Since Flash of Red February is coming, I thought I would practice trying selective coloring in Lightroom since I haven't tried it in a long time.
I was using the brush tool to erase some unwanted spots of color and all the paintbrush did was smear the photo. I can't figure why it is doing that. I followed the instructions I saw on YouTube and had the saturation turned all the way down and it just wouldn't work right.
i mostly use PS for selective colouring so i have little experience with using LR for this purpose... but i have been finding LR to be supremely glitchy since the most recent update... to the point where some functionality just wouldn't work at times...
have you tried quitting LR and then re-opening to see if that resets something for you?
Check the other brush sliders to see if something else besides saturation is also being applied. It's a good idea to double-click on the word "Effect:" after choosing a brush to zero out all the sliders. Other than that, I can't imagine what could cause what you're seeing.
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I don't have Photoshop so I'm not able to do it there.
I did double click on Effect to reset everything but when I bring the saturation down and a use the brush, it looks like I am painting smeary white over everything and not desaturating. It's frustrating.
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i mostly use PS for selective colouring so i have little experience with using LR for this purpose... but i have been finding LR to be supremely glitchy since the most recent update... to the point where some functionality just wouldn't work at times...
have you tried quitting LR and then re-opening to see if that resets something for you?
i hope you get things sorted!
I don't have Photoshop so I'm not able to do it there.
I did double click on Effect to reset everything but when I bring the saturation down and a use the brush, it looks like I am painting smeary white over everything and not desaturating. It's frustrating.