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Can't find Lightroom Brush Presets drop down menu

New Here ,
Apr 07, 2022 Apr 07, 2022

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.

 

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

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Community Expert , Apr 08, 2022 Apr 08, 2022

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.

 

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Community Expert ,
Apr 07, 2022 Apr 07, 2022

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

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 24H2 -- LR-Classic 14 - Photoshop 26 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 5 - Topaz PhotoAI 4
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Community Expert ,
Apr 08, 2022 Apr 08, 2022

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.

 

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New Here ,
Oct 24, 2024 Oct 24, 2024

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

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Community Expert ,
Oct 24, 2024 Oct 24, 2024

Did you already create a mask?

 

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New Here ,
Oct 25, 2024 Oct 25, 2024

I tried that too but no effects button

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Community Expert ,
Oct 25, 2024 Oct 25, 2024

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.

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New Here ,
Oct 25, 2024 Oct 25, 2024

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New Here ,
Oct 25, 2024 Oct 25, 2024

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I am trying to use the presets on the left.

 

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Community Expert ,
Oct 25, 2024 Oct 25, 2024

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.

 

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New Here ,
Oct 25, 2024 Oct 25, 2024

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Aren't these local presets ringed in red?

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Community Expert ,
Oct 25, 2024 Oct 25, 2024

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.

 

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New Here ,
Oct 25, 2024 Oct 25, 2024

So how do I apply them?

 

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Community Expert ,
Oct 25, 2024 Oct 25, 2024
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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.

 

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Community Expert ,
Apr 08, 2022 Apr 08, 2022

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.

 

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