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Marc de Vries
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December 23, 2021
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Adjustment brush icon not visible

  • December 23, 2021
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Hi, in Lightroom I cannot see the Adjustment brush icon below the histogram panel. Pressing "K" does not work either. Any idea how to solve this problem? I am a newbee, single to no experience with Lr and trying to study with an online course I bought recently. The attached screen shot shows what I am seeing in Lr.

Any help highly appreciated.

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Correct answer Ian Lyons

The Adjustment Brush is now contained within the new Masks panel, which was introduced in LrC 11.0. To get access, you should press the circular icon on right side of the four icons in your screenshot.

 

BTW, the 'K' key should open the new Masks panel with the inital Brush mask already created.

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Ian Lyons
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Ian LyonsCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
December 23, 2021

The Adjustment Brush is now contained within the new Masks panel, which was introduced in LrC 11.0. To get access, you should press the circular icon on right side of the four icons in your screenshot.

 

BTW, the 'K' key should open the new Masks panel with the inital Brush mask already created.

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    Corniger
    Inspiring
    March 23, 2023

    After years of using LR, I still get puzzled with "new" features. I never used the retouching functions except for small things, since LR is/used to be incredibly sluggish as opposed to PS, but now I was actually braced to do so with a new workstation.

    I masked the first image, yay, works quite well, but from there on I only get the hand tool in every picture after that. I also could name the first mask in the first image, but not the second, and no mask since then, until I restart LR, switch filters back on, etc etc etc.
    Sometimes it works well, then I can't zoom and have to exist masking mode, afterwards the (empty) mask is gone or I get the hand tool, then I can zoom and suddenly only the brush size will change until I exit masking mode. Seems very fidgety. I may have to (re)learn a couple of things about LR, but as a PS/AI etc user of almost 30 years I find this quite unintuitive. If it weren't for the ever growing file size and necessary storage, I wouldn't bother, really...

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    Corniger
    Inspiring
    March 23, 2023
    quote

    I may have to (re)learn a couple of things about LR, but as a PS/AI etc user of almost 30 years I find this quite unintuitive. ... I wouldn't bother, really...


    By @Corniger

     

    Or you could view some tutorials, there are plenty of them. Including some linked to in this thread.


    I do have several paid courses and lots of resources, but all deprecated. Still, seems buggy 🙂 

    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    December 23, 2021

    I can't see your screen capture, my web browser won't show it. You should include the screen capture in your reply by clicking on the "Insert photos" icon.

     

    Please state clearly if you are talkign about Lightroom or Lightroom Classic, and also state the version NUMBER of your software.

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    Marc de VriesAuthor
    Participant
    December 23, 2021

    Hi, I am using Lightroom Classic version 11.1

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