Mask won’t stay in place in Lightroom

Report · Jul 24, 2024

Lightroom question. I import photos into Lightroom. I then crop and rotate them. I am editing multiple photos at once with a mask using the brush over one area to lighten up the area by increasing the exposure. When I go back the mask has moved. What am I doing wrong?

Report · Jul 25, 2024

Hey,Nikki33602348ry2y! Welcome to Lightroom Community.

I'll need more details to help you.

1. What version of Lightroom and Windows are you using?

2. What type of file are you working/editing on?

3. Where is your catalog stored on an internal/external drive?

4. From where you're importing images to Lightroom?

Regards,

Shivani

Report · Jul 27, 2024

LR-v13-3 LR Classic

Windows 11

Hello!!

I am uploading my photos by tethering from my camera to Lightroom. The file sizes are 2900 x 4400. I am new to all of this, so if catalog means when the photos are on Lightroom the back up on my computer… The photos go under the pictures section on my computer.

Report · Jul 30, 2024

Hello,
Maybe investigate this further?
Not having GPU acceleration enabled caued this issues in 13.4 - but not in 13.2 > My thread, fix and a video.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-remove-brush-strokes-appear-in-the-wrong-pla...

-T

Report · Jul 28, 2024

with a mask using the brush over one area to lighten up the area by increasing the exposure. When I go back the mask has moved. What am I doing wrong?

1. What type of mask? Perhaps one of the AI masks. For example the Sky Mask?

2. Can you post a video capture of your workflow. (and save/share the video in the cloud, perhaps DropBox)

Report · Jul 29, 2024

How do I get the video to you?

Report · Jul 29, 2024

How do I get the video to you?

By @Nikki33602348ry2y

Create your video capture, save it to the cloud, perhaps DropBox. (perhaps your Adobe Creative Cloud on the WEB) Copy the link, then in a reply, place the link in via the insert video button

Report · Jul 29, 2024

https://share.icloud.com/photos/009xkjwBZx6rqK5w_eyGest1A

Report · Jul 29, 2024

So some points I took from the video

You have multiple photos selected
You have a previous mask applied to at least one of those images. To the most selected image (probably nothing to do with the issue)
You add a mask, You select Brush
You Apply the brush, We can see the mask
You apply an exposure adjustment (-) in the mask sliders
The change is not immediately obvious
You deselect the image
You select one image and in the Mask panel you attempt to select the mask in question
Some trouble seeing the mask
You try a different image, and it does not have all the same masks. Mask in question may be overlooked
You change the image selected again and yes the mask
But dang if the effect is in the wrong place
The wrong place is the opposite corner of the photo (may be a coincidence)

The apparent issue is a mask is not being applied to where the brush was placed.

A Bug report exist that is something like this, but on Remove (not mask)

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-remove-brush-strokes-appear-in-the-wrong-pla...

Inquiry, if you select just one photo, and create a mask, a brush mask, does it behave?

P.S. I see that you used a smartphone or some camera to record your video. Your Windows OS includes an app to capture videos, works better.

Report · Jul 29, 2024

T you for the video options!!

Yes the mask behaves when it's only one photo.

Report · Jul 29, 2024

Please find below a link to a video capture I accomplished on my rig where I am attempting to repeat your issue. But it works on my rig.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dl3fiuwy0sbkd6n91ous5/mask.mp4?rlkey=7p9ip1zjgkambandr37t03qai&st=6g6...

hmm, I had my pins off, my bad, but not the issue

oh, and I see is was not exactly correct about using the insert video button, it is too too picky about sources, so I just pasted in the link. My bad

Report · Jul 29, 2024

Thoughts on why this is happening? Also, I have a friend who is a photographer like myself, and she has the same issue. She is following the same process I am.

Report · Jul 29, 2024

Thanks for your video.

Report · Jul 29, 2024

I do not think the following will just scream out OH that's the issue!!, but...

Please post your System Information as Lightroom Classic (LrC) reports it. In LrC click on Help, then System Info, then Copy. Paste that information into a reply. Please present all information from first line down to and including Plug-in Info. Info after Plug-in info can be cut out as that is just so much dead space to us non-Techs and it takes up vast amounts of scroll space making the reply less readable and less likely that others will bother with your post.

example:

Lightroom Classic version: 13.4
License: Creative Cloud
Language setting: en
Operating system: Windows 11 - Home Premium Edition
Version: 11.0.22631
Application architecture: x64
System architecture: x64
Logical processor count: 32
Processor speed: 2.9GHz
SqLite Version: 3.36.0
CPU Utilisation: 0.0%
Power Source: Plugged In, 255%
Built-in memory: 65243.7 MB
Dedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 3498.4MB / 8018.0MB (43%)
Real memory available to Lightroom: 65243.7 MB
Real memory used by Lightroom: 5230.0 MB (8.0%)
Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 10060.3 MB
GDI objects count: 1216
USER objects count: 3454
Process handles count: 3424
Memory cache size: 0.0MB
Internal Camera Raw version: 16.4 [ 1897 ]
Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5
Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2
Camera Raw virtual memory: 2038MB / 32621MB (6%)
Camera Raw real memory: 1352MB / 65243MB (2%)

Cache1:
NT- RAM:0.0MB, VRAM:0.0MB, Combined:0.0MB

Cache2:
m:0.0MB, n:0.0MB

U-main: 139.0MB

System DPI setting: 96 DPI
Desktop composition enabled: Yes
Standard Preview Size: 2560 pixels
Displays: 1) 2560x1440
Input types: Multitouch: No, Integrated touch: No, Integrated pen: Yes, External touch: No, External pen: No, Keyboard: No

Graphics Processor Info:
DirectX: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (32.0.15.5599)
Init State: GPU for Export supported by default
User Preference: Auto

Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic
Library Path: W:\Active Projects\Photography\test\test-v13-3.lrcat
Settings Folder: C:\Users\DavidsLocal\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom

Installed Plugins:
1) AdobeStock
2) jf Bag-o-Goodies
3) Loupedeck2
4) Nik 7 HDR Efex
5) SmugMug

Report · Jul 30, 2024

Lightroom Classic version: 13.4 [ 202406181129-60d181b7 ]

License: Creative Cloud

Language setting: en

Operating system: Windows 11 - Home Premium Edition

Version: 11.0.22631

Application architecture: x64

System architecture: x64

Logical processor count: 12

Processor speed: 2.5GHz

SqLite Version: 3.36.0

CPU Utilisation: 0.0%

Power Source: Plugged In, 100%

Built-in memory: 32635.7 MB

Dedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 733.4MB / 5991.0MB (12%)

Real memory available to Lightroom: 32635.7 MB

Real memory used by Lightroom: 2933.3 MB (8.9%)

Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 3887.9 MB

GDI objects count: 795

USER objects count: 3196

Process handles count: 2280

Memory cache size: 183.7MB

Internal Camera Raw version: 16.4 [ 1897 ]

Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5

Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2

Camera Raw virtual memory: 1244MB / 16317MB (7%)

Camera Raw real memory: 1245MB / 32635MB (3%)

Cache1:

Preview1- RAM:22.0MB, VRAM:0.0MB, Spanish Rice-9881.CR2

Preview2- RAM:22.0MB, VRAM:0.0MB, Spanish Rice-9887.CR2

Final3- RAM:213.0MB, VRAM:23.0MB, Spanish Rice-9879.CR2

Preview4- RAM:22.0MB, VRAM:0.0MB, Spanish Rice-9882.CR2

Preview5- RAM:22.0MB, VRAM:0.0MB, Spanish Rice-9877.CR2

Preview6- RAM:22.0MB, VRAM:0.0MB, Spanish Rice-9874.CR2

Final7- RAM:205.0MB, VRAM:0.0MB, Spanish Rice-9878.CR2

Preview8- RAM:22.0MB, VRAM:0.0MB, Spanish Rice-9873.CR2

Preview9- RAM:22.0MB, VRAM:0.0MB, Spanish Rice-9889.CR2

Preview10- RAM:22.0MB, VRAM:0.0MB, Spanish Rice-9876.CR2

Final11- RAM:205.0MB, VRAM:0.0MB, Spanish Rice-9880.CR2

NT- RAM:799.0MB, VRAM:23.0MB, Combined:822.0MB

Cache2:

m:183.7MB, n:794.7MB

U-main: 77.0MB

System DPI setting: 120 DPI

Desktop composition enabled: Yes

Standard Preview Size: 1920 pixels

Displays: 1) 1920x1080, 2) 1280x1024

Input types: Multitouch: No, Integrated touch: No, Integrated pen: No, External touch: No, External pen: No, Keyboard: No

Graphics Processor Info:

DirectX: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (31.0.15.1700)

Init State: GPU for Image Processing supported by default

User Preference: Auto

Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic

Library Path: C:\Users\new\Pictures\LR\LR-v13-3.lrcat

Settings Folder: C:\Users\new\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom

Installed Plugins:

1) AdobeStock

2) Flickr

3) Nikon Tether Plugin

Report · Jul 30, 2024

If you have several images highlighted and you have AutoSync active, then anything done to any one of the images is applied immediately to all of the images. But there are some issues especially around differing rotation / orientation, that can give unexpected results with the syncing of masks betweeen images.

It is fine to apply global adjustments across a whole batch of images (and it will not matter which one of these happens to be the active image at a given moment, since all will receive the same adjustments together).

It is usually OK to batch invoke a Sky or Subject auto-selection, which will be analysed and implemented separately in the case of each picture, and then apply whatever local adjustment you have stipulated.

But when it comes to localised mask selection e.g. with the brush, you may want to do this individually per image. Of course you can apply a number of different masked adjustments across a batch of photos working from one sample image; but accept that the location and extent of the brushing on a mask, or the positioning of a gradient filter, within the other photos - may need to be individually re-done. To switch to individual editing per photo you would either need to NOT have other images than that highlighted at the same time; or more radically, to turn AutoSync mode off. That is done at lower right of Develop (the button only appears when multiple images are selected, and when only one is, the whole thing is moot).

Report · Jul 30, 2024

Are you using GPU acceleration ?

Because I started a thread and found my own solution to masks moving when the image is rotated from its original "as shot" orientation ... and also that applying them when you've rotated an image draws, live on screen, in the incorrectly roatated area....

Which is directly related to NOT having GPU acceleration enabled in preferences.
If you can check, see if you have GPU acceleration enabled and try to repeat the issue?

This was my thread: There is a video too....

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-remove-brush-strokes-appear-in-the-wrong-pla...

AND I would have expected Adobe to have picked up on this by now.... as others have reported this issue.
I started experiencing it when I updated from v13.2 > v13.4

-T

Report · Jul 30, 2024

I don't know what GPU acceleration means?

Report · Jul 30, 2024

and see:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/lightroom-gpu-faq.html

Report · Jul 31, 2024

That did not work. 😞