Is there a way to create a preset for brushes? I need to create a brush to brush on some exposure and saturation without having to separate it. Thanks. Happy Labor Day weekend.
George, there is no way to create a preset for brushes themselves. From my experience the brush palette remembers the last brush settings used regardless of that actual adjustment being brushed in/out.
As far as I know there is no “exposure” brush either. You can use dodge parts of the photo to lighten areas in a photo or you can raise the exposure of the entire photo and then use the burn brush to darken areas back down.
Nathan. Thanks for the reply. Man I hope Apple get’s us those tools. I also use LR (sometimes) and have some preset brushes and what a time saver. Thanks again.
I hear ya. All in all the adjustment brushes work well but they could improve them. I would love to see some shortcuts for switching brush controls on the fly like changing opacity or what areas are being effected.
I would also love to see them add a gradient type tool/brush that would work just like brushing in an adjustment but it works similar to the gradient tool in LR.
Nathan’s right about the Exposure brick—for whatever reason, that’s one adjustment that is NOT brush-able. However for any other tool, you can easily build a preset that applies affect you want, then apply that and immediately grab the brush tool and brush-in or -away the effect as you need.
Remember, brushes are NOT a unique tool. A brush is attached to an adjustment, and each adjustment can be added to a preset. Presumably you don’t want pre-brushed affects being applied, and if you select an adjustment then remove it from the entire image, the adjustment disappears—so what you really want to do is apply it to the entire image (using the gear menu in the brush HUD), then save that as a preset. Then when you want to apply it, you simply select the preset, and clear the effect and start brushing.
There may even be an easier way, but that’s what comes immediately to mind.
George, there is no way to create a preset for brushes themselves. From my experience the brush palette remembers the last brush settings used regardless of that actual adjustment being brushed in/out.
As far as I know there is no “exposure” brush either. You can use dodge parts of the photo to lighten areas in a photo or you can raise the exposure of the entire photo and then use the burn brush to darken areas back down.
Nathan.
Thanks for the reply. Man I hope Apple get’s us those tools. I also use LR (sometimes) and have some preset brushes and what a time saver.
Thanks again.
I hear ya. All in all the adjustment brushes work well but they could improve them. I would love to see some shortcuts for switching brush controls on the fly like changing opacity or what areas are being effected.
I would also love to see them add a gradient type tool/brush that would work just like brushing in an adjustment but it works similar to the gradient tool in LR.
George,
Nathan’s right about the Exposure brick—for whatever reason, that’s one adjustment that is NOT brush-able. However for any other tool, you can easily build a preset that applies affect you want, then apply that and immediately grab the brush tool and brush-in or -away the effect as you need.
Remember, brushes are NOT a unique tool. A brush is attached to an adjustment, and each adjustment can be added to a preset. Presumably you don’t want pre-brushed affects being applied, and if you select an adjustment then remove it from the entire image, the adjustment disappears—so what you really want to do is apply it to the entire image (using the gear menu in the brush HUD), then save that as a preset. Then when you want to apply it, you simply select the preset, and clear the effect and start brushing.
There may even be an easier way, but that’s what comes immediately to mind.
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