Lightroom help please - the brush tool.

[mickledore]

I'm tyring to use Lightroom more and more, but am still not far from being a novice.

When I open an image, and go to Develop I then select the Adjustment Brush tool. This has worked fine and allowed me to do the usual adjustments - Exposure/Contrast/Highlights etc.

Now for some reason it doesn't work anymore. I am assuming that I've switched something off. The brush tool appears, I can choose my preferred settings and everything appears fine. But when I try and apply to the image nothing happens at all. I've tried all the reset options that I can see to no avail.

Anyone know which button I have pressed in error? All the other options seem to work fine, just the adjustment brush that doesn't want to play ball.

 

[Willid1]

Hi Mick

Not sure what version you are using but in LR4 there is a "reset" button at the bottom of the adjustment brush palette and on the other side there is a slider to turn the adjustment on and off - it's a small vertical rectangular box with a lighter coloured square you move up and down for on and off.

HTH

David

 

[mickledore]

Thanks for that. I'm on LR5. I've seen both those boxes and however I set them they don't allow the brush to function normally.
It was working just fine until I started experimenting so I assume I've hit the wrong button somewhere but I'm dashed if I can find out which one.

 

[Bigdeaks]

Have you changed the 'flow' value in the brush setting? A low value can mean its hard to see the effect. Easy to miss if you have changed the brush from A or B setting and not noticed.

 

[mickledore]

Have you changed the 'flow' value in the brush setting? A low value can mean its hard to see the effect. Easy to miss if you have changed the brush from A or B setting and not noticed.

Looks like I'd set both flow and density to 0. Don't recall doing that as I had no idea what they did - I do now!
Many thanks.