LR adjustment brush question

[Paul2660]

If you create multiple adjustment brushes in LR, I know there is a setting to turn off all of them.  However many times I would love to just turn off one single brush.  I had hoped to see this added to LR CC, but so far it seems to have the same all on or off setting only.  Is there a way to just turn off the brush that is selected?   

Thanks
Paul

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

What do you mean by "turn off"? Delete? If so, just hit the delete key on your keyboard.

[pegelli]

Select the one you want to delete (so the button has the black dot) and hit "delete" on the keyboard

[Rhossydd]

Is there a way to just turn off the brush that is selected?

Not that I've ever found.

Note to others:
The ability to 'switch off' a specific adjustment to see it's effect isn't the same requirement as deleting it.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Not that I've ever found.

Note to others:
The ability to 'switch off' a specific adjustment to see it's effect isn't the same requirement as deleting it.

In theory, it isn't the same, in practice, however, it is. Switching on and off is the same as hitting two keyboard keys: "delete" and "Alt-Z" (to reverse the delete).

[pegelli]

I think it's Ctrl-Z to undo (the delete in this case)

[Paul2660]

It's not a delete I want to do.  Instead, I want to turn off just one adjustment brush effect.  I tend to use a lot of them, just like I use adjustment layers in C1.  In C1, you can easily just unclick a layer, to turn off it's effects.  This makes working a file easier as you can see the effects of the one layer and then fine turn it.

I have to assume in LR, the even though you can have multiple adjustment brushes and even overlap them, they are all seen as one big layer in LR. 

Paul

[Rhossydd]

In theory, it isn't the same, in practice, however, it is. Switching on and off is the same as hitting two keyboard keys: "delete" and "Alt-Z" (to reverse the delete).

You're missing the point. It might be very useful to be able to switch off a single adjustment, then make other changes, but still be able to go back and switch back on that single adjustment. That's not easily possible if you delete the adjustment.

[Rory]

I would like to see this too.  I think Mark went a little too far in the Lightroom design trying to make it different from photoshop.  I wish he had chosen the layers paradigm to manage adjustment brushes where any develop edit could be localized and any layer could be hidden.

[Rhossydd]

I wish he had chosen the layers paradigm to manage adjustment brushes where any develop edit could be localized and any layer could be hidden.

A similar thing could be done if each history step could be switched off or deleted. A frequent request for new versions of LR since version one.

[Rory]

A similar thing could be done if each history step could be switched off or deleted. A frequent request for new versions of LR since version one.

Yes.  One UI possibility was to add a column to the history palette to attach any history steps to an adjustment brush, which would then be used to mask/localize those particular history steps.

[rebadurchee]

The ability to turn adjustments off and then back on was one of the most attractive features of Nikon Capture NX.  That was the single feature that kept me using it until it continually crashed my computer anymore (and subsequent ones, too).  Only because Capture NX became completely unusable did I come to LR4.  I love LR but I sure would like to have that ten year old feature back in my repertoire.

[richardpeters]

While we can't switch on and off just one adjustment brush "pin", we can dial it right down in power, so that it essentially shows no effect on the image. Then later, dial it back up again to its former strength.

LR keeps track of the adjustment(s) involved and if several have been used, of their relative proportions, and whether positive or negative.

As of LR 6, it is now necessary to hold down the Alt (Option) key while dragging the cursor sideways on the pin (so as not to just move the whole adjustment around).

LR5 and earlier, did not need this key to be pressed.