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waltoncreative
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September 1, 2023
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P: Changing Feathering changes radial size

  • September 1, 2023
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Yet another annoyance after reporting healing areas getting larger each time you click...

I have now found that making any adjustments to radial filters causes the filter to increase in size. Drastically!

 

If you make any changes to the width, length or feathering it simply increases, time and time again I have had to give up using radial filters.

 

Does no one check this sort of thing with new releases? 

 

I am using Lightoom Classic v12.5 on a Mac running Ventura 13.5.1

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    johnrellis
    johnrellis
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    September 1, 2023

    "If you make any changes to the width, length or feathering it simply increases, time and time again I have had to give up using radial filters."

     

    Can you please make a screen recording (not a phone video) of the misbehavior, being sure to include both the mask being adjusted and the entire masking panel?

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    waltoncreativeAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 4, 2023

    Hi John,

    A restart of my Mac and Lightroom seems to have fixed it. Phew. I should have done that first!

      johnrellis
      johnrellis
      Legend
      September 4, 2023

      Glad you got it resolved.

      JohanElzenga
      Community Expert
      JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 1, 2023

      I just noticed that Lightroom desktop behaves the same way, so I'm afraid this is probably 'as designed' (even though I do not think it makes sense). Moving it back to discussions...

       

      -- Johan W. Elzenga
        JohanElzenga
        Community Expert
        JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        September 1, 2023

        It's an interesting dilemma if you think about it. If you draw a radial gradient where the inner part of the circle is the part that is masked and changed by the mask sliders, then the current behavior does not make sense in my opinion. In this case you draw what you want to mask, so your focus is on the inner circle. If you decide to change the feathering, then the inner circle should stay the same size, and the outer circle should become smaller if you decrease the feathering and become bigger if you increase it.

         

        But now think about the opposite. You draw an inverted radial gradient because you want to add some vignetting. In this case it makes sense that the outer circle is the boundary of your mask, and the inner circle depends on how much feathering you use. So in this case the current behavior does make sense...

         

        Maybe this shoud be an option, so that the user can decide which circle changes if the feathering is changed?

         

        -- Johan W. Elzenga
        Suzanne Mathia
        Community Expert
        Suzanne MathiaCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        September 1, 2023

        This makes perfect sense to me. The outer edge of the radial is the selected area, the inner circle moves toward or away from the outer edge depending on the desired feathering. Its always been this way

         

        .....Suzanne Mathia
        JohanElzenga
        Community Expert
        JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        September 1, 2023

        @Rikk Flohr: Inactive  I can reproduce this on my Mac, so I have moved this to the bugs section. If you change the feathering, then the inner circle is changed rather than the outer circle.

         

        -- Johan W. Elzenga
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