Radial Filter

CHRIS PRINCE

• October 19, 2015 21:54

Hello everyone! Made the switch to C1 and loving it so far. I really like the way the images look OOC more than Lightroom 5. However I REALLY miss having the radial filter. It was by far my most used tool. Is there anything that's comparable to that tool in C1? I know there's gradient mask, but it just doesn't have the same effect that I want. Also, I might be doing this wrong, but it seams like I have to create a new adjustment layer for each Gradient mask and I hate that. Is there any way to drag a gradient mask without having to create a new layer each time?

Thanks for your help everyone!

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  Andriy.Okhrimets

  • October 20, 2015 17:27

  Unfortately Radial filter is not possible in C1, but you can submit a request to PO team, and they usually do listen for feedback.
  And same applies to gradient masks, they are only 1 per layer, this is how C1 handles them and really there is no workaround.

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  CHRIS PRINCE

  • October 25, 2015 19:44

  Thanks for the reply! I was hoping that wasn't the case, but good to know that I'm not just missing something.
  
  Best,
  Chris.

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  SFA

  • October 26, 2015 03:14

  Chris,
  
  I took a look at the video of the what the LR radial filter does.
  
  I'm not sure I would look to the Gradient Mask for that sort of functionality. Whilst it does, nominally, give "geometrical" base shapes and control points it occurs to me that there is a very specific sort of look to the results from that. (I use another tool form time to time that has something similar to the LR solution and, in its own way, a whole lot more along the same lines.)
  
  With C1 the brush is not geometrically constrained (other than for the Gradient Mask - sort of.)
  
  However size, opacity and feathering (Hardness) are all very adjustable and if using less than 100% opacity can be "built up" by brushing over part of an area. It is, perhaps, a little more "painterly" and might take a while to familiarize. It may not be for all but it should be possible to create pretty much the same end result once familiar with the approach.
  
  Whether you are comfortable with working that way is another question altogether or course. I found it odd at first but have grown to like it in almost all situations - and I am no artist.
  
  Two possible ways of looking at some benefits for the approach.
  
  Firstly it is NOT geometrically constrained which CAN make it more flexible for producing results .... but maybe the geometric basis is part of an accepted look these days.
  
  Secondly you can "paint" the effect onto more than one area directly should you need to. (The LR video seems to suggest the Radial filter (at that time?) would need to be copied, re-positioned and then inverted although it still didn't look like it gave the exact same result.)
  
  HTH.
  
  
  Grant

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