Local adjustments and clarity tool

NNN635766906867029431

• 2017年04月20日 10:40

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

=)

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  John Doe

  • 2017年04月20日 11:42

  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.

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  Benjamin Liddle

  • 2017年04月20日 20:42

  If it isn't a Local Adjustment tool, you can make it one via the ellipse (...) dropdown menu, then select Adjust Selected Layer

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  John Doe

  • 2017年04月20日 21:44

  I learned something tonight, thanks ben_US! 😊

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  NNN635766906867029431

  • 2017年04月21日 15:37

  Thank you very much - it worked.
  
  But I can't change the method, it is greyed out and stays "natural".
  
  Is that normal, too ?

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  John Doe

  • 2017年04月21日 15:41

  What is the processing engine used for your picture (in the Base Characteristics tool)?

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  Ian Wilson

  Moderator

  • 2017年04月22日 08:33

  

  [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).
  
  Ian

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  NNN635766906867029431

  • 2017年04月24日 16:46

  Thanks a lot for your support - it helped and now I'm understanding the tool a bit more =)

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