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May 3, 2014
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P: Visual indicators for adjustment tools

  • May 3, 2014
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Is it possible to add indicators to the Tools section of the develop panel to indicate that spot healing, red eye tool, gradient, radial and adjustment brush etc have been applied to a photo? (Did not include crop tool because you can show that information via the info overlay but would be nice for this tool too)When going through multiple photos and using the PREVIOUS button it can get to point where you forget that for example a spot healing adjustment was made several photos back. This adjustment may not be applicable to the 7th photo in sequence that you are editing but was ok for previous ones.It is time consuming to remember to have to click on each individual tool then look for adjustment pins or click tool reset to be sure that adjustment has not be inadvertently been copied from a previous photo. (Especially if the photo editing sessions are done days apart) This is not too much of a problem if you use SYNC on multiple photos as you deselect unwanted items but when using PREVIOUS button it is copying everything and you can lose track of adjustments that may not apply to the next use of the PREVIOUS button.If there was a bright line around the tool icon or a checkmark on each individual tool in the panel then you would know that photos have those adjustments applied somewhere. Another option is to add the choice to have this info be displayed in the Loupe overlay info options. For other panels like the BASIC panel it is very quick to see that either no changes have been made as sliders are at their zero position or you see them change as you move from photo to photo. To check if a tool adjustment was made you need to click each tool to look for pins/use reset/ or search history panel and if the photo was cropped you may need to uncrop first to expose hidden pins.Bruce

25 replies

Inspiring
November 9, 2022

It would be great to have "edit marks" show in Lightroom Classic's develop module on every panel containing edits, in a similar way as CameraRaw does. This would be extremely useful when checking a previously edited photo: in a glance we would know if there are edits for instance in the HSL or Detail panels, without having to check every single panel.

GoldingD
Legend
November 9, 2022

You could look at the history panel

Wolf Eilers
Inspiring
November 2, 2021

Other than clicking the Mask tool (which has no shortcut) there is no way of knowing if an image contains a mask. I propose two options:

  • Add a mask indicator on the histogram panel similar to 'older process version lighting bolt' icon. Hovering over the mask icon could show the number of masks associated with the inage and clicking the icon could open the mask panel.
  • For images with a mask dynamically change the mask tool icon indicating that the image contains a mask. Perhaps the number of masks could also be displayed.

See the attached image for icon examples:

johnrellis
Legend
November 4, 2021

Moderators, @Rikk Flohr: Photography , I think this should be merged with the existing Idea, which has 32 votes:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/lightroom-classic-visual-indicators-for-adjustment-tools/idi-p/12249017 

 

Though the existing idea is for the old local-adjustment tools, the intent is exactly the same, and I'm sure those 32 votes would hold the same opinion about the new mask tools.

Sean H [Seattle branch]
Known Participant
September 3, 2021

Coming up on 8 years and this fantastic idea hasn't been added to LR but has been added to Camera Raw. What gives? Literally one of the top pain points when I work on hundreds of images where "copy from previous" or copy/paste is used alot. I can get through several dozen images only to see a weird tweak in the background of an image and realize the clone tool has been copied along unintentionally. 

 

Why the delay? Why aren't Camera Raw and Lr in feature parity? It's crazy confusing to work with Ps and Lr in a workflow, currently. Features and behaviors are all different. 

 

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Participant
September 8, 2021

There is a problem that slows down when I have a batch processing and other cases. When I have a batch processing I need see there is Graduated Filter and Radial Filter on a photo or not. It is too long turning on the button Graduated Filter or Radial filter on each photo to check out it. 

 

I suggest make any markers to the icon Graduated Filter and Radial Filter if it is on a photo. For example on my image.

 

- Mod note, merged into existing feature request

Participant
September 8, 2021

bhousto90Author
Legend
December 27, 2020

I have been meaning to add an update to this post for a while:

I noticed that Adobe at some point added the indicators as I was suggesting to LR Desktop and in Camera Raw.

So they did listen, but just no action yet for LR Classic?

For these other versions as soon as you make a slider adjustment or add an adjustment brush pin etc. to the image then a small light grey half-dot appears on the edge of the tool.

Example from Camera Raw shown below:

Before                                                     After

I changed WB and added an adjustment brush pin (see the indicators by my red marks)
It is quite subtle but it helps show those images that may have extraneous elements added when you copy/paste from another image.

Known Participant
December 26, 2020

I was just thinking that just now, great idea, an indicator to show any of the tools like gradient etc are being used would be super useful, a simple little red dot or underline on the tool icon would be all it needed.

Pepbiker
Known Participant
December 26, 2020

Hi @bill_3305731,

I mean without having to look at the history panel, with just one glance. The history panel can hold many lines of information and it might be difficult to see at a glance if those filters are implemented on the image or not.

Thanks to @Jerry_Syder, I have seen I am not the only one who is asking for that matter... you can have a look at the similar request he suggested to me. I am going to go on there, where I wrote some more idea.

Thanks for your comments,

Pep

Known Participant
December 26, 2020

Just look at the history panel on the left pane in the develop module. What am I missing from your question? 

Pepbiker
Known Participant
December 26, 2020

Hi,

Totally agree with this improvement. I would only like to add to that useful future visual indicator, a way to see the list of the pins for each tool, as per let us choose one directly, for exemple, solving the problem of selecting a pin below a group of them, as normally happens when working with spots cleaning tool or in case there are duplicate pins in the same place of the image. A way could be to show that list when, having the tool selected, clicking on the visual indicator.

Pepbiker
Known Participant
December 26, 2020

Thanks a lot, @Jerry_Syder. I'm going there to have a look!