

You can press “O” on the keyboard to make the mask visible or hidden. While painting over the background, you may need brushes of different sizes, with various flow and feather values, so adjust these parameters.

Check if all the objects in the foreground have their original color. Keep painting until the whole background is red. This means that the original file won’t be affected and those areas that have undergone changes will be marked in red for you to see them.Īfter you have set mask, you can begin painting over the parts of the image where you want to make the background blurred. That’s why, you need to clearly understand what setting will help you achieve the desired result.Ĭheck whether the Show Selected Mask Overlay is activated in Lightroom. You can change them in the process of blurring, but all changes made to the picture before, will also be altered. Size: Specify either you need a large or a small brush.įeather: What suits your work better – soft or hard brush? The first one fades along the edges, while the second one makes them hard.įlow: Tune up the intensity of the stroke. Looking through the list of custom effect settings, you will see a special section related to blur brush effects. The second one means that you will adjust the settings on your own. On the brush panel, there are 2 options – use a preset brush effect or create your own custom effect. This tool enables us to enter the settings for the layer mask, so the changes will be applied only within the mask, while the unselected parts will be left intact. Once you click on it, you will see dozens of effects, located below the brush and the word “New”. Look at the picture above if you can’t find it. Now you need to activate the “Adjustment Brush”.
Lightroom 6 tutorials how to#

