Masking back to original

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June 13, 2022
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Hi there - if I put on a preset then want to 'mask' back to the original for certain parts of the photo, how do I do that?

Many thanks,

Henry

macOS

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JohanElzenga

Community Expert

Please explain in more detail what you want to do. A preset usually makes a global adjustment. Adding a mask and then applying that preset does not change this. You would still get a global adjustment because that is what this preset does. You can define local adjustment presets too, however. These are not found in the presets panel, but under 'Effect' when you have created the mask.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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Anonymous

Thanks Johan.

So, for example, I turn the whole photo to monochrome (or any other preset), but then I want the eyes to remain the same blue. Is there any 'mask' which will revert to original. Hope that makes sense and thanks again...

Henry

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

Not like that, but what you can do is create a mask for the eyes by using the Adjustment Brush. Then you'll have to find a setting that effectively is the opposite of what you have done globally. In case of black & white with colored eyes, you could do it as follows. Make the image B & W by using -100 saturation. Then you can brush +100 saturation to 'undo' this for the eyes. For other presets it depends what that preset does.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

dj_paige

Legend

If the preset, for example, changes saturation by +15, then create a mask and change saturation in the masked region by –15.

Of course, presets do a lot of things, they're not usually just one slider, and I think you'd have to adjust all the sliders that the preset changes.

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