How to Use the Graduated, Radial, and Brush Tools - Local Adjustments 101 for Lightroom Classic

The people have spoken: I've received several comments and messages asking for a deep dive tutorial on the Local Adjustment tools in Lightroom Classic. Ask, and you shall receive! I cover everything from the basics of what Local Adjustments are to using "key modifiers" and other shortcuts to help control your adjustments as you add them to your images.

If you want to jump around, feel free to use the chapter links below but BE WARNED: each section has its own little tips and tricks included that can often be carried over to the other tools. Think of this video as more of a CLASS than a quick tutorial.

00:00 - INTRO

00:38 - WHAT IS A LOCAL ADJUSTMENT IN LIGHTROOM?
A brief summary of what the tools are and what they can do for you as you process your images

01:10 - WHERE TO FIND THE LOCAL ADJUSTMENT TOOLS
Just as it sounds, a quick 45 second-ish rundown of where to find the tools

01:58 - USING THE GRADUATED ADJUSTMENT TOOL
Understanding the Effect menu
How to reset the Effect sliders (one at a time or all at once)
How to create a Graduated adjustment
Using the Shift key as you create a Graduated adjustment
How to know which adjustment is "active"
How to show or hide the adjustment pins as you work
Turning the adjustment mask overlay on and off
Using the new Hue slider in Local Adjustments
How to adjust the size and gradient of the adjustment
Using the Brush tool within the Graduated adjustment

14:31 - USING THE RADIAL ADJUSTMENT TOOL
How to create a Radial adjustment
What Invert and Feathering do
Quick Tip: How to create an off-set vignette with a Radial adjustment
Using the Shift key as you create a Radial adjustment
How to adjust the shape of a Radial adjustment
Using the Shift key to resize a Radial adjustment
Using the Brush tool within the Radial adjustment

20:08 - USING THE BRUSH ADJUSTMENT TOOL
How to create a Brush adjustment
Shortcuts to quickly adjust Brush size
Setting up A and B Brush options
Understanding Feathering in the Brush tool
How to use Flow and Density to control your Brush effects
Using Auto Mask and watching out for its shortcomings (and how to zoom while in an adjustment)
How to Erase via a quick shortcut
Using multiple adjustments in an image
How to turn off all adjustments of the same type

35:14 - QUICK CHAPTER: COPYING LOCAL ADJUSTMENTS
How to create a Local Adjustment preset
How to duplicate adjustments of the same type

38:02 - USING THE SHIFT KEY WITH BRUSH ADJUSTMENTS
What Shift+Click does when creating a Brush adjustment
How to creatively use the Shift key with Brush adjustments


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