Camera RAW adjustment brush has no effect

I'm using Photoshop CS4 on my MacPro and the adjustment brush in ACR has no effect. I deleted the preferences file with no result. I have a copy of PS CS5 beta and the adjustment brush works quite well. I'm not using the beta on production jobs until it's released. Suggestions, please. Thank you.
JimK

http://forums.adobe.com/community/cameraraw

Similar Messages

  • Camera Raw 5.5 adjustment brush has no effect.

    I get the error message: "Unable to create local adjustment. All the local adjustment controls are set to have no effect in image." After successfully using the adjustment brush in several places in one image , I clicked "Clear All." Now when I try to use the brush again in the same file or another file I get the error message. How can I make the adjustment brush active? I use a 867 Power Mac G4 with Photoshop CS4.

    Works fine for me It could just be that you are using a G4 which is rather underpowered for CS4 and not a recommended computer.

  • Camera Raw adjustment brushes is delaying?

    All at once camera raw cc is having a delay in the adjustment brush.  All else is working and no changes were made or updates.  I uninstalled and reinstalled but didn't help. 

    Don't think so. I have the latest 7.1 ACR version and the GPU/Video works just fine for everything else. Once I convert the RAW file and start working in PS6 it all looks fine there too. If it helps, I can do a screen grab of the wierd ACR panel and post it here. Like I said, everything was working fine post 10.8 installation untill about a week ago.
    Even when I go to PS6 preferences and select Camera Raw this black background control panel for ACR shows up. I downloaded the 7.2 Release but can't seem to find where to select it to see if that works. I seem to remember being able to select different versions of ACR from the ACR control panel but that must be obscured by the descibed glitch too.
    How can I completely uninstall and reinstall  ACR? Seems like the updates are patches now.
    Thanks for any help

  • Lightroom 4 adjustment brush has little effect

    I am using Lightroom 4 because my Mac is on OSX 10.6.8. As I use it today I'm seeing that the adjustment brush is having little effect. I'm trying to bring areas in shadow up a bit, but there's almost no change. The images shows what should be creating a substantial adjustment and it's almost invisible. Even retroactively sliding the exposure control fully up does just about nothing. Similar lack of effectiveness with other controls, like Contrast. The images are DNG converted/imported from NEF (Nikon D7000) by Lightroom.  I have reset, relaunched and restarted. Suggestions?

    Yes, thank you. I actually figured it out and was having difficulty deleting my post. Thanks again.

  • Camera Raw (Adjustment Brush - How do you select NO color?)

    With the Adjustment Brush selected, there are six control channel parameters listed:
    Exposure
    Brightness
    Contrast
    Saturation
    Clarity
    Sharpness
    Color
    The Color control channel shows a color swatch, which displays the current color parameter setting:
    When this parameter is set to no color, the swatch appears as a rectangle with two diagonal lines. It looks something like this:
    How do I set the color parameter to no color?

    Thanks for the quick response.
    When I select white (from the Color Picker), the color control parameter's color swatch becomes white, like this:
    After some experimentation I found that "no color" can be selected by choosing white with a saturation of 0 in the Color Picker.
    That combination produces "no color" and the color control parameter's color swatch appears like this -- showing the two diagonal lines:
    I appreciate your help which got me on the right track. Thanks.

  • Camera raw in Premiere or After Effects. .... ??

    I would need to know if there is a plug in for the use camera raw  (Photoshop) in Premiere or After Effects. .... The camera raw is great for the video... would be wonderful to have him as filter in Pr or AE. It will be in anticipation?

    So far ... not expecting the Photoshop (or Lightroom) iteration of Camera Raw. The comments from staffers are that's a high-use UI for stills shots ... running it for say 30 shots per second times 20 minutes ... you'd need a computer farm to run it in real time. Some of the ... bits & pieces? ... of the interface, might be workable.
    I've had a nearly 40 year career as a professional portrait photographer, along with the missus. We've made our living at it, with the odd gazillion hours in Lightroom over the last decade (and some in Photoshop, more for her than me) as we did in the darkroom/color-lab we also had for 20 years before that. My "editing suite" is in what was our b/w darkroom, and second-enlarger station for color printing. The darkroom gear ... sink, enlarger & table ... are still in here. So I've a lot of experience in stills, and yes the Lr/Photoshop ACR things.
    When I first came to video a couple years back, I wanted Lr or at LEAST ACR for coloring work. Didn't find the tools in PrPro "intuitive" so tried AfterEffects ... which was somewhat better, the Colorista plugin. However, I did read the Hullfish & Fowler book on color video correction & tools, learned how the pro video tools are set up the way they are & how to work them ... in quite a few different programs. Read the vanHurkman book on SpeedGrade ... and started working with that. It has become my all-time fav program to just sit and play/work in, way too entrancing for me. I'd been asking for at LEAST some curves tools ... and by the time "we" got them in Sg, well ... I'm so used to and preferring the "regular" colorist tools I've only played with the curves a couple times. I've got so many other subtle to hammer options available that I've learned to use that curves seems ... well ... a bit rough.
    And in the CC world, the workflow from PrPro to Sg takes a few seconds, and back to PrPro the same. I've not been in Ae for quite a spell except for such things as de-noising or a couple animated title things I did I've already forgotten how to do. PrPro & the Direct Link to/from Sg.
    Neil

  • PSCS6 no longer recognizes my CR2 files and will not open. Using Canon 5DMark III with updated Camera Raw . It has worked before but now won't open files from this camera.

    I have been able to open files from this camera before but still checked for latest Camera Raw download. Still won't open files from this camera. Opens files from my 60D just fine. I downloaded the latest and it has worked before. What the heck is going on?

    Glad to be of help. But I'm curious (not critical of what you are doing) to know why so many people like to use Nikon Transfer to transfer their files to the computer. It is still necessary to import them into Lightroom. And, from my perspective, it seems simpler and maybe even a little quicker to use the Lightroom import dialog. I have Nikon cameras, and have never even installed the Nikon Transfer utility. What is so unique about it?

  • How do I stop camera raw adjusting contrast and brightness automatically when I open any image

    Every time I open in image in camera raw or Photoshop it is applying an automatic contrast and brightness setting. I have tried resetting to defaults with cntrl shft del but it doesn't make a difference. It also when I just flick through thumbnails on bridge. The pics look almost like they have a cartoon like filter on them!!any ideas on how I get it all back to normal it's been great in the past . I use cs3

    Short answer, learn how to use the tool...
    As for the "auto" adjustments, are you sure that's what's happening or are the images changing based on the differences between what the camera preview and the Camera Raw preview look like? If you have indeed somehow turned on the "Auto" adjustment and saved that out as a Camera Raw default, you can go into the Camera Raw flyout menu and choose the option to Reset Camera Raw Defaults. If however you are talking about the inherent differences between the way your camera renders raw and the way Camera Raw renders it, that's an entirely different discussion...
    As for your other question, try rephrasing it as it doesn't mean a thing to me so I have no idea how to answer...

  • Photoshop Camera Raw Adjustment Pins Large

    Hi Your help is needed please.
    I use camera raw version 9.0.0414 with the latest Photoshop CC.  When adding an adjustment layer PIN in camera raw the Pins display large and seem difficult to navigate, move, select, delete.  Is this an update of camera raw?  Can this be changed back to the smaller pins with easier navigation?  Or maybe this is a bug in the software?  Many Thanks

    Having the same issue. I haven't tested it, but I have a feeling it's a Windows DPI setting issue. I made a post about it a few days before you with a photo and a description. Maybe you can check it out to see if it's the same issue?

  • Canon 60D files can't be opened in Bridge (CS4 version); Camera Raw 6.6 has key features missing

    I am a Mac user (latest OS) and had been using Camera Raw from Bridge CS4 (part of my Elements 8 bundle) to edit my raw pictures from Canon RebelXTi. I upgraded to a 60D, downloaded the pertinent Camera Raw plug-in, but my raw files still wouldn't open in Bridge. I purchased Elements 10, thinking that would solve all problems, but apparently Bridge and Camera Raw are no longer part of the package! I downloaded the latest Camera Raw patch for Elements 10 (6.6), and I can now open raw files from Photoshop, but the Camera Raw version is not full featured and Bridge still can't open my 60D files. How can I get the full version of Camera Raw back AND have my 60D files opened? I deleted Elements 8, but not Bridge, and I can still open raw files from my Rebel in the earlier full version of Camera Raw. When I check in Elements 10 preferences, only Camera Raw 6.6 shows up, so that should be correct. Any ideas?

    The full-featured ACR with Elements loophole has been closed in the newer Mac Elements, I believe.   Us PC folks never had Bridge with Elements or haven’t for many versions, already , so have already been limited in RAW processing with Elements.  Adobe finally “fixed” the Mac version, too, I think.
    For full-featured ACR and Bridge you’re supposed to pay for Photoshop.  Perhaps Lightroom, that is half the cost of PS, and has all the adjustments of full-ACR and you could still link PSE as a final editor step of ACR-type adjustments aren’t enough.
    An alternative is to convert your CR2 files to DNGs and then they’ll open in older versions of ACR, like the one that came with PSE 8, assuming you can still install that.

  • Help! Lightroom 3 Color Swatch for Adjustment Brush has Disappeared!

    I selected the Adjustment Brush and then click on the color swatch icon. I remember changing the value to 0. Then the color swatch icon just disappeared.I've tried reseting everything in the adjustment brush settings but the color swatch icon is still gone. In addition to that, If I click on the Adjustment Brush to activate it and the click anywhere on the photo, the entire photo disappears. Has anyone had this problem? Do you know how to fix this issue? Thanks.

    I also tried restarting Ligtroom 3. That did not help. I tried rebooting my computer. That did not help, either.

  • Camera Raw - Adjusting sliders with scroll wheel

    In Lightroom you can adjust the sliders with the scroll wheel. Is there any way to do this in Camera Raw? Or can I change the amount that is changed with the up/down arrows?

    It's not hard to imagine the software team finding lots of other important things to work on. 
    Maybe they're not hearing people ask for this specific feature very much.  Perhaps you should make an impassioned plea over at:  http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family
    -Noel

  • No change in Bridge thumbnail preview after Camera Raw adjustment

    Thumbnail previews in Bridge CS4 do not reflect changes after adjustments are made in Camera Raw.
    It used to be fine and now nothing changes after clicking done in Camera Raw.

    First go to the menu tools / cache and choose purge cache for folder. If
    this does not work restart Bridge holding down option and choose refresh
    preferences. After this reset preferences again to your wishes and try
    again.
    Thumbnail previews in Bridge CS4 do not reflect changes after adjustments are
    made in Camera Raw.
    It used to be fine and now nothing changes after clicking done in Camera Raw.

  • Lightroom 5 Adjustment Brush has disappeared, just the cursor shows. I have no idea what size I'm using. Just happened for no reason. Looked in the Pref and nothing there to adjust etc.

    Just using the adjustment brush in Lightroom 5 on an image and suddenly the brush circles vanished lmao!!!!!! Can't find anywhere to get back, thought maybe I had touched a button by accident turning it off or something. All I get is the mouse cursor although I can use the brush but I have no idea how big the brush is or where the hell the brush is being used! Tried closing the Application and relaunching as you do and nothing changes, still no brush.
    Using Mac OSX 10.9.4 with Lightroom 5.6

    Hi GlennMorley
    Please try to start your system in Safe boot.
    Refer to below link on how to log in safe boot.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564
    Launch Lightroom and check if the adjustment brush appear. Then restart the machine normally and check in your original account.
    Thanks

  • Importing older Camera Raw-adjusted RAW files with XMP sidecars

    When I import CR2 files (Canon RAW) that have XMP files alongside them into my Lightroom 4 catalog, Lightroom correctly reads image adjustments from XMP files and assigns them as Develop settings for the newly imported photos. This is how I expected it to be. Lightroom assigns older process version to these files, as it should be.
    One quick question I have though: once I imported all these CR2 files into my collection, is it safe to delete all those XMP sidecar files immediately? I assume that Lightroom stores all Develop settings in the catalog file at the moment of the import and that XMP sidecars are no longer necessary. Is that correct? Or do I have to enter the Develop mode with each imported file first, before deleting the XMP in order to make old settings to "stick"?

    So, that's what I did. I successfully imported my pictures into my catalog and then deleted all XMP files (or, more precisely, backed them up in a different location).
    However, Lightroom still remembers that my pictures used to have sidecar XMP files. The Metadata window still says "Sidecar file: xmp". And, more importantly, absence of XMP files triggers errors when I attempt to move imported pictures from one folder to another inside Lightroom. Lightroom report errors for each file that used to have a sidecar, listing all missing XMP files in the error window. The move operation completes successfully though, but Lightroom still refuses to forget about the XMP sidecar even after the file is moved. Next time I attempt to move the same picture, the same error window pops up again.
    How do I force Lightroom to forget about XMP files for pictures that were originally imported with XMP sidecars?

Maybe you are looking for