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Glenn Kroeger replied to the discussion How does Lightroom process overlapping local adjustment masks? in the forum Lightroom

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 02:07:23 -0700

Reply to How does Lightroom process overlapping local adjustment masks?

Michael: That helps a lot, particularly your experience which mirrors mine, as well as the confirmation from someone at Adobe. This is how it should work!

To me, the other clue that it works this way is that Adobe never (and has never) mentioned anything about the order of masks, even with the new “list” style panel. I am aware that within…

Glenn Kroeger started the discussion How does Lightroom process overlapping local adjustment masks? in the forum Lightroom

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 18:22:06 -0700

How does Lightroom process overlapping local adjustment masks?

I haven’t been able to find authoritative documentation from Adobe on how overlapping masks are handled in Lightroom. So question number one is whether order of masks matters.

For example, if one mask raises saturation 15 units, and an overlapping mask lowers saturation by 5 units, does Lightroom first raise and then lower the saturation, or…