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thebigalia
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July 16, 2019
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Cannot edit object

  • July 16, 2019
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Hi there,

This may be confusing but I will try to explain it as clearly as possible. So I have an image with a garden and the sky is present. The garden is dark so I have added a warming photo filter to bring some colour into it. The problem arises when I select the sky using the quick selection tool, it only seems to edit the garden and doesn't allow me to edit the sky. How can I adjust the brightness and filter of 2 objects without it being stuck on the first one.

I hope this made sense but it's really affecting my experience.

Many thanks!

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    Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

    The work-around is using multiple instances of the Smart Object with different Smart Filters (settings) applied and masking those.

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    thebigaliaAuthor
    Participant
    July 17, 2019

    Many thanks for all your answers. All of you have helped me greatly!

      c.pfaffenbichler
      Community Expert
      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 16, 2019

      Another option, especially if one has the RAW image, might be using Adobe Camera Raw’s (or the Camera Raw Filter˚s) adjustment and masking options.

      Bob_Hallam
      Bob_Hallam
      Legend
      July 16, 2019

      It appears that the sky is selected and used in the mask.  just select the mask and use Command/Control / I to invert the mask. 

      A good rule of thumb is that any selection will be the mask in that layer if you add a mask after the selection was created. 

      ICC programmer and developer, Photographer, artist and color management expert, Print standards and process expert.
      c.pfaffenbichler
      Community Expert
      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 16, 2019

      Could you please post a screenshot with the pertinent Panels (Layers, Channels, Options Bar, …) visible?

      All Smart Filters applied to one instance of a Smart Object share one Filter Mask.

      The work-around is using multiple instances and masking those.

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      thebigaliaAuthor
      Participant
      July 16, 2019

      This is the image with all of the layers shown. Thanks for the replies!

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        thebigaliaAuthor
        Participant
        July 16, 2019

        Thanks for your replies. This shows the layers and channels. There was nothing present under paths.

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        Anonymous
        July 16, 2019

        Hi

        Can you post a screenshot with all the pertinent panels opened, you could copy the sky to it's own layer and apply a brightness/contrast layer clipped to the sky layer

        Derek Cross
        Community Expert
        Derek CrossCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        July 16, 2019

        A screen shot would help.

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