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Klaudia26511256hnka
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October 10, 2022
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Photoshop camera raw filter adjustment brush not working

  • October 10, 2022
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Hi, I desperately need some help. I am trying to change the background on an image. I am using camera raw filter, adjustment brush. Until today, it was working fine. I changed the background many times to full white and no problems. Today, I tried to do the same thing and it is not working. When I use the brush and brush it to white, as soon as I click on another tool or OK, it undoes what I did and disappears. When I go to camera raw, every other tool works. For example, if I try to darken it, it stays there and when I click OK, it shows on the original image. I tried emptying cash, unistall Photoshop, resetted settings, nothing worked. I attached a video. Please help

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Correct answer George_F

On the video you provided, I didn't see you change anything with the adjustment brush.  It was essentially just a blank brush.  What version of Photoshop are you running?

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Chuck Uebele
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Chuck UebeleCommunity Expert
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October 10, 2022

I see the same thing: Your brush mask is white, but there are no changes to the actual exposure, so when you click done, nothing happens. You need to adjust some of the brush setting, like exposure to have anything happen.

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    Klaudia26511256hnkaAuthor
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    October 10, 2022

    OMG thank you everyone. You are right. The exposure was set to 0 somehow, that is why it didn't show. Thank you

    Bojan Živković11378569
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    Bojan Živković11378569Community Expert
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    October 10, 2022

    Perhaps you have set mask overlay color to white, and thats why you see "changes" while painting. Overlay is checked so it seems like there is adjustment applied, you want to lighten I guess, but in reality no slider is moved so no change is made.

      George_F
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      George_FCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      October 10, 2022

      On the video you provided, I didn't see you change anything with the adjustment brush.  It was essentially just a blank brush.  What version of Photoshop are you running?

      George F, Photographer & Forum Volunteer
        TheDigitalDog
        TheDigitalDog
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        October 10, 2022

        That's what I see too George. 

        In the first part of the video, there is a brush applied, but now one has to later one or more sliders to produce an edit. 


        Klaudia26511256hnka, can you make a similar brush stroke and then immediately after, move say Exposure or another slider? You should see that area update. If not, it could be another issue like GPU but lets be sure you are applying a visible edit on top of the brush stroke. 

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