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Jason Odell
Jason Odell
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May 1, 2024
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Saved Radial Gradients in Lightroom Change Shape Based on Image Orientation

  • May 1, 2024
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I made an adjustment preset that included a centered, circular radial gradient mask.

When I apply the preset to a photo captured in a different orientation (portrait), the gradient changes to an ellipse. The issue depends on the orientation of the original photo from which the preset was based. If I make another preset using a portrait orientation image, then it becomes elliptical when applied to an image captured in landscape orientation.

 

The distortion also occurs when using a simple copy/paste mask command between landscape and portrait images. 

 

Screen shots attached showing the mask overlay of a circular gradient created on a landscape orientation photo and then applied to a portrait orientation photo. 

 

Mac OS Sonoma 14.4.1
Lightroom Classic v13.2 

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Rikk Flohr_Photography
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Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
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May 1, 2024

It is currently expected/designed behavior that the Radial adjusts to the shape change from a rotation of the image. 

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
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richardplondonCommunity Expert
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May 1, 2024

I am not certain, but I believe that the X/Y coordinates of the points that define e.g. a parametric selection, are expressed for a given image as proportion of its uncropped width / proportion of its uncropped height. When transferred onto an image with a different relation between its own width and its own height, such a coordinate system would naturally have to squish or stretch accordingly.

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