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DeeHouk
DeeHouk
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April 6, 2019
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Spot healing brush not working on cropped image

  • April 6, 2019
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I am editing products. They were 100% edited. Now.... they need to be turned. To do that part of the corner is white and I am using a spot healing brush to do that. What is happening is Lightroom is selecting part of the image that has been cropped and I can't see where it is to change it because I am cropped it. I can't un-crop and fix it because I can't see where I need to fix without it being cropped. I zoom in to 1:1 or other ratios and.... I still can't see to change the spot. I right click and have it sample from another source and 9 times (or more out of 10 it keeps selecting part of the image in the cropped section and therefor not correcting the image. Help me.... I'm losing my mind.

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      Correct answer Bob Somrak

      Temporarily turning the crop OFF like you can do with every other tool has been asked for many times including the several times I have asked for this feature.  Adobe even replied it was a good idea but hasn't implemented it for several years so I wouldn't hold out hope.  As you have found out if the spotting tool selects and area outside the crop there is no way to move the source to a better area short of undoing the crop.  Redoing the exact original crop is impossible and is not a great option.  If I HAVE to do this I have resorted to  the following workflow.

      creating a virtual copy of the photo I am working on

      reset crop on original photo

      do the the spotting

      copy crop from virtual to original

      I don't worry about the TRANSFORM settings but I guess you could turn this panel OFF too but the above works ok for me.

      This isn't a very handy workflow and would be unnecessary if you could turn the crop off.

      5 replies

      elie_dinur
      elie_dinur
      Participating Frequently
      May 23, 2019

      If you don't like LR's choice of the source area from which it takes healing data, don't let it choose. Hold down Ctrl/Cmd while clicking on the target spot and drag the cursor to the location of your choice.

      kend29591029
      kend29591029
      Inspiring
      May 22, 2019

      I have the same issue. Thought I was crazy at first. Only solution is to do all healing BEFORE cropping.

      GoldingD
      GoldingD
      Legend
      April 7, 2019

      select the crop tool, the image will or should expand showing the uncrowned image with the crop boundary displayed, select the healing tool, select the particular pin for that heal, move the source as required, reselect the crop tool. done

      Bob Somrak
      Bob Somrak
      Legend
      April 7, 2019

      davidg36166309  wrote

      select the crop tool, the image will or should expand showing the uncrowned image with the crop boundary displayed, select the healing tool, select the particular pin for that heal, move the source as required, reselect the crop tool. done

      That doesn't work.  You can only have one local adjustment tool selected at a time.  When you select the healing tool the image recrops, at least on a Mac.

      M4 Pro Mac Mini. 48GB
      Bob Somrak
      Bob SomrakCorrect answer
      Legend
      April 6, 2019

      Temporarily turning the crop OFF like you can do with every other tool has been asked for many times including the several times I have asked for this feature.  Adobe even replied it was a good idea but hasn't implemented it for several years so I wouldn't hold out hope.  As you have found out if the spotting tool selects and area outside the crop there is no way to move the source to a better area short of undoing the crop.  Redoing the exact original crop is impossible and is not a great option.  If I HAVE to do this I have resorted to  the following workflow.

      creating a virtual copy of the photo I am working on

      reset crop on original photo

      do the the spotting

      copy crop from virtual to original

      I don't worry about the TRANSFORM settings but I guess you could turn this panel OFF too but the above works ok for me.

      This isn't a very handy workflow and would be unnecessary if you could turn the crop off.

      M4 Pro Mac Mini. 48GB
      JohanElzenga
      Community Expert
      JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 6, 2019

      If I understand you correctly, you are trying to use the spot removal tool to fill an empty corner that is caused by a slight rotation of the image? That is not possible. The spot removal brush only works within the original image boundary.

      -- Johan W. Elzenga
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