LightRoom 2 Adjustment Brush

In the last post I wrote about LR2's Graduated Filter. The other localized editing tool, which many think might be the most significant addition to LR2, is the Adjustment Brush [AB]. The AB (keyboard shortcut "K" in your program) allows you to "paint" localized non-destructive effects like Exposure, Saturation, Sharpness, etc. You can then change or add parameters to the selected area and fine tune the effect to your image.

There have been some complaints about performance issues with the AB. It is a memory hog for sure but the performance issue seems to be system-based and influenced by your graphic card and its settings.

Adding an effect with the AB at times can be challenging, not just because of the performance issue above, but sometimes the effect is hard to notice… especially if the effect is subtle. When I first started using this new AB tool, I would exaggerate the effect: e.g. Exposure -4; Saturation +100; Sharpen +100. Using these exaggerated settings, I could follow creating my AB effect more easily.

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