Local adjustments and clarity tool
Dear folks,
I'm currently struggling with the clarity tool in local adjustments. Whenever I'm having a new layer for skin retouching and I brush a mask in combination with the clarity tool - I don't see any effects (softening the skin).
Am I doing something wrong, or is it not possible to use this tool in local adjustments and on a new layer ?
Regards
=)
I'm currently struggling with the clarity tool in local adjustments. Whenever I'm having a new layer for skin retouching and I brush a mask in combination with the clarity tool - I don't see any effects (softening the skin).
Am I doing something wrong, or is it not possible to use this tool in local adjustments and on a new layer ?
Regards
=)
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Check that you use the Clarity tool for local adjustments (the one with the small brush to the right of its name) and not the global Clarity tool. 0 -
If it isn't a Local Adjustment tool, you can make it one via the ellipse (...) dropdown menu, then select Adjust Selected Layer 0 -
I learned something tonight, thanks ben_US! 😊 0 -
Thank you very much - it worked.
But I can't change the method, it is greyed out and stays "natural".
Is that normal, too ?0 -
What is the processing engine used for your picture (in the Base Characteristics tool)? 0 -
[quote="NNN635766906867029431" wrote:
Thank you very much - it worked.
But I can't change the method, it is greyed out and stays "natural".
Is that normal, too ?
You can't have a different clarity method on a local adjustment from the one used for the image as a whole. So if you want to use say "Punch" as the clarity method you have to set that as the method for the image as a whole while you are on the Background layer. Then when you switch to your adjustment layer it should show the method you have chosen (but still greyed out).
Ian0 -
Thanks a lot for your support - it helped and now I'm understanding the tool a bit more =) 0
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