Can't find Lightroom Brush Presets drop down menu

[CaiusC]

I recently updated to the new Lightroom Classic and have some brush presets I want to use. I copied the presets into the Local Adjustment Presets folder but when I go to add a new brush mask, I do not have the option to change the preset effect. It simply says Erase and is blacked out so I cannot click on it.

Any idea as to why this might happen? Many thanks!

[AxelMatt]

In a first step please try resetting the preferences of Lightroom Classic:   https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/setting-preferences-lightroom.html

It's recommended to backup your preferences before you reset the preferences to the default settings: 

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/preference-file-and-other-file-locations.html

[Ian Lyons · Accepted solution]

You should find the brush 'Effects' drop down menu at the top of the panel containing the adjustment sliders. If you can't see these sliders then click on the turny triangle as shown in attached screesnhot.

[woldsweather]

There is no effect button on my LR. How do I get it?

[JohanElzenga]

Did you already create a mask?

[woldsweather]

I tried that too but no effects button

[JohanElzenga]

Did you also select the mask? Please post a screenshot because "I don't have it" is pretty useless to work on. Embed the screenshot using this button, do not attach it please.

 

[woldsweather]

  See attached

[woldsweather]

I am trying to use the presets on the left.

[JohanElzenga]

OK, your first screenshots: The 'Effects' menu is apparently now called 'Presets', to make it clearer what this is. It's in your screenshot. That can happen if you post to an old thread...
Your second question: The presets on the left are global develop presets. You cannot apply these presets to a mask.

[woldsweather]

Aren't these local presets ringed in red?

[JohanElzenga]

No, they are not. They may create a mask (I don't know these because they are not Adobe standard presets but something you apparently bought, so don't ask me what they do), but they cannot be applied only to an existing mask.

[woldsweather]

So how do I apply them?

[JohanElzenga]

Sorry, but I do not understand your question. Are you asking me how to apply one of the presets in the left panel? You click on that preset, that is how. Are you asking me how to apply a local adjustment preset? You select that preset and create a mask with one of the masking tools.

[JohanElzenga]

Like Ian says, the preset is chosen under the Effects. The reason why you cannot choose Erase is simple. You have to brush something before you can erase parts of that again. Erase is not an eraser like Photoshop has. It is an option to 'undo' parts of what you just brushed.