Red Eye Tool Behavior Changed in LrC 11

Question

LrC 11 Red Eye tool Pupil Size and Darken controls behavior has changed.
 
Here's what I see in LrC 9.4 after dragging a selection over the eye.

In LrC 11.0.1 here's what I see after dragging a selection over the eye.  The Pupil Size and Darken controls briefly flash onscreen and only reappear if you click on the dragged eye selection circle. At first I didn't see them flash onscreen and thought they had been removed. They also disappear after moving either control slider. Clearly this is not normal behavior.
 
In addition the 'Add Catchlight' option has been removed.

Anyone else seeing this behavior with LrC? I'm on a Windows 10 system.

johnrellis · Accepted Answer

I just verified that's the as-designed behavior from 10.4.  You can't use Darken with Pet Eye, and Add Catchlight is only for Pet Eye.

Todd Shaner · Answer

Thanks John, it's been a while since I last used this tool. I checked LrC 9.4 with both pet eye and red eye pictures and the behavior is as you describe and listed in my table. So no issue except why the controls disappeared when I first dragged a selection using the tool. It's working properly after resetting the Preferences file AND now after restoring the original Preferences file. Anyone seeing this issue should try that by renaming the original Preferences file, restarting LrC, and checking if the issue is fixed. If so try deleting the new Preferences file and change the original file name back. Restart LrC and see if the issue is now resolved. Location as shown below.

Windows

C:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Preferences\Lightroom Classic CC 7 Preferences.agprefs

Mac

/Users/[username]/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.LightroomClassicCC7.plist

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