Softness sliders.
The noise reduction Denoise now also works with JPEG, HEIF/HEIC, TIFF, PNG, AVIF, JPEG XL, WebP, PSD/PSB, and with DNG files that have already been prepared for output (output-referred). In the Camera Raw filter in Photoshop, you use Denoise via the same checkbox in the Detail section and the same Amount slider.
How do you clean up multiple photos in one go?
With Mark to Remove, you mark unwanted areas in multiple images and then apply Generative Remove to all selected photos at once. The markings remain saved even after closing the program, and you can copy them to photos with the same framing. Our assessment: this is most useful for tripod series, because only there does the distracting object sit in the same spot from image to image.
Stacks group related photos under one cover image, automatically by capture data or by hand. Within a stack, you reorder files and assign it a type such as HDR or burst. Adobe currently supports automatic stacking for recent Canon and Nikon models as well as for cameras with DNG support. With Hide Photos, you hide images for the current session or show only the selected ones; the images reappear at the next launch.
What applies when switching between Camera Raw and Photoshop?
The announcement does not mention the Open with Masks function. PhotoshopCAFE describes the function as follows: masks from Camera Raw appear in Photoshop as alpha channels, but only if you load the raw file via the menu command File > Open, not via Bridge. According to PhotoshopCAFE, Camera Raw stores virtual copies in the XMP sidecar file for manufacturer-specific raw formats and in the file itself for DNG. When moving files, you should therefore take the XMP file with you.
What this means for you
First check the version number. In Photoshop, it is at the very top of the Camera Raw section in the preferences. If you have an older version, install the current updates for Photoshop and Bridge in the Creative Cloud app under Apps.
Test Mark to Remove on a series with the same framing and check each result individually. Whether Generative Remove consumes credits or computes in the cloud, Adobe does not say, so only release client photos once that is clarified.
Old JPEG archives with high ISO noise are a good test case for Denoise. How to remove image noise in Photoshop and Lightroom is shown in the tutorial on noise removal. With LUTs, note the order of the three layers, otherwise you will not be able to retrace the look later. The basics of raw development are covered in the video tutorial on Adobe Camera Raw.
Adobe announced Camera Raw 19.0 in the Adobe Community on November 10, 2026.
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