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johnrellis
johnrellis
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June 12, 2024

P: Remove brush strokes appear in the wrong place on rotated images

  • June 12, 2024
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Brush strokes made with the Remove tool appear in the wrong place on a portrait image, rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise. This occurs in LR 13.4 / Windows 11, but it doesn't occur on Mac OS 14.5.

 

To reproduce:

 

1. Download and import this photo:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ko89pejpmicyqie/rotated-remove-brush-bug.2024.07.01.CR3?dl=0

 

 Observe that it hasn't been rotated to portrait mode :

 

2. With Exiftool, observe that the camera has recorded landscape orientation:

 

 

[EXIF] Orientation : Horizontal (normal)

 

 

 

3. Do Photo > Rotate Left.

 

4. In Develop, open the Remove tool and select Remove mode.

 

5. Brush anywhere on the photo and observe that the brush strokes appear on the wrong place on the iamge, rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise.  See the attached screen recording.

 

6. Select the other modes (Heal, Clone) and observe similar misbehavior.

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    Madhu Sundar
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    July 4, 2024

    Thank you so much!

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    Madhu Sundar
    Participating Frequently
    June 22, 2024

    I am using Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.3.1. When I use the brush under Develop > Remove section, it doesn't paint in the area where I paint. Instead, it paints in an area that 90 degrees in the counter lock wise direction.

     

    I have given below a screenshot where I am trying to select the man in background (I have indicated roughly where I am trying to paint in red color). But the brush paints in the top left corner of the photo.

     

    johnrellis
    johnrellisAuthor
    Legend
    June 22, 2024

    There's been another report about this but we've been unable to reproduce the problem in other LR configurations. Unfortunately, if Adobe isn't able to reproduce the problem, they're not likely going to pay any attention to these reports. 

     

    Please upload an original photo (not an export or screenshot) that's having this problem to Dropbox, Google Drive, or similar and post the sharing link. If that allows us to reproduce the problem, then we can submit an actionable bug report.

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    Madhu Sundar
    Participating Frequently
    June 25, 2024

    Hello John,

     

    Thanks for the reply!

     

    I have uploaded the original photo here.

    https://we.tl/t-S34vyANZBw

     

    However, this happens on all photos across several folders. But there are certain folders in which they don't happen. As far as I have noticed, this happens on folders that are present in the external hard disk (SSD) but doesn't happen on laptop's internal drives (also SSD).

     

    Also, this issue is specific to the brush under Develop > Remove section. For example, the brush tool used for masking works well in all cases.

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    poliwog
    Participating Frequently
    June 12, 2024

    Hello:
    I scanned a roll of film today, and am working on the scans. The spot removal tool seems not to be working. If I chooes "Remove" (no generative or object-aware) and click on a spot, nothing happens. Opacity is at 100%. If I also select "Object Aware" and click over a spot, a mysterious red blob will appear at a ramdom point in the image. I have never seen this happen before. It always worked exactly like the tool in Photoshop. I have read on the Web that this is not a bug, but a feature. This happens with images that have NOT been edited since scanning. No AI has been used.

     

    What the flap is going on, and how do I stop it?

    Les

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    poliwog
    Participating Frequently
    June 12, 2024

    I noticed something. I accidentally loaded the scanner incorrectly, and so I flipped all the images horizontally. If I "unflip" them, the spot healing works.

    johnrellis
    johnrellisAuthor
    Legend
    June 13, 2024

    In the past, LR has had many bugs with local adjustments and photos that have been flipped or rotated. It would be good to file a bug report on this if there's a bug. But I can't reproduce your symptoms -- if I flip a photo horizontally, all three Remove tools still work correctly.  Perhaps you could upload one of the scans to Dropbox, Google Drive, or similar and post the sharing link here?  

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