Every time we want to edit a selection, its respective pin has to be clicked on. With multiple pins, only one can be selected at a time. A selected adjustment is signified by a pin with a dot inside it. The small circle on the selected area is called an edit pin. I take care to press the Alt key when I need to erase accidentally brushed areas: I also check the box labeled "Show Selected Mask Overlay" at the strip below my image (the shortcut is the letter "O"), so that Lightroom marks with a red colored overlay the areas on which I have brushed. To keep my selection within the dark area, I tick the Auto Mask box. To do this, I press "K" to access the adjustment brush and I adjust my exposure to +2.84. The sky looks attractive but we clearly need to lift the shadows for correct exposure balance. The image below is underexposed and has extremely dark shadows, to the degree that it initially looks unsalvageable: To show you the power of the adjustment brush, I’ll go through a very simple example. This is similar to flow, but the difference here is that density does not act additively and for this reason, I generally prefer the added control of the flow slider.
Note that Auto Mask also works when you erase. Although not as precise as Photoshop selections, in most cases, it does an extremely effective and fast job that will save you from going from Lightroom to Photoshop and back again. When switched on, it automatically detects area borders in your image and keeps brush action within them.
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With low flow, you will need many brush strokes to gradually reach full effect, while 100% immediately results to full effect. Flow: It determines how your brush strokes add up to reach 100% coverage.Low feathering results in a hard brush with a very narrow space between the inner and outer circle for the brush tool, while high feathering results in a softer brush. Feather: Adjusts the size of the feather transition zone.Instead of using the slider, I find it much easier to control size with the scroll wheel of my mouse or with the square brackets ("") on my keyboard. Erase:Allows the deletion of features already brushed on the image, but does not affect the image itself! The best way to access the erase feature is to hold down the "Alt" key on the keyboard ("Option" key on a Mac).For example, a large soft brush and a small hard one. A and B: By choosing one or the other, you can have ready access to two different brushes.I will explain each feature separately, as each is critical in controlling brush adjustments: There is also a color feature that allows one to brush on selected colors on parts of an image, but unfortunately, this extends beyond the scope of this article.īrush: Here is where we fine-tune brush features. All of the Luxe branded collections come with collection-specific brushes. What is even better, is that you can buy readily available brushes to speed up local adjustment work. Lightroom already has some effects built in, but you can also create your own and access them via the dropdown menu just on the right of the "Effects" badge (shows the word "Zero" above, as no sliders have been yet adjusted). What’s great about the adjustment brush is that Lightroom allows us to create and reuse adjustment brush presets. Imagine any adjustment you may want to make to a part of your image and you will be able to just that with this fantastic combination of sliders. Mask: This is where we choose a new adjustment (default selection is in white lettering when we first access the adjustment brush tool) or edit an existing one.Įffect: Contains a bewildering number of adjustment sliders. Each has its very own purpose that I explain below:
It is divided into Mask, Effect, and Brush subareas. This is how the adjustment brush menu looks: The shortcut for fast access is the letter "K". Then, click the far-right tool in the tool pallet, just below the histogram panel. To access the adjustment brush, you must be in the Develop module. It goes miles beyond what its name implies, as it can easily adjust single or multiple photographic parameters like exposure settings, white balance, sharpness, contrast/clarity and so on. Unlike global adjustments, the adjustment tool selects and modifies specific image areas. Getting acquainted to its use will let you significantly extend the amount of manipulation you can do without having to leave Lightroom. The adjustment brush tool in Lightroom is one of its most powerful editing tools. An introduction to Lightroom's Adjustment Brush Tool
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