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October 27, 2021
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P:(Masking) Add auto update recompute to subject /sky masking after copy/paste

  • October 27, 2021
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Love the auto subject detection in the new lightroom classic update.

 

Idea: add an auto recompute feature to the subject masking when working with multiple images.

 

Observation: I'm a wedding photographer. When working with multiple images and auto sync is turned on, all of my edits to one image are synced across all selected images. When working with the auto mask subject selection, LRC basically creates a mask "preset" for the visible image but won't apply that "preset" to all other images until you manually select the  "recompute subject" button on the mask pannel. 

 

Why not have LRC do this automatically across all selected images? Seems like a nice improvement.

139 replies

Participant
June 14, 2022

Finally! Thank you very much Adobe team.

Participating Frequently
June 12, 2022

I would also love to see that feeture. I think it should have two options.

1. When syncing multiple photos and you check that mask with AI you should be able to tick a box for "Auto recompute mask" in the sync dialog box.
2. Either that "Auto recompute mask" remembers from last time or you could set this option in preferences as an answer to the original question here, making presets. 

I'm also editing wedding photos at the moment and would reeeeally apricieted that feature.
Cheers!

Participant
May 29, 2022

GREAT point!

Participant
May 29, 2022

Never in my 10 years of using Adobe products have I ever commented on a community post until now. I know this is planned but i'm just here to add to the community of people that want this feature more than anything right now. Cheers!

Participant
May 27, 2022

To piggy back this -- While the above is most definitely preferred, I'd even be happy with one of the below shortcuts:

1. double click to recompute rather than "rename" mask

2. click on mask and then a quick key shortcut because its excrutiating to click on each mask then move the mouse to click "update" sometimes more than once on a single image

3. ability to select multiple masks at once that need to be recomputed and with a single click, update or recompute

 

Thank you for this consideration! 

Participant
May 25, 2022

Can “Masking” automatically adjust like all other changes when working on a batch of images ?

 

 

 

 

{Thread merged with parent feature request thread by Moderator}

Ranjisha Sengupta
Legend
May 25, 2022

Hi there,

 

Thanks for reaching out. We understand your concern. This feature is not added yet; however, the engineering plans to have it soon.

This is the hottest feature request ticket in the Masking world, and the team is evaluating this. 
Please upvote the feature request if you want the idea to be implemented: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/p-masking-add-auto-update-recompute-to-subject-sky-masking-after-copy-paste/idi-p/12480563

Thanks

Ranjisha

Known Participant
May 16, 2022

I think that the subject selection should be cached and not needed to be recalculated when creating another mask. This would also save a lot of time when copying masks from one photo to another as it would be enough to update the subject in only one of the masks and the rest would update automatically without the need for extra caluclations.

C.Cella
Inspiring
May 18, 2022

One important aspect of Ai.

 

Not all Ai Selections are created equal!

 

This is actually for the best as I will explain below.

Now Ai Selections are based on 2 factors:

 

1. The state of the photo.

Is the photo sharp?

Is the subject well recognisable, well distinguishable and separated form the background?

Is there enough contrast between the sky and the land/landscape?

Etc..

 

Ai will not magically detect a out of focus subject or a white subject in a white background.

 

2. The settings we apply on the photo in Lr.

This is a key point as this is how users can refine Ai now.

 

By intelligently, appropriately changing the settings on the photo you can help to produce better Ai selections...or inferior ones.

 

The best workflow is, in fact, to create an Ai selection with the "best settings" as first step.

After that simply re-use that Ai by duplicating  and moving it to other masks.

 

The ability to influence the Ai creation with our settings is vital and should not be discarded...that until we have proper refining tools for Ai only.

 

 

 

 

StefaanVMN
Participating Frequently
May 12, 2022

Chacun voit midi à sa porte. Pour ma part, je réititère mon avis: les messages sans solution sont rangés aux oubliettes tout simplement. D'autres problèmes déjà postés n'ont jamais trouvé de solution depuis des années (quand on envoie par exemple 30 photos à la fois de lightroom vers photoshop, il en manque toujours) et en les "rengeant" dans des vieux posts cela ne va certainement pas faire bouger les choses (et par expérience, le nombre de posts n'y change absolument rien). 

 

Mais c'est mon ressenti personnel et je ne demande à personne d'y adhérer. 

johnrellis
Legend
May 12, 2022

"This forum is useless since when a request is made it ends up being moved to a "trash" post with all the others"

 

On the contrary, merging all the posts requesting a similar idea into a single thread gives both Adobe and customers a much better idea of its popularity.  This idea, automatic updates of AI masks, is one of the most popular feature requests of the last decade, with 249 votes in the last 6 months and 126 replies, and Adobe marked it as Planned (something it rarely does).  

 

I'm often publicly critical of how LR is developed, but these Lightroom forums provide more transparency about bugs and feature requests than most large companies provide.   Adobe clearly marks those threads it considers "bugs" (not behaving as they intended) and "feature requests" (changes in existing behavior), and that is available for all to see and comment.  The posts are actively curated and grouped together.  

 

Compared to other software products, this makes it much easier for users to see if a strange behavior is being experienced by others and to call Adobe's attention to things that users see but that Adobe apparently doesn't.

StefaanVMN
Participating Frequently
May 12, 2022

Ce forum ne sert à rien puisque lorsqu'on pose une requête elle fini déplacée dans un post "poubelle" avec toutes les autres, sans aucune autre évolution. Quand on pense à tout l'argent que nous coûte l'utilisation officille des produits Adobe, on devrait avoir un support un peu plus professionnel que çà.