P: Gradient Eraser Request

Tee-hee...

You know an organization is on the way down when the accountants start to run things.

From the Lightroom Queen's site: "They should be in Lightroom 6.0. Being able to add new features at any time is one of the benefits of the CC subscription system. Lightroom can't add new proper features between main releases (except sometimes the x.1) due to accounting regulations on perpetual licenses."

I'm quite disappointed and irritated that this important feature didn't find it's way from ACR 8.5 to LR 5.5...

Thanks.
R

Hi Rob, sorry, I don't currently have any specifics around an RC for LR at this time.

Sorry for not being clear. My question is: will there be an Lr5.5 RC which includes the ACR 8.5 RC, or will it not be available in Lightroom until 5.5's final release - thanks.

Yes, I know it's not specifically available for Lightroom, yet. In any case, I thought I'd share it with you in case you have access to PS CC, the time to experiment and so you know what's in the pipeline for future raw processing. We welcome your early feedback on this feature.

Camera Raw 8.5 RC and DNG Converter 8.5 RC Now Available

http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjourn...

Camera Raw 8.5 introduces the following new features for Photoshop CC customers:

Modify Graduated and Radial Filter masks with a brush:

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• After adding or selecting a Graduated or Radial Filter instance, click the new ‘Brush’ mode (next to existing ‘New’ and ‘Edit’ mode buttons) to reveal brush controls that allow you to modify the selected mask.
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• Use the ‘Brush +’ and ‘Brush -’ icon buttons in the brush controls pane to add to or erase from the selected mask.
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• Press the ‘Clear’ button to remove all brush modifications from the currently selected mask.
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• When a Graduated or Radial Filter instance is selected, Shift-K can be used to enter and leave brush modification mode.
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Mask visualization is now available for the Graduated and Radial Filters. Use the Mask checkbox at the bottom of the Local Corrections pane or press ‘Y’ to toggle the mask overlay.

radial filter suggestion
I've been trying to use the radial filter to isolate the subject then apply a graduated blur to the background. This is for some older photos taken with a camera/lens combo that didn't isolate the subject real well.

I've watched the videos on it and used it ...but find it of limited use.
To me it would be a whole lot better if Adobe could marry the adjustment brush with this filtering system. The brush is great in that it quite accurately enables one to make a selection. If one could do that and have the option of using it as the mask for the radial blur ...it would be extremely useful in such situations. Currently the radial blur really doesn't work well for that.

I end up flipping the photo into PS, duplicating the background layer, selecting the subjects I want in focus (pretty quick now that the quick selection tool works so well) and I save that selection on a new layer. Then go back to the background copy and using the same selection ...content aware fill it then blur that layer using whichever blur filter is best for whatever that background happens to be. The subject is then isolated and the blur layer can have a gradient applied to it to fade it in nicely.
The radial filter in LR has so much potential for this if it could be applied to a brushed selection ...it would be awesome.
Anyone have any influence on the programming? If so and if you agree ...I hope this will get passed along.

Thoughts?

Dynamically fitting NDG filters would be a really useful for landscape photographers.