Operation Manual

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Processing and developing photos
Last updated 11/30/2015
4 Drag the individual effect sliders to increase or decrease the values.
5 (Adjustment Brush tool only) Specify options for Adjustment Brush A:
Size Specifies the diameter of the brush tip in pixels.
Feather Creates a soft-edged transition between the brushed area and the surrounding pixels. When you use the
brush, the distance between the inner and outer circle represents the feather amount.
Flow Controls the rate of application of the adjustment.
Auto Mask Confines brush strokes to areas of similar color.
Density Controls the amount of transparency in the stroke.
6 Drag in the photo to apply the effect.
A pin appears at the initial application point, and the Mask mode changes to Edit. For a Graduated Filter effect,
three white guides represent the center, low, and high ranges of the effect.
Modify a Graduated Filter or Radial Filter using brush controls
You can modify Graduated Filter masks using brush controls. Once you've added a mask, to access brush controls,
select the Brush option next to New/Edit.
As appropriate, use the + and - (Erase) brushes. Lightroom lets you customize three different filter brushes: A (+), B
(+), and Erase (-). You can customize the following settings for these brushes:
• Size: The size of the brush
• Feather: The amount of feathering for the brush
• Flow: How much paint is applied to the area for every stroke. For example, if the Flow is set to 20%, 20% paint
strength is applied for the first stroke. The subsequent stroke brings up the paint strength to 40%.
• Density: The maximum opacity that the brush paints. If you have this setting at 40%, for example, the brush will not
paint opacity greater than 40%.
Enable the AutoMask option to paint inside the edges of an area. Lightroom masks the area to ensure that your
brushstrokes don’t go beyond it. When you paint, ensure that the core part of the brush is inside the area you want to
paint.
To reset any changes made to the three brushes: A, B, and Erase and revert them to their default states, click Reset
Brushes.