I can't work out how the settings for the gradient filter and adjustment brush in LR3 originate. Whenever I open the gradient filter it comes up with a custom setting of Exposure + .33 and sharpening of + 40. Presumably this is a setting which I set at some point when I was using it. However if I then change this to something completely different (say exposure - .50) the name of filter is still gradient. I exit the filter and then go onto another image and open the filter again and it is still stuck on the first settings - i.e. +.33. In other words it does not "remember" the last setting used but seems to revert to some earlier setting. I can, of course, save my new settings as a new preset, but when working on a whole range of images which require similar adjustments it would be nice to be able to open the filter with the last settings active.
Am I missing some obvious way of working with this?
Thanks