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October 20, 2017
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P: Add Custom Brush Presets

  • October 20, 2017
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I was (and still am, I guess) so, so excited about the launch of the new CC. However, I was extremely disappointed to find that there is no local adjustments folder to add custom brush presets. I chatted with an Adobe Support rep and they said that it "may be added in the future" and to post on here.

I cannot believe that I have to post on here asking for Adobe to add a main chunk of my workflow back into Lightroom. I can't be the only one whose LR workflow is affected by the lack of this capability.

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    F1dg1t
    New Participant
    September 5, 2025

    Tried moving from Lightroom Classic to the new Lightroom, but honestly… the lack of Local Brush Presets is a dealbreaker.

    In Classic I can save custom brushes (skin softening, dodge/burn, detail, etc.) and reuse them instantly. In the new Lightroom I can’t — only clumsy workarounds with saving whole masks as presets, which is way slower and not practical.

    I really wanted to switch for the cloud features, but I just can’t until brushes work like they do in Classic. Please bring back Local Brush Presets, it’s such a basic but important feature.

     

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    Heather27697059j7x9
    New Participant
    January 27, 2025

    Please add the Brushes function!   

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    Heather27697059j7x9
    New Participant
    January 27, 2025

    I purchased brushes for Lightroom but they only work in Lightroom Classic. I'm sorry I wasn't wording my request properly. I'm new to all of this.   This was where Adobe Customer Care sent me.

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    debbies88532350
    New Participant
    October 4, 2023

    We really need to be able to add our brushes that have been purchased. 

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      Sarah228199616x49
      New Participant
      September 4, 2023

      I can't believe all these years later and this STILL hasn't been added!

        Impressive_EnigmaB839
        Impressive_EnigmaB839
        New Participant
        August 13, 2023

        I was only today years old when I discovered that LR CC or desktop has no feature allowing me to import local adjustment presets! Please add this Mrs Adobe becasue now I am left wondering why I switched from classic. 

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          Lyss Miller
          New Participant
          July 16, 2023

          I'm sure it's been suggested before but I would love to be able to use my LR Classic brush presets in Lightroom on my iPad with the Apple Pencil! 😊

          hollyxhemphill
          hollyxhemphill
          New Participant
          April 23, 2023

          Is anyone else really hoping that we'll get the feature to import our saved brushes into lightroom mobile/cloud based? I'm primarily a LrC user on desktop but I would be over the moon to be able to save my brushes and use them on the ip

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            Lane23499113pawo
            Known Participant
            January 8, 2024

            Using LR 7.1.2 with Windows 11. I have brushes and gradients that I was able to use in LRC but have not figured out how, or if, I can use them in LR (cloud).  They are files with the extension .lrtemplate.  How do I do thins

              Rob_Cullen
              Community Expert
              Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              January 9, 2024

              Lightroom v7 does not have a function to use Local Adjustment Brush Presets, and you will not be able to use the .lrtemplate files.

              COMPARE LIGHTROOM & LIGHTROOM-CLASSIC FEATURES

               

              Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.0, Photoshop 27.0, ACR 18.0, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0 .
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              Micaiah28538603e0j1
              New Participant
              February 22, 2023

              Im frusterated because I purchased a set of presets that included brush presets and am now being told that I can not download the brush ones. I have wasted my morning trying to figure out how to do it just to find out it isnt supported in lightroom desktop. Im just confused... idk if I should get lightroom classic or if I even can on my macbook and im not happy that im paying for a software without the full capabilities. 

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                Steve27984943yuiz
                New Participant
                January 17, 2023

                Lightroom why cant you add brush presets to this version of lightroom,  Will this feature be added to the cloudbase software?

                johns40282744
                johns40282744
                Participating Frequently
                October 20, 2022

                It has been five years since the cloud-based ecosystem of Lightroom entered Adobe, and we still have yet to see Local Adjustment Presets—what used to be called Brush Presets in Lr Classic. Is it possible to add a presets section to the Masking (Local Adjustments) area within Lightroom CC, the cloud-based version? Please note that I am explicitly referring to the masking, local adjustments, and brush section. 

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