Adjustment brush not working

[msphotoart]

When I click on the adjustment brush tool it allows me to brush the area of the photo I wish to adjust, however, all of the basic sliders have the adjustments that I previously applied globally, and if I adjust any of them, the adjustment is applied globally, not to the area that I had just selected with the adjustment brush tool.  So, in effect, the tool doesn't work at all.

[Bob Somrak]

If your Adjustment Brush Dialog has AMOUNT under "Effect" than click the left facing white triangle under "New Edit".  You have the Local sliders closed.

[msphotoart]

Thank you!  That was it.  Something so simple and stupid, and I've been a LR user for a long time.

[GoldingD]

Sometimes people accidentally select a slider in the basic section, not in the adjustment brush.