How to · 5 min
Keep atmosphere in the landscape
Use Black Mist, Dehaze, and Vignette without losing the scene.
Mist is often the subject, not a defect. A distant hillside needs less contrast than the foreground to feel distant. The goal is a coherent progression of tones, not equal clarity everywhere.
The method
Step by step.
- Open EFX and compare the untouched atmosphere first. Note how distant ridges separate from one another.
- Use Black Mist amount and its 1/8, 1/4, or 1/2 type to explore diffusion. Check the areas around bright sky and reflections.
- Adjust Dehaze in small increments. A negative adjustment can soften separation; a positive adjustment can strengthen it. Stop before distant layers become unnaturally hard.
- Use Vignette gently if it helps hold attention. Feather controls the softness of its transition; Midpoint changes how far it extends inward.
- Compare at Fit. If the corners or bright halos become the first thing you see, back off.
Keep this close
Control reference.
- Black Mist
- Diffusion character and strength.
- Dehaze
- Atmospheric separation; not an automatic fog-removal decision.
- Vignette
- Edge darkening with feather and midpoint controls.
Closer to the controls
See the settings, not a reconstruction.
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At your own pace
Try it.
The mist example uses Black Mist 10 and Dehaze −5. Use it as a restrained starting experiment, not a preset for every landscape.
Watch for
Do not mistake flattened atmosphere for recovered detail. Keep a believable relationship between near and distant objects.
Monochrome Lab Pro workflow guide. Interface details may evolve. Example settings are creative starting points, not automatic corrections.