Adjust lighting in images

Select Image > Edit image from the Firefly home screen. Then, upload the image from your computer, or add it from Adobe cloud storage.

Select Relight   from the tool menu on the left. Then, from the action bar at the bottom, select a lighting preset. To explore more presets, select Properties   in the action bar, and then in the Presets section of the Properties panel, select View all relight presets.

Select Apply in the action bar to commit the preset.

Select Image > Edit image from the Firefly home screen. Then, upload the image from your computer, or add it from Adobe cloud storage.

Select Relight   from the tool menu on the left. Then, from the action bar at the bottom, select Add light   .  The light source appears on the image in preview.

To add one more light source, select Add light again. You can add up to three light sources and control each light source's properties separately.

To adjust the lighting properties of a light source, select its icon   on the canvas or in the action bar, and then select Properties   in the action bar. The Properties panel appears on the canvas.

The canvas shows a low-resolution preview as you make adjustments, but after you finish, you have to apply the changes to commit them.

To adjust the image's overall ambient lighting, move the Original lighting slider in the Global section of the Properties panel.

To change the color of the added light, select the color strip in the Color section. Then, do one of the following:

• Select a color swatch from the Color palette.
• Select a color from the color picker.
• Type the HEX code of the color.

To adjust the light intensity, move the Intensity slider.

Keep the light source as a point source or convert it to a directional source, and then adjust the positioning or direction, and diffusion or angle.

To adjust the properties of any additional light sources you added, select that light source and repeat the steps.

To manage a light source, do the following in the Properties panel:

• To hide the light source, select   next to its name, and to unhide it, select    .
• To delete the light source, select   next to its name. You can't delete a light source if it's the only one present.
• To restore the light source's original settings, select Reset in its properties section.

If you want to restore the original image and undo all lighting adjustments, select Reset all   .

Select Apply in the action bar to commit the edits you made. If you switch to another tool before applying the edits, a dialog box prompts you to apply or cancel the edits. Select Apply to keep the edit, or Cancel to discard it and continue.

Select the light source on the canvas or in the action bar for which you want to adjust the positioning or convert into a point source.

Select the Point light tab in the Properties panel.

If the light source was directional earlier, switching to the Point light tab will also convert it into a point light source.

To adjust the light source's position, drag it on the canvas. For more precise control, in the Advanced settings section of the Properties panel, use these sliders:

• Left-Right: Move the slider to position the light source anywhere along the left-right axis.
• Low-High: Move the slider to position the light source anywhere along the up-down axis.
• Close-Far:  Move the slider to position the light source closer to the camera or behind the object along the front-back axis. As you move the slider toward Close, the light source icon appears larger on the canvas, and as you move it toward Far, it appears smaller, indicating changes in lighting depth.

To adjust the light's spread, move the Diffusion slider in the Advanced settings section of the Properties panel. A low value renders sharp, well-defined shadows, and a high value renders soft, diffused shadows.

Select Apply to commit the edits.

Select the light source, which you want to convert into a directional source, on the canvas or in the action bar.

Select the Direction light tab in the Properties panel. The light source will change into a directional source.

To adjust the direction of the light source, drag it on the canvas. For precise control, in the Direction section of the Properties panel, do one of the following:

• Drag the light source around the sphere to adjust the Azimuth and Elevation angles.
• Move the horizontal slider from 0 to 360 degrees to adjust the Azimuth, and move the vertical slider from 0 to 180 degrees to adjust the Elevation. 

The Direction sphere and the canvas preview the adjustments you make.

To adjust the angular size, expand Advanced settings in the Properties panel, and then move the Angle slider. Lower values produce sharper shadows, and higher values produce softer shadows.

Select Apply to commit the edits.