Black and White & Creative Image Editing in Lightroom - Black and White in Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop Lightroom - page 182

decrease for softer results. Note that at this amount it may be hard to tell
what is happening at i rst because the ef ects will be subtle.

7. You may want to increase the Contrast settings slightly to add a bit of

“snap” to the areas that will be brightened, although this feature mainly
af ects midtone values. “Clarity” can also be added for this purpose,
but do so with caution as clarity introduces sharpening, which should
always be done with extreme care and critical scrutiny.

8. Select “Auto Mask” in order to af ect a large area of the image. This

feature coni nes the brush strokes to areas of similar color. (See “Auto
Masking”, page 184, for more details.)

9. Set “Density”. This setting controls the amount of transparency in the

stroke.

10a. Paint back and forth over the area within the image that needs
brightening or darkening. You will need to change brush settings each
time you want to switch from lightening to darkening. The plus icon (+)
in the center of the circle indicates the point of application. The circle
indicates the brush size.

10b. When you i rst release the mouse, an adjustment pin (or big dot)
appears at the initial application point of the adjustment. In the
Adjustment Brush tool drawer, the Mask mode changes to Edit and
the Ef ect sliders become available to rei ne the adjustment. Move the
pointer over the adjustment pin and drag the double-pointing arrow to
the right to increase the ef ect, or to the left to decrease the ef ect.

* Press the “H” key to hide or show the adjustment pin.
* To see a mask of the adjustment, position the pointer over the adjustment
pin.

11. Customize the adjustment by dragging the advanced Ef ect sliders in
the tool drawer. Drag the Amount slider to the right to increase the
strength of the selected ef ect, and to the left to decrease the strength
of the selected ef ect. Or, click the plus icon (+) or () by the ef ect name
to increase or decrease the ef ect.

12. Click “New” for each new area to adjust so that the strength of the
adjustment can be rei ned independently.

Undo
To undo part of the adjustment, click “Erase” in the Adjustment Brush tool
drawer, and paint over the adjustment. When you paint in Erase mode, the
Adjustment Brush tool appears over the photo with a minus icon () at its
center.