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February 24, 2025
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Point Color not working with AI mask?

  • February 24, 2025
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So, I have used AI masking to detect the clothes on a subject, and I am using Point Color to change some of the colors on those clothes. I want to turn up the saturation on the green spots on a military suit.

 

Now, as a test, just to make sure the change is noticeable, I turned the hue all the way to the left, basically the military green is now cherry red. This is only to make sure I am not going blind and that I have actually found a bug.

I am NOT using global point color because I have tested global point color with the military green and if I am using global point color then half the image becomes red. When I am using just the chothes mask then only the green spots become red.

 

If I then export as JPG then the point color is fully ignored. If I export as PNG things behave as expected (with minor color differences)

I also tested this with saturation. I turned the saturation of the military green to 0 in the point color, making it gray, exported as JPG, camo spots are green. I turn the saturation of the entire mask to 0, export to JPG, things behave as expected. 

 

This has something to do with AI masks because the clothes mask did not detect the helmet of the soldier so I manually added it with Detect object. The helmet turns red or gray with no problem, but the result of the AI mask just ignores the point color.

Correct answer na_6803

The drivers are not a problem. I use my laptop for quite heavy gaming as well and my drivers are always up to date. 

 

However the issue seems to have been fixed with a reinstall of LrC!

4 replies

Participating Frequently
March 4, 2026

The issue is not fixed.   When using a mask, the point color tool works sometimes and sometimes not.  The arrow can be picked up but will not move onto the photo.

johnrellis
Legend
March 2, 2026

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@CaroleSD Using LRC 15.2 with Camera Raw 18.2, the point color tool is not working when using it on a mask.  

Adobe has acknowledged this bug:

Please add details of what you’re seeing to that bug report, and be sure to click Vote under the top post. You’ll be notified when Adobe releases a fix.

Participating Frequently
March 2, 2026

Using LRC 15.2 with Camera Raw 18.2, the point color tool is not working when using it on a mask.  

Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
February 24, 2025

I cannot replicate the failure with the instructions provided.  Both the JPEG and the PNG have the Point Color applied by local adjustment to the Clothing Mask. 

I would recommend updating your GPU driver as a first troubleshooting step. Make sure you get the latest driver from the card manufacturer. If they offer both Studio and Gaming, stick with the Studio version. 

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
na_6803AuthorCorrect answer
Participant
March 5, 2025

The drivers are not a problem. I use my laptop for quite heavy gaming as well and my drivers are always up to date. 

 

However the issue seems to have been fixed with a reinstall of LrC!