Can you save Local Adjustments such as brush strokes in Lightroom?

[ThePresetFactory]

So if I'm using the Radial Filter, I can create an adjustment and save it as a Develop Preset which appears on the left panel.

Can the same thing be done with the Brush tool?

For example, could I paint a "light-leak" using the brush tool, then save that local adjustment as a Develop preset on the left, then apply that to other images?

Or is it only possible to save the Brush's settings as a preset?

[stillfigure]

That works perfect. Thanks again!

[Ally0101]

Do these instructions to manually edit a preset not work with the .xmp preset files? They seem to be in a different format/code than the .xmp prsesets and look like they work with the preivous .lrtemplate preset files. The metadata format that your Show Catalog Metadata plugin pulls up matches a .lrtemplate format/code versus the .xmp. Does that make sense?

When I get to the last few steps that johnrellis lists my manually edited preset disappears when I reopen lightroom, and when I find it and try to import the preset I keep getting the error "Unable to import presets- The XMP metadata for the file contained no settings"

Has anyone tried to do this lately and succeeded?  Or have any advice to offer! Thanks so much.

[johnrellis]

As you've surmised, the instructions posted above were for versions of LR prior to 7.2, when Adobe introduced the new .xmp format for presets. They won't work for later versions of LR, including LR 10.

However, the free Fix Presets plugin lets you add brush local adjustments to presets.

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[Ally0101]

AMAZING THANK YOU SO MUCH!