Operation Manual

Brushing Adjustments Away
When you want to apply an adjustment to most of an image except for a specific portion,
you can specify the parameter settings for the adjustment and then brush the adjustment
away from the areas of the image you want to exclude. Brushing an adjustment away
from an image is the same operation as using the eraser brush.
A minus sign (–) indicates
that you’re brushing
the adjustment away
(erasing).
To brush an adjustment away
1 Select an image.
2 If the adjustment you want to apply to the image is not shown in the Adjustments
inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, choose the adjustment from
the Adjustments pop-up menu.
Note: The Red Eye Correction, Spot & Patch, Straighten, Crop, Flip, White Balance, and
Exposure adjustments cannot be brushed on images.
3 Specify parameter settings for the adjustment while viewing the effect on the image.
4 When the area of the image you want to adjust has the correct appearance, choose “Brush
[adjustment] away” from the adjustment’s Action pop-up menu (with a gear icon).
Action pop-up menu for
the Enhance adjustment
The pointer turns into a brush, and the Brush HUD for the adjustment appears. The
adjustment remains applied to the entire image.
593Chapter 18 Making Brushed Adjustments