Relight images with interactive lighting controls

Posledná aktualizácia dňa 9. 11. 2026

Learn how to add creative lighting effects to your images.

Add dramatic lighting to an image with Relight  . Add up to three light sources and adjust their position, color, intensity, and diffusion directly on the canvas.

Relight detects existing light sources in your image and uses them as input when generating new lighting with generative AI. It applies lighting changes only to the active layer. If you apply it to the top layer of a composite, for example, it affects only that layer. Photoshop creates a separate Relight Layer, leaving the original image layer untouched.

While you adjust the lights, Photoshop displays a low-resolution preview. Select Done to generate the final relit image at full input resolution. The Relight Layer remains in the Layers panel, where you can select it and choose Edit Relight Layer to make further edits.

Add and adjust lights

Select File > Open to open an image in Photoshop.

In the Layers panel, select an unlocked Pixel, Rotate Object, or Smart Object layer.

Select Layer > New Relight Layer. You can also select New Relight Layer from the Layers panel flyout menu or the layer context menu.

Photoshop adds a light control to the center of the image and creates a new Relight Layer in the Layers panel. Drag the light control on the canvas to reposition it inside or outside the image.

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Photoshop generates a low-resolution preview of the lighting effect while you adjust the lights. Press N to toggle the on-canvas light widgets on and off.

In the Contextual Task Bar, select the light icon to adjust the Color, Intensity, and Diffusion. You can also adjust these lighting controls in the Relight Layer Properties panel or directly using the on-canvas light controls.

Relight Layer Properties panel with Light 1 color, position, Intensity, Diffusion, and Original lighting controls.
Relight Layer Properties panel with controls for adjusting a light.

To add another light, select Add Light.

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You must have at least one light, and you can add a maximum of three lights. Delete lights or turn their visibility off using the eye icon in the Contextual Task Bar.

Select Done to apply the lighting effects. Relight uses generative AI, requires an internet connection, and costs 30 generative credits.

Edit a Relight layer

Select Relight Layer from the Layers panel.

In the Relight Layer Properties panel, select Edit Lighting.

Adjust the existing lights or add and remove lights as needed.

Select Done in the Options bar to apply the lighting effects. Relight uses generative AI, requires an internet connection, and costs 30 generative credits.