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mayhemstudios
mayhemstudios
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December 7, 2021
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Masking and Color Grading Tools missing

The Masking and Color Grading Tools are missing in camera raw. I have the latest versions of Photoshop and camera raw. 

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TheDigitalDog
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December 7, 2021

This kind of 'wonky' update issues happen from time to time. In the future, one way to force the issue is to uninstall the product (in the case of ACR, delete it manually) then ask the CC app to look for updates. I had to do this just today with an Adobe app which told me all was up to date, but who's info showed it indeed wasn't.

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Rob_Cullen
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Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
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December 7, 2021

And are you using the new Masking Tools from the circular marquee tool icon?

What version NUMBER is your ACR?

 

 

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Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.4.1, Photoshop 27.8, ACR 18.4, Lightroom 9.4, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
    mayhemstudios
    mayhemstudiosAuthor
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    December 7, 2021

    Hello Rob, 

     

    I figured it out. I thought I had Camera Raw 14 installed according to the Creative Cloud updater. I clicked "check for updates" several times. It showed I had Camera Raw 14 installed. Then, I checked Camera Raw and it was on version 12. I downloaded the Camera Raw 14 installer and installed manually. It's weird, how the updater didn't see I had version 12.

     

    Everything is all good now. Thank you for helping. 

     

    Calvin 

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    TheDigitalDog
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    Inspiring
    December 7, 2021

    This kind of 'wonky' update issues happen from time to time. In the future, one way to force the issue is to uninstall the product (in the case of ACR, delete it manually) then ask the CC app to look for updates. I had to do this just today with an Adobe app which told me all was up to date, but who's info showed it indeed wasn't.

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