Making later changes to Local Adjustment Tool

While the local adjustment tool is great - is there a way of "unpainting" parts of the adjustment, allowing you to refine areas/edges etc, rather than having to delete whole mask ?
ie like switching from a black to a white brush when using Photoshop masks ?
Also with gradient masks eg when object portudes into an adjusted sky area

Pretty basic...hold down the Option (or Alt for Win) key while painting to erase. Note the erase key can have different size and hardness settings than the paint in brush. This is use for painting with a bigger broad brush and using a smaller harder brush to erase the mask.

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Is it possible to put a blacks slider in the local adjustment tool? Does anyone else wish this would happen?

+1... I would love to see this feature!

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After setting up the tool when I drag the mouse into the image the Adjustment brush cursor changes
from the normal circular target to a hardly visible, unknown graphic.. I can get the cursor to operate
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What screen resolution are you working with?

Local Adjustment Tool

A very very nice addition. That said, can someone kindly point me in the right direction as to where I can find more detailed info regarding let's say the Graduated filter tool. How for instance from the picker would I go about finding the equivalent of a 1 stop ND Grad filter and a 2 stop filter etc. The picker seems to have just about ever colour of the rainbow except a neutral grey but of course I guess that's just me. :-)

Chris
Ah, so the $ is an S? It's so small I wasn't sure what it was. So now that's it's an 'S' for Saturation that makes more sense. Would I be right in thinking then that the H stands for Hue although what the ° symbol has to do with it is anyones guess? Thanks for your perseverance but like I said earlier, this doesn't appear to be in print anywhere that I've looked.

CRS - Making Registry changes to local node while CRS running

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Local white balance adjustment tool

I really like the new local white balance adjustment tool. If I could change something will be to give a real color temperature to the tool instead of a number from -100 to 100. Let me give you an example of how I used it today.
I forgot to bring some gels for my flashes for a photo shoot. I was using the flashes to illuminate the foreground and I had fluorescent lightening on the background. It was the perfect opportunity to try the new tool. I knew exactly what the color temperature for both front and back were. I applied the background color temperature of 3200k to the picture and when to locally change the foreground. At this point I was guessing what it should be at. My monitor is color calibrated but I was under fluorescent lights with my laptop. Instead I could have added +2200k or dialed 5500k to the local adjustment tool.
Please let me know if you need more information.

I'm sorry I found another discussion about this topic already. Shame on me I didn't do a more thorough search on it before.
You can find that discussion here
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4138582#4138582

Local adjustment brush, not in XMP file

Local adjustment brush, not in XMP file
I shoot everything on location and make minor edits while on location. My location edits usually transfer with the XMP file. I used the new local adjustment tool while on location, however when I got back to my main workstation and transferred the images the local adjustments were not there. Can this be fixed somehow, as it would be nice to only make those edits only once? I do not use as a catalog program, once the job is complete it is removed from the lightroom catalog so again those local adjustments are gone.
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Mark

The problem may be and I am only guessing here that because no other program
currently supports the adjustment brush options that that information is not
added to XMP file. Not even Photoshop or ACR supports that as of yet. Though
I honestly would have expected that information to be there anyways it would
just be ignored by programs that don't know what to do with (basically
everything but LR 2.0).
Have you tried using DNG files. From what I understand an XMP file it not
needed as the information that is normally in a XMP file in kept inside of
the DNG file. This maybe another reason to go with the DNG format.
Good luck.

Unable to create local adjustment

Using CS5 and all has been working fine u
p to now. I tried to use
one of the local adjustment tools (Graduated Filter) and got th
e following message "All the local adjustment tools
are set to have no effecton the image". What has happened???? They worked fin
e 5 minutes ago. Any suggestions as to how to fix the problem are appreciated.
Thanks
John A.
CS5, Windows Vista

Thanks Zeno. I will
try that. Appreciate you taking time to respond!!!
John A.

How to change local adjustment brush size when unselecting ?

Perhaps a stupid beginners question but i cannot seem to find this one..
Using the local adjustment brush i can change the size of the brush using the [ and ] brackets
However.. when i make a small error and want to erase brushed-area by using the ALT key then the brush size seems to be fixed to one size ???
Erwin
http://www.erwinbeckers.nl

Erwin,
As they say, there are lots of ways to skin a cat.
Erase mode uses a different setting for the brush size. You can adjust it, but not with the brackets while the Alt key is held down.With the Alt held down, you can still move the size slider in the brush panel with the mouse.
I can't speak for Macs, but on Windows, my scroll wheel works to change the size of the brush, whether the alt key is pressed or not.
If that won't work for you, you can click on the "Erase" text button in the brush panel and then use the bracket keys to change sizes. You'll be in erase mode even without holding down the Alt key. In fact, in that mode, holding the Alt key puts you back in "paint" mode.
Hal

Brush, curves, filters and local adjustment request.

Hi everyone
I am using Lightroom 2.6 for a long time and I love it.
But some "basics" features are still missing in this new version (3 beta 2) to be perfect.
Here are some improvement ideas in the developpement module.
The brush tool is poor
Why is it not possible to manage local adjustment in dark medium and light tons?
Adding possibilities of inverting the mask you've created with the brush (rather than making a new one)
Managing the saturation of just one color using the brush.
The curveWhy not adding RGB chanel curve?
Filters
Adding some chanels filters for W&B like red green blue.
I think my comments come a bit late, but we never know.
Ps: I know that we can make all those things in Photoshop, but then, why using Lightroom ?! I don't like Aperture but you can make that "basics" adjusments with it…
Greg (from Switzerland)

Please change this!!!!
In my old version (2.6) I really appeciated the way to swich between "before and after" just by cliquing on "<".
Now this short cut change the exposition???

Is equal adjustment tool

“Is equal adjustment tool” is my idea to solve a problem that I have when I’m editing a sequence of photos.
The problem:
Imagine a sequence of photos of the same model using daylight. The sunlight changes during the day and you need to delivery pictures of the same model, so need to have the same skin tone.
The solution:
A tool that permit to get a sample of skin color of one image and “apply” this color to the other images. The idea is similar to systems that create a new camera profile (like Adobe DNGProfile), with the follow steps:
1 – select the skin tone sample in the best result image (reference);
2 – in other photo, select the same area (target);
3 – the tool create a correction to make target area with the same color with reference area (new camera profile?!).
It’s just an idea that I have to solve one of the most terrible problems that I’m looking every day. I think that it's useful for many photographers.If this tool could use more than one reference point, making another areas of image with the same color for all photos, this tool will be perfect!

Julio,
I think the desired effect would be to modify the white balance such that the sample patch is equal on both the sample and the selected images. This would not guarantee all colors in the images would be the equal accross the images but I agree that for your application the skin tones are what is critical. I don't see this as complicated as the DNG profiles and simply as an adjustment similar to the color picker for the current white balance tool. A possible time-saving benefit would be that you may only have to include a white balance card with the initial image, then once that image is properly balanced and you are happy with the skin tones, you can then easily obtain that exact skin tone in the other images without re-taking white balance card images throughout the shoot. Big time saver when light is constantly changing - and it is.
I see a lot of application for this and agree it would be useful and probably not as difficult as most of the requests on this forum - maybe it can make it in LR4 or even a 3.x version.
Jeff

When I select a local adjustment, how do I make the new adjustment panel scroll with the default panels

In lightroom, in the Develop module. When I select a local adjustment for example the brush tool or the gradient tool, the adjustment panel for the particular tool comes up in the sidebar where I can make adjustments to these tools (shown in figure below).
Now my question is with this adjustment panel, it seems to be overlaying on top of the other default adjustments (e.g. the "Basic panel" - the exposure, contrast etc.) and when I scroll down on the other adjustments, the brush tool or the gradient tool adjustment panel is always on top and does not scroll with the default adjustments.
I would like to change the setting of this so that the adjustment panel is part of the other default adjustments in the develop module and scrolls with them,
I know this is possible because I've seen videos online where this is the case and my lightroom on another machine does this.
Would anyone know how would I change the setting for this?

It seems to depend on the actual size of the Lightroom window. Just messing around with both LRCC and LR5 on my MBP 15" retina, with a 1920 x 1200 external monitor, and both Lightroom versions will happily scroll the Adjustments panel as well as the others, but only if the size (i.e. height) of the Lightroom window is below a certain level. So on the retina screen, when the display is set to "Best for Retina", the adjustments panel scrolls with the others. But if I change to the native 2880 screen resolution, and expand the LR window to fit, then the adjustments panel does not scroll.
Similarly if I move LR to the external monitor, same thing, i.e. adjustments panel does NOT scroll when the LR window in maximised, but it does scroll when I lower the height of the LR window (seems to be round about the 1600 pixel mark)
It's the same using LR5, and the same on the Windows platform. I suspect it's somehow based on the height of the adjustments panel in relation to the overall height of the LR window, i.e. the adjustments panel does not scroll when there's sufficient overall space in the right-hand panel to allow sight of the one or more of the other tools below.

Problems with overage charges and making account changes on line

I have quite a bit of history involving my attempts to resolve the problem of catching my account before it goes over the minutes allowed and making the changes on line (to cut down on call volume) to change my account to raise the minutes allowed for that billing cycle. I was given one reason why it didn't work the first time (I didn't print out my confimation proving I made the changes - bit the bullet and paid those charges) and so the second time wanting to avoid the problem from the first time I made sure I printed out my confirmation. The confirmation had an effective date of change of 07/19/2012 the day I was informed I was nearing my allowed minutes. There were only 4 or 5 maximum days left in that billing cycle so I wanted to nip the problem in the bud and make the changes to my account to be made "that" day. My confirmation said the changes were effective 07/19/2012. In plently of time before that billing cycle ended. Again I was told I did something wrong. This time I'm holding my confirmation in my hand even as the person is telling me again I did it wrong. The purpose Verizon wants it's customers to use the available on-line option is to cut down on their call volume. I didn't go to school to get the knowledge apparantly needed to perform these particular tasks in a manner that is acceptable to Verizon. Has anyone else had problems with trying to fix their problems themselves using Verizons "helpfull" on-line choice?

I have an explanation for you by what was meant by "you did it wrong."
When you make a change effective the date you are requesting it and not at the start or end of your billing cycle, your minute usage for that month is pro-rated.
For example, you say you made a change, because you were nearing your allowance limit, on 7/19/2012 and wanted it effective that day with 5 days left in the billing cycle. Lets assume that your allowance is 700 minutes/month and you were at 675 minutes for that month(still under your monthly allowance). If you make a change effective with 5 days left in your billing cycle to the 1400 minute/month allowance, your allowance for the 1st 25 days of your cycle will have been pro-rated to (25/30) * 700 = 583 minutes. This would mean you would have already had an overage of 92 minutes for the 1st 25 days of the month. Additionally, you would have a pro-rated allowance to use the last 5 days of (5/30) * 1400 = 233 minutes. This is how the pro-rating works when you make a change effective during the middle of your billing cycle.
What you need to do next time to avoid these overage charges is to make the change effective at the beginning of your current billing cycle. So if you had made the change on 7/19/2012, but your billing cycle ended on 7/24/2012(5 days later), you should have made the change effective at the beginning of your current billing cycle, or 6/24/2012. This is called backdating the change. In this instance, you would have received a credit on you account for the cost of the 700 minute plan and been charged the full amount for the 1400 minute plan on your next bill, which I believe is a net additional charge of $10 and you would have had the use of 1400 minutes for throughout the entire month. In this example, you would not have had any overage with your 675 minutes during the 1st 25 days of your cycle and would have been able to use 725 minutes over the last 5 days of your billing cycle. This is much better than the overage charge you would receive with 92 overage minutes @ $0.45/minute = $41.40.
I hope this explains it.

How do i change the default hand tool to select tool when a document opens? also how do i get it to open in a single page view instead of 2 pages side by side

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My Local Adjustment Brushes no longer recognized after LR 4.3 update

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