Apply preset on the whole picture except one area

[marineb29491080]

Hello,

I added a preset to a picture on lightroom, and I would like a specific part of the picture to remain as it was without the preset. Is it possible ?

Thank you !

[Rob_Cullen · Accepted solution]

Not possible. To the best of my knowledge.

You could take a reverse approach and find what changes the (Global) preset does to the image (Reset an image, apply the preset, observe all panel adjustments), and then create a Brush Preset *** that does similar, then use the Brush, or Gradient filters to apply the adjustments, avoiding the area not to be changed.

***Unfortunately Local Adjustments are very limited compared to Global adjustments. Many have requested HSL adjustments for Brushes. See this post started 7 years ago!  Lightroom/Camera Raw: HSL controls for adjustment brush and gradient tools | Photoshop Family Custom...

Another approach, if you have Photoshop (or editor capable of layers)- Make Virtual copies in Lightroom, one with Preset, one without, then "Open as Layers" in Photoshop and use masks to hide areas of the Preset version layer.

[ktgilead]

This is an older thread and I'm not sure why the "correct answer" was marked as such. The correct approach to this is to apply the preset to the entire image, then export the image to edit in Photoshop. Open both the original image as well as the LR edited image and paste one on top of the other, then use a mask to essentially erase the portion of the image you'd like to adjust. 

[JohanElzenga]

It is marked as correct because it is correct. Yes, there are other ways to do it as well, including your suggestion to go via Photoshop (which creates an RGB image and means that the edits can no longer be changed in Lightroom), but that does not make the answer incorrect. Also remember that this is a five years old thread! There could be different methods today that were not available in 2018, like masking.