How to use the new Local Adjustment Brush tool?

[David Lake Photos]

Not sure what they thought they were doing with this new fancy brush, but every time I select a preset after I click the 'K' key and start painting nothing happens. It just says 'add brush' under history. I have to go back through the list and select my preset a second time for it to apply it. I've also had it reset some of my presets and zero out all of my sliders. Thanks for the feature that I never asked for that's not working properly and losing some of my presets.

[TheDigitalDog]

The K key does exactly what it is supposed to do as shown below; create a new mask after which, you are supposed to start assigning (painting) this mask. Are you saying that after doing this, you don't get anything 'painted' as a mask? Is the Color Mask set for overlay ON?

Check the options for HOW the mask appears:

The new masking is a feature you may not have asked for but some of us have and it's a game changer in the new versions of this product and ACR.

[David Lake Photos]

I'll look to see what you have suggested. My point is that when new features come out they're forced upon people that make often significant changes in our workflow. And those of us that use Lightroom everyday do not appreciate having to relearn features that possibly some have asked for and possibly some have not. They should post a list of features and you can optionally enable the new ones instead of wondering why things are not working the way they did the day previous.

[JohanElzenga]

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@David Lake Photos wrote:

I'll look to see what you have suggested. My point is that when new features come out they're forced upon people that make often significant changes in our workflow. And those of us that use Lightroom everyday do not appreciate having to relearn features that possibly some have asked for and possibly some have not. They should post a list of features and you can optionally enable the new ones instead of wondering why things are not working the way they did the day previous.

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Making every new feature optional may sound good on paper, but it's a totally unrealistic request. In this case it would mean that Lightroom would have to maintain two sets of mask types, the old mask type and the new mask type. And of course not only that, because it would apply to all new features we got in the past. Lightroom would also still have two different preset types, two different profile types, color grading as well as split toning and so on and so forth. That would make Lightroom an utterly confusing mess, which would be much worse than having a few people complaining because they don't read the friendly manual.

[Rob_Cullen]

At the base of the sliders for the Brush (& Gradient) panel- UNCHECK this option- [Reset Sliders Automatically]

If you have this checked, then every time you start a new Brush ( by [K] [K] ) then all sliders are reset, including the sliders of a Brush Preset (which then shows as  -"Preset- (edited)".

eg.

[David Lake Photos]

Thanks Rob I appreciate that. Every time there's a new version of Lightroom they should post new features as optional without forcing them upon daily users. I can't understand how updating software to new features and then changing the defaults is acceptable.

Sent from my cell phone. Please excuse grammar and spelling errors.

[TheDigitalDog]

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@David Lake Photos wrote:
Every time there's a new version of Lightroom they should post new features as optional without forcing them upon daily users. I can't understand how updating software to new features and then changing the defaults is acceptable.

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And that is exactly what they do. 

Case in point:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/lightroom-classic-11-2-is-now-available...

They can't force people to RTFM.

They don't force upgrading either. Turn OFF auto update in Creative Cloud.

[richardplondon]

Good point about 'auto update' in the Creative Cloud installer - and this option is by default OFF. To turn that ON is to give up your control over updates which may then arrive at an inconvenient moment, and would then need to be adapted to straight away.

If set OFF, an informed decision can be made - based not only on the official release notes, and YouTube reviews (or whatever); but also, this user forum here is quite rapid at exposing any real-world reasons that people have encountered for delaying or skipping an update - or otherwise, for jumping right in!

This means a) no disruption to any deadlines, and b) you will start out using any new-version functions, with a good understanding already in place of how those work.

[dj_paige]

Every time there's a new version of Lightroom they should post new features as optional without forcing them upon daily users. I can't understand how updating software to new features and then changing the defaults is acceptable.

And yet, every time a new version of Lightroom Classic is opened for the first time, a "What's New" dialog box appears on you screen explaining the new features and providing links for you to read further. So it seems to me that your unfamiliarity with the new brushing is due to your inaction, rather than any Adobe lack of communication.

As far as whether the new features should be optional ... all the old features are still available, just through a different interface.

[Nicholas24001014mmbr]

I am here with you!! Everyone is dumping on your perspective, but I feel the pain! I use lightroom VERY often, and I HAD to upgrade to edit my new Sony A7IV pictures. When I press "K" there is significant lag all of a sudden, sometimes I have to press it twice. When i'm done I have to press it twice to unenable it. Also, when I CTRL+Z to undo something, it takes away the paint brush cursor, but the mask options are still up on the right of my screen as if I could paint with a regular mouse. This is all BS to me and I wish I could edit my pics on OLD lightroom, but they don't give you a choice. 

[TheDigitalDog]

 This is all BS to me and I wish I could edit my pics on OLD lightroom, but they don't give you a choice. 

By @Nicholas24001014mmbr

They (Adobe) don't force you to update/upgrade the product and they allow you to downgrade to an older version. What 'OLD' version of LR do you want; ask; someone here might help you.

[Nicholas24001014mmbr]

They do when they don't give RAW updates to previous lightroom versions. So in order to edit your new camera's photos... you HAVE to update. 

[TheDigitalDog]

They do when they don't give RAW updates to previous lightroom versions. So in order to edit your new camera's photos... you HAVE to update. 

By @Nicholas24001014mmbr

Wrong again; you download the necessary version of the DNG converter and use it. Then your newer cameras are supported in older versions of Adobe raw converters!

I think some people enjoy complaining almost as much as they enjoy doing nothing about it. 

[Nicholas24001014mmbr]

I shouldn't have to convert / do anything extra is my point. It's all business, and I get it. I just don't like it. Bringing something to light isn't necessarily complaining. I'm allowed to shed light on something that other people are experiencing as well. 

[TheDigitalDog]

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@Nicholas24001014mmbr wrote:

 I just don't like it. 

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We are in violent agreement. You're complaining to and about the wrong company. Which is why the facts have been provided to you.

BTW, consider complaining to your camera manufacturer who for no reason, creates a new proprietary raw for every new camera (unlike the camera JPEG), the real problem!

[Ian Lyons]

You can convert your A7IV files to DNG using the free DNG Converter and be fully supported in earlier versions.  (e.g. 10.4)