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[ignatiusjk]

Is there such a thing or filter in PS3 as a polarizer? I looked but didn't find one.

[Kirk Gittings]

No. Nor in PS4 or 5. I don't think that exact "effect" is possible. HOWEVER if you are simply talking about about darkening blue skies, yes-via applying a Gradient or by lowering the "Luminance" of Blue by moving the Lightness slider in a Hue/Saturation Adjustment layer.

[Ari]

Or you could get Nik Digital effects; there's a polarizer effect there, but I don't know how well it replaces the real thing.

[Greg Blank]

Eventually they will include the loose nut behind the camera as well.

Or you could get Nik Digital effects; there's a polarizer effect there, but I don't know how well it replaces the real thing.

[Kirk Gittings]

http://www.niksoftware.com/colorefex...arization.html
This is Nik's so called "polarizing" filter-easily duplicated in PS or LR It is just something similar to what I posted above plus a slight saturation and contrast bump. DEFINITELY NOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH REAL POLARIZATION.

[E. von Hoegh]

Or you could get Nik Digital effects; there's a polarizer effect there, but I don't know how well it replaces the real thing.

It does not, because it can not. You must make the photo through a polarising filter to have a photo made with polarised light.

[Preston]

Another way to darken a blue sky is to create a Selective Color adjustment layer.

After creating the layer, select 'Blues' from the dropdown list. At the bottom of the window, move the 'Black' slider to the right. This adds black to the blues, darkening them. You can choose between a 'relative', or 'abolute' adjustment to see which looks best.

Note that this will affect the blues in the entire image unless the sky is selected prior to creating the Selective Color layer.

As has been said, this is only an approximation of the effect of a PL filter. The best course is to use the filter when making the exposure.

--P

[Ari]

It does not, because it can not. You must make the photo through a polarising filter to have a photo made with polarised light.

That's true, but you can mimic the effect of a polarizer through various digital controls.

[tbeaman]

Depends upon what you want out of a polarizer. As mentioned, darkening a blue sky, increasing saturation, or enhancing local contrast are all achievable in differing respects, but altering reflections seems like it would be nearly impossible.

[Brian Ellis]

Polarizers and ND grads are the only filters I still carry. The effects I used to obtain from the usual b&w filters can be obtained easier and with much more precision and flexibility in Photoshop. But it's not so easy to remove reflections in Photoshop so I still carry polarizers for that purpose.