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July 2, 2025
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How do settings overlap in Lightroom?

  • July 2, 2025
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Hello everyone, thanks for reading.

Let's say I decrease the saturation of a photo by 90.
If I then select a specific area using the mask tool and increase the saturation by 90, will the final result in that area be the same as before any changes were made?

 

And if I reduced the overall saturation by 90, then selected with the masking tool, for example, a yellow jacket. Then proceed to the yellow slider and increase the saturation by 90.
Will the yellow components of that jacket be the same before making any changes?

Is this the answer always the same with contrast, texture, sharpness etc?

I am very proficient with the program, but I don't know the answer to this yet. Thanks.

Correct answer Ian Lyons

You asked the same question in the Lightroom Classic forum. Which of the two applications are you using? Not that it matters much the answer is the same for both.

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/how-do-settings-overlap-in-lightroom/td-p/15398654

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Ian Lyons
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Ian LyonsCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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July 2, 2025

You asked the same question in the Lightroom Classic forum. Which of the two applications are you using? Not that it matters much the answer is the same for both.

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/how-do-settings-overlap-in-lightroom/td-p/15398654