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P: Brush tool retains settings of previous image

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October 28, 2021
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I used to be able to quickly skip to the next picture to edit while staying in a brush setting without having to reopen the mask tool again and click on brush and clicking on setting. I am unable to do that now with the new mask update. Have any of you been able to figure out how to quickly go to the next picture while staying in the same brush setting? So when I go to the next picture, it automatically opens the brush tool in the previous setting, instead of having to go through so many steps to open it again for each individual picture. Many thanks!

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Correct answer JohanElzenga

Just press the 'K' key. If you want the brush to retain its settings, then uncheck the option to reset all sliders at the bottom of the brush settings panel.

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Dainius244275322fy8

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I have been able to work with loads of pictures, leaving brush tool open and skiping to next picture without any additional clicks or keyboard K pressings to reopen brush tool. After introducing this new tool it become impossible to work with numbers of pictures. I am concidering to cut adobe plan and sart using previous version from torrent sites... Please help.

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ckfotocreativAuthor

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So what I found out I have to do to adjust multiple pics with the same setting. After I determine the right adjustments, I create a new pre-set. I press "k" before I go on to the next pic, when I go to the next pic I press "k" again and it goes straight to brush and all my settings from previous adjustment brush populates. Thank you all for the tips!

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inspirephotonz

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The brush tool still disapears even with the reset sliders option set to off when moving to the next image.

How can I just keep it on brush tool?

JohanElzenga

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@inspirephotonz wrote:

The brush tool still disapears even with the reset sliders option set to off when moving to the next image.

How can I just keep it on brush tool?

You can't keep it open. You do have to press the 'K' key each time.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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inspirephotonz

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Thanks.

That my friend is really annoying for me. Photographing schools using lightroom, now meaans I have to continually move my fingers back and forth from command right arrow to K and back. I just wanna Comand right - brush - command right - brush - comm...... etc

JohanElzenga

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Community Expert

Just press the 'K' key. If you want the brush to retain its settings, then uncheck the option to reset all sliders at the bottom of the brush settings panel.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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Konrad5CAD

Participant

Hi guys!

I tried Adobe support but they are completely clueless, copy-pasting replies to 'find out more about new masking tool'.

Since the new update my brush does not retain its values after I go to the next picture.

For example I brush the eyes on one of the portraits and want to do the same for a next photograph, but when I go to the next photo (and have thousand of them!) then my brush tab closes and I have to open it up again, select the brush and set the values. Before the update my brush maintainted the values (clarity, highlights, exposure) and I could just swap the picture and use the brush immediately, now it's a lot of additional clicks.

I want my brush to 'stay in my hand' while I go through the pictures, brushing the areas.

Does anyone have a solution here?

Windows, Ligtroom CC 11.00

dj_paige

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Many users have mentioned this complaint. Please go to the Ideas section of the Lightroom Classic forum, find the related posts there, and indicate you have the same problem, vote for this problem/solution, and state that you would like some resolution that improves your workflow.

Please disregard the above, I think @Per Berntsen has identified the solution.

Rikk Flohr_Photography

You can have it either way.

It is controlled by the "Reset Sliders Automatically" setting at the bottom of the masking adjustments:

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org

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ckfotocreativAuthor

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That is helpful! Thank you so much!

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malacca73

Participant

Is there any way in the latest versoin with its fancy masking to bring back the behavior where newly-created masks will default to the last used effect?

I will often use a similar effect on different parts of an image and would rather the behavior be as it was in preivous versions, with the new mask automatically applying the last used effect to new masks. This saves me lots of time, as I do not have to go to the drop down menu every single time to select the same effect.

Is there a setting for this now or is it just gone? I would vey much appreciate having it back...

adolfboluda

Inspiring

+1
Would be nice to have it back.

adolfboluda

Inspiring

I think I solved id, was the option "Reset sliders automatically" at the bottom of the mask settings.
Any modification of the sliders made before brushing for the first time or creating the radial or gradient will be there the next time you create a new mask

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