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[Eagles1181]

Having a slight problem with Lightroom.  I am sure it is a simple setting that needs adjustment.  When I load a photo, it automatically highlights all the whites areas that are blown out in red and all the black areas that are blown out in blue.  Also when using the brush it shows the area the brush has selected in red and will not let me see what is behind it (cannot see the adjustment I have made).  Anybody have any suggestions?

 

Eagle

[Merco_61]

It sounds like you have just activated the highlight and warning tools. In the Develop pane, the histogram has clickable triangles at the top.

Try to deactivate by clicking each of the triangles.

[nbanjogal]

Peter beat me to it. But to get the brush to stop showing red, you may also need to uncheck the "Show Selected Mask Overlay" box (at the bottom left). 

 

[Eagles1181]

Got it fixed.  Thanks you guys.

 

Eagle

[Merco_61]

Since I don't use the brush tool, I've not run into that problem. Good to know... I got used to the Viveza plugin for Lightroom 3 and haven't explored the brush.

[yauman]

When using the brush, remember the "o" key (alphabet "o") is your friend - it toggles the overlay mask on and off - On to see your coverage and Off to see the result.

[nbanjogal]

When using the brush, remember the "o" key (alphabet "o") is your friend - it toggles the overlay mask on and off - On to see your coverage and Off to see the result.

Great tip! I know virtually no keyboard shortcuts in Lightroom, so this is very helpful.

[yauman]

Here's the cheat sheet for LightRoom.

 

One of the best keystroke shortcut is actually not listed - it's a compound key but worth remembering and using. In develop mode, set the tool panel to "Solo Mode" so only one set of tools are opened at one time - ie open another tool set and the other one will close.  Now, use "Cmd-1", "Cmd-2" etc to open the tools instead of clicking on the little expand triangle icon. ie Cmd-1 will open the Basic tool panel, Cmd-7 will open the Len correction panel etc.  Saves a lot of time especially towards end of edit session when you have to jump around to make final tweaks.

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[nbanjogal]

Excellent! Thank you so much!!!!!!

[Eagles1181]

Here's the cheat sheet for LightRoom.

 

One of the best keystroke shortcut is actually not listed - it's a compound key but worth remembering and using. In develop mode, set the tool panel to "Solo Mode" so only one set of tools are opened at one time - ie open another tool set and the other one will close.  Now, use "Cmd-1", "Cmd-2" etc to open the tools instead of clicking on the little expand triangle icon. ie Cmd-1 will open the Basic tool panel, Cmd-7 will open the Len correction panel etc.  Saves a lot of time especially towards end of edit session when you have to jump around to make final tweaks.

 

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Thanks

 

Eagle

[Merco_61]

Thanks, yauman. Very useful!