P: Make All Adjustments Local

Additional Items were implemented in the LR4 Beta.
http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjourn...

Don't forget the local colorizer: desaturation of all 3 colors and the addition of one or two other colors will alter white balance.

I just posted something similar before looking at this thread http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh... Maybe someone should merge it with this.

I would add Noise Reduction to the list, as it would be useful for areas which need more noise reduction than others AND would also serve as a better skin smoothing brush than Clarity currently does (in reverse)...

I'm sure this has been expressed before, but I didn't find it with a search. (No doubt my search terms are at fault, but everything I can think to search with are all very common terms.)

I LOVE Lightroom. I've been a user since the first public (Mac-only) beta. In particular I love the ability to do so much editing without needing to go out to "real" Photoshop. Maybe I'm just spoiled. Maybe it's that my computer is showing its age which makes me less and less interested in going out to Photoshop if I can avoid it.

The adjustment brushes and gradient masks are great for that purpose. But why is it that I can't do the same adjustments with these as I can within the Basic develop panel? I can do most, but I'm missing fill light and blacks, as well as a more simple way to do color correction selectively (such as the same white balance sliders we have in the Basic develop panel).

These tools already exist. But they aren't consistently available. Adding these to the adjustment brush and gradient tools would simplify SO MUCH of my editing work. I do primarily weddings, where I don't have control over the mixed light sources and it's not feasible to set up my own strobes or speedlights ahead of time to cover an entire venue with good light. Sometimes these mixed sources work very well together, but other times I need to selectively correct the color of just parts of the image. Going to Photoshop to do this really interrupts my workflow, not to mention that it strips away the power and flexibility of RAW files, including delayed rendering of the final file.

Again, if this request already exists, or I'm just missing something in the interface, I'm happy to just be pointed in the right direction. Thanks!

My first choice for additional local controls is white balance. Photographically, it is now very difficult to handle mixed lighting situations.

Rory - You probably want to vote for this one if you haven't already: http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh...

Okay, forget about localized CA correction. Any localized solution is good that solves fringing and halos.

I agree that fixing the shortcomings of existing tools is important and can often lead to improved workflow. The problem with just making things local is that local adjustments are inherently hard to sync meaningfully across a bunch of images.