Selective Correction - Activate the Tool Overlay


Lightroom beta 2.0 has an excellent Selective Correction brush tool. This allows very precise corrections to made.

I recently had a problem using this tool in that I could not see the effect of the edits or where they had been made. My mistake. I found that I had accidently turned off the Tool Overlay!
So turn the Tool Overlay back on via the View menu.

Lightroom Tools Overlay Menu

You can select Auto Show, Always Show, or as I had Never Show. I find Auto Show to be the most useful as the edit points will be hidden when the cursor is moved away from the image area.

Lightroom Pin Selection Points

Now you can see the pin makers which show where your edits have taken place. If you now hover you cursor over one of the edit pins the area that has been affected by the correction brush will be shown outlined in white. See below.

Lightroom Affected Area of Edit

Finally, to remove an edit, position your cursor over the pin mark and press the delete key. The edit will be removed along with a nice animated effect.
I hope this help you.

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