NEW Adjustment brush in Photoshop

[@photoshopcafe]

Written steps here: photoshopcafe.com/new-adjustment-brush-in-photoshop/ Advanced Adjustment Brush, dodge and burn tut now live: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqrGkKd8nql-hKcsi=_oBr9BFrfpQRScAI

[@bobkillen8396]

First of all, thanks for the in-depth tutorial. Second, I have been using the brush for about a week, and it is a nice touch. However, I have been doing the same thing with brushes and masks for a long time, and this tool doesn't save much time. I prefer the Adobe product team to invest their creativity in the other tool improvements.

[@channelmixer]

Exactly. A new feature that does exactly what we have been able to do for decades.

[@EdMatthewsPhoto]

I could not agree more.... nothing new here. But thanks for the tutorial!

[@photoshopcafe]

Its more of a new workflow really

[@CoreyArt]

yeah feel like they are wasting their time remaking things that already easily exist instead of improving things that need improving or solve new problems

[@markf72]

No idea who thought this was needed. AI masking within photoshop without going to camera raw filter would be a more effective use of developer time.

[@johngriffin5996]

Thank you for making me aware of this new brush in the beta version. This looks to me to be the same result as creating an adjustment layer with a layer mask and painting on the layer mask. Using the adjustment brush might save a few steps, but I would have to try it out a bit to see if I would switch to this approach. I would like to see you do a tutorial on using this new adjustment brush for dodging and burning. If it saves time it may be worth using.

[@yannmaenden7236]

I think it's just intended to simplify the process a bit. It's basically layer masks for people who don't understand layer masks. We grizzled veterans tend to forget how the basic concepts were hard learned. I remember teaching a beginners class. Having battled through the concept of layers using acetate sheets and an OHP I introduced the concept of layer masks. You could see the panic in their eyes !!!!

[@jeanmcmillan1604]

This one will definitely be one that I will use, more straight forward for me, look forward to more in depth tutorials

[@photoshopcafe]

Coming soon

[@ricr8987]

Really??? How???? LoL to lazy to create a simple layer with a mouse click???

[@vincentzuck5906]

I like the feature. For me it makes the process of creating an adjustment + mask just a bit more easy. Please keep up providing us with your excellent tutorials!

[@JerryLoisPhotography]

GREAT tutorial,*again*. Thank you Colin for bringing light onto the mysteries!!!

[@stevebost8407]

Yes, please do an in depth video on fine tuning brush control for Wacom users

[@eddieg1954]

Yes please a more in depth video would be great. Really like this. Thanks Ed

[@photoshopcafe]

Thanks Ed

[@sanjeevatre566]

All it seems like is that this is a simpler way of applying adjustment layers with very handy and easy to understand controls. This will certainly help the new and mid level Photoshop users.

[@photoshopcafe]

exactly right

[@Katatonic2000]

Love your tutorials!! Please provide more in-depth videos on this subject!

[@photoshopcafe]

Thanks. Sure :)

[@coelisanctus]

Thanks, as always, Colin!

[@janosik4984]

Very good lesson. Thanx!

[@Yurok22]

I want more. Love your explanation learn so much thank you

[@bala1000mina]

Thank you so much Colin, as always very informative!

[@taliskercats1]

Love it … the tool ve been looking for!

[@juliobarkan9529]

Thanks, nice tool and will add attitional punch to photos and portraits. Great video!

[@paulineevans7697]

Hi. thanks for your tutorial. I found this was much easier to use on my snaps than brushes and masking. Keep the tutorials coming, as I have learned a lot from these when using Photoshop beta, and regular PS.

[@grahamharris5241]

Looks to be very useful Thanks

[@jeffpiper4466]

should be a fun tool for making adjustments quickly... thanks for going over the new tool with us!

[@photoshopcafe]

Happy to help

[@amerphoto1]

Definity a time saver. I use the brightness adjustment tool a lot and this will save quite a bit of time with the multiple things to use with in the same little package. Thanks for sharing!

[@photoshopcafe]

Glad it’s useful for you

[@simonshoots-scores9762]

Useful Colin, thanks

[@steffore1]

Looks great and would be great to see more of how it works 👍🏽

[@royceahr]

Well done! I think this will be a useful tool as it allows you to some things without having to open ACR and use the masking tools. Nice addition. It would be helpful to do a full tutorial.

[@photoshopcafe]

Thanks!

[@markf72]

how does it allow you to do more things without opening ACR for masking? I must be missing something, I cannot see any AI assisted masking stuff that you only get in ACR? It seems like just normal PS masking options?

[@royceahr]

@@markf72 As I see it, you can make targeted adjustments without opening ACR and then using masking adjustments...it is just a little more convenient.

[@markf72]

@@royceahr can you explain how? or do you mean just using a mask? I cannot see the ACR 'select subject', 'select people' , select background' that you can get on ACR unless i'm blind.

[@dwightbroemanphotosandart]

This is great. I don't need my dodge & burn tool anymore. Yes please keep these coming. Thank you!

[@photoshopcafe]

Will do!

[@jonkers2007]

Excellent new tool. Thanks for the great explanation Colin.

[@photoshopcafe]

happy to help

[@PraveenKhunte]

Very Crisp. It would be wonderful if you can make a tutorial on using pen pressure for tablets.

[@tonyb2760]

I watched Julianne Kost video on this and the consensus was that this is just another way to get an adjustment layer. Noting new to discover with the tool, just another route to the same destination. Looks like Adobe is running out of tech.

[@chasebros4948]

Yeah I don’t really see the point of this tool. When you create an adjustment layer it already comes with a mask. Just paint on the mask it’s the same thing. Only difference is it looks like this tool picks staring values for you so you can see the adjustment as you paint. I’d rather apply the adjustment and dial in the settings manually. Then isolate it with the mask.

[@photoshopcafe]

It’s designed to make it easier for beginners to

[@stefanklein1863]

@@photoshopcafe There would have been many other ways to "make it easier for beginners".....as you will probably know. Anyway, this thing is totally superfluous. Wasted engineering time. Adobe should have improved the 20 years old adjustment layers themselves. Many of them are very outdated. So are many other PS features.

[@sanjeevatre566]

Totally agree with you 😅​@@stefanklein1863

[@alecdann5935]

I could really use a demonstration from you on how you use the walk on tablet with Photoshop. That would include how you sent everything up and what your most common moves are.

[@JF-fn2jq]

Thanks Colin! Very useful for me. Love it!

[@photoshopcafe]

Great

[@mariolombardi4766]

Thanks Collin, I definitely would be interested in seeing more on using the new tool with Pen Pressure. On a side note, is there a way to set your Wacom Tablet and Photoshop so that the Pen pressure always remains on, it seems my pen pressure setting is always getting automatically reset and I have to reset it.

[@minaskeukazian7097]

Great info hopefully do more tutorial Thank you

[@kevincummins3438]

Great Work.

[@pappusahni]

of course its very useful n thank you for making me aware.

[@sandykreit1752]

I think this tool will be awesome!!

[@robmowe8090]

Thank you for the great video. I probably wouldn't have realised this had been added if hadn't watched this. I like the idea of this. I think if I was wanting to be precise with the brightness on the person though, I would probably have put them on a separate layer.

[@photoshopcafe]

Glad you liked the feature. I would try the object selection tool first, before adding another layer for that - all obviously not the focus of this tutorial

[@MusicJunky3]

Oh yes please Masster ,more D&B for me ! And in advance ,thanks for your efforts !

[@usersomebody]

I love your tuts of the new features! Thanks for that. I am wondering though, these adjustments when we are within Photoshop itself are always pixel based? (not on the RAW image?).

[@baf_mcnab3065]

Very well explained, thanks very much.

[@photoshopcafe]

Thanks for the kind words

[@HoàngNgô-k7w]

Thank you very much !

[@ZoranImsiragic]

Great tutorial as your tutorials are. If I never used Photoshop, I could say this is great. But you can do the same exact thing with regular Adjustment layers with inverted mask. Why is Adobe spending resources on this? There are many other things where they can improve Photoshop.

[@photoshopcafe]

What are some other things you would rather see them develop?

[@carlkristensen8398]

Quick and easy way to make selective improvements, it is unbelievable how much Adobe has improved Photoshop over the last 4-5 years. Can they keep on doing it? It is allready amazing.

[@photoshopcafe]

They are on🔥

[@johnchambers6272]

Great video. A more in depth tutorial on this subject would be appreciated. Thank you.

[@photoshopcafe]

Thanks

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Thanks for sharing.

[@photonsonpixels]

Nice future development Colin. I wonder if Adobe will allow us to use any of our brushes as an adjustment brush; that would be fantastic. Can't wait for it to become available. I don't like to "mess" with the beta version of PS so I'll wait. Thank you!

[@photoshopcafe]

You can already use any brush. I apologize if I didn't make that clear on the video.

[@alwynwilliams2661]

yes like it very much , thanks!

[@photonsonpixels]

Fantastic!

[@eddinep6535]

The same things can be done with other tools but this definitely provides a useful shortcut. Can't wait to play with it.

[@photoshopcafe]

Yes, its a new way of doing something familiar

[@davidholdstock]

Hello again (it's been a while)! Thank you so much for this tutorial. I am so pleased to see this new adjustment brush and I wonder how long it will remain in beta before going into the full version of PS. Yes please let us have more tutorial based information about this new feature. I am certain it will very useful indeed.

[@photoshopcafe]

Good to see you David.

[@NatPhoto56]

Seems to just be an automation of something that we've had forever. Easy enough to create an adjustment layer with a black mask and paint. I can't see myself using it as it is far less precise than just using luminosity masks to do the same thing with any type of adjustment layer that PS has.

[@JimEmbury]

Nice. Thank hou.

[@rajap8630]

Nice one as usual.BTW where is the Tutorial on how to download the Beta version? I checked all the videos on your channel and I couldn't find that tutorial

[@photoshopcafe]

photoshopcafe.com/how-to-get-the-photoshop-beta/

[@rajap8630]

@@photoshopcafe Thank you !!

[@marcotronic]

Thanks a lot for this video. This feature is no reason for me to install that beta. We can do all of this with the usual adjustment layer.

[@ivan_12345]

exactly! nothing new, just useless thing for lazy people)

[@photoshopcafe]

Or new people

[@eoslove2022]

This will speed up my workflow somewhat

[@photoshopcafe]

Glad to hear it

[@keiththompson2289]

Reminds me of the masking tool in Lightroom.

[@FotomakerAcademy]

Hmmm. I do these things in ACR. Is this tool training wheels for adjustment layers? I'd hate to lose Ps features I value (lighting fx & 3D) to make room for this feature in Ps. It feels redundant... That said, your overview is clear!

[@photoshopcafe]

Good observation. It’s definitely to help newer users

[@FotomakerAcademy]

@@photoshopcafe Seems more like an Elements feature than for full-fledged P.

[@fokhrultuhin9230]

Thanks

[@jimsmith556]

Looks interesting. Looking forward to using this. Wouldn't there be a third way to turn the brush from plus to minus? Holding the ALT or Option key usually reverses it when using other tools. I don't have the beta PS to try it but I'd hope that they treat all the tools consistently. However, I think the mask tool in Camera Raw is more useful since you can easily subtract the subject from the mask instead of trying to mask it manually as you showed.

[@davidholdstock]

Hello. I can confirm that Alt / Option does NOT currently work with this new feature. Hopefully it will in the future. Hope this information is useful for you! :)

[@davidclement5927]

Thanks for the tutorial, as always, very informative. One request from me and that is can you post some more videos on Adobe Photoshop Beta features (Features or improvements that are not in the production product). There are numerous updates to Photoshop Beta, but unless you know what the updates contain, its not very helpful. So more information on Photoshop Beta releases would be great. Thanks

[@photoshopcafe]

Noted!

[@leedonehower3112]

So how is this any different from the Develop tool in Luminar Neo when applying a mask? And Neo has had this for 2 years already.

[@dalefuller9953]

I will use it.

[@LarryFasnacht]

I would like to watch your video on pen settings.

[@rocketmanab]

I'm not really too sure what the difference is between this and using adjustment layers, with inverted masks? Maybe I'm missing something.

[@photoshopcafe]

It works the same. I think it’s just an easier way to do it for less experienced users

[@patrickmcevoy5080]

Thanks for asking, I was about to post the same question.

[@rocketmanab]

@@photoshopcafe Ah, ok...makes sense

[@scottchmelar4011]

Cool!

[@micky38]

Why? I can't see any need when I can just add an adjustment layer. I cannot even use click / shift-click to get straight lines when brushing. Is there any advantage? I cant see myself using it.

[@photoshopcafe]

I think it’s for beginners

[@n2ntie]

Question: now i once used bèta every double click out of bridge leads me to bèta and not to Cc2024. Settings are oké. If i open first CC2024 and then double click it chooses CC2024. Any idea ?

[@johnmehalick]

yes

[@cmichaelhaugh8517]

For those proficient in Photoshop, this may be old hat. For those of us coming from Lightroom, this should make it possible to stay in the Photoshop longer and more easily.

[@briancarroll6363]

Thank you a more in depth tutorial would be great

[@photoshopcafe]

Glad to hear it

[@mickejonsson8224]

hey, great video as always but I struggle to see the benefit with this tool ... why not just create adjustment layer as usual? you still have to click to choose brightness/vibrance etc for the brush tool, just the same as one click to create adj layer (?) hope you are having a great day ;-)

[@AndrzejJeczen]

With all the advanced selection tools available, this looks like a step backwards. It's like adding a 25th program to my washing machine that's just slightly different from the four I'm already using.

[@photoshopcafe]

Some people love this option, its subjective

[@colleenmalley5360]

I would live to jave a more in-depth video! You are a bery good teacher

[@photoshopcafe]

Thanks!

[@colleenmalley5360]

Oh boy I should have proofread that comment. 😂

[@BubblesPothowari]

Lightroom most powerful tool in Photoshop 😊

[@GeorgetownThunder]

How is this different than the adjustment brush/mask already in Lightroom?

[@n2ntie]

Thanx for the tutorial but it looks the same like curves with layers, but i will try it out.

[@ShivamSingh-zz9ou]

Thanks sir

[@photoshopcafe]

You’re Welcome

[@thewebstylist]

I have to say this (especially in this day and age of Ai non manual quick enhancements) one of most underwhelming ‘new’ features in 2024 as seems old school, same as an adjustment layer No offense Colin, u sir are a PS master like none other I’m always grateful 100 for!

[@photoshopcafe]

No offense taken. Thanks for your thoughts

[@TrevorDennis100]

That puts it very nicely, both in respect of the redundant nature of this new tool, and the fact that Colin is the go to guy for people who already know Photoshop well. Along with Jesus Rameriz, we barely need to go elsewhere for our Photoshop information, but I do like to follow some of the illustration and art channels. I rather suspect that Colin and Jesus have a close relationship with Adobe - they are both Adobe Community Experts, and obligatory attendees at MAX every year - and are obliged to cover all aspects of their chosen Adobe apps. There is _very_ little original content outside of the PTC and PC.

[@billyeast6819]

Great why didn't they include it in the regular version?

[@photoshopcafe]

Usually they develop a feature in beta and then move it to the regular version once it’s finalized and bugs are squashed. Some features never make it to regular

[@paultodd7806]

Yes please

[@photoshopcafe]

ok

[@astrogerard2022]

Hue/Saturation doesn't appear to work though.

[@peterbusuttil9533]

With all due respect, I've been using this type of adjustment brush on ON1 Photo Raw for years.

[@photoshopcafe]

great

[@ShaileshSharmasolan]

I feel all this can already be done in photoshop with more control.

[@TheRickurb]

I don't know, I would prefer to use a curves adjustment layer and have control after the fact. Or better yet just use Lightroom.

[@MichaelWDietrich]

In fact, I only finished watching your video this time because I wanted to know if you found any use in the Adjustment Brushes that wasn't previously available with Adjustment Layers and the normal brush tools. It really reassures me that you couldn't explain the meaning either.

[@photoshopcafe]

Nothing to explain really, its the same brushes with masks, just a different way of getting there, more targeted to newer users.

[@terrystone5302]

👍👍

[@hamshanksproductions7161]

Basically the same as in raw with brushes etc.

[@jbw46001]

It looks interesting. But I don't understand how this is different than using the brush mask in lightroom. I must be missing something.

[@romanosinski770]

Adobe is getting bloated with doubled functionality. What is the difference between this and masking adjustment layer with normal brush tool?

[@nollattacykel]

Mimicking Lightroom brush.

[@photoshopcafe]

I can see how the usage feels similar

[@notdisclosed7053]

I hope that the new feature can be excluded from the interface - it will be a retrograde step to clutter up the interface simply to introduce what is no more than a beginner training feature.

[@photoshopcafe]

Yes, you can customize the toolbar and leave it off if that's what you prefer. Options are good :) Ill be using it for quick Dodge and Burn moves.

[@SqueakyWeasel247]

Isn't this simply adjustment layers but skipping straight to the mask?

[@photoshopcafe]

yup

[@1primate1]

I just don’t understand how this adds significant functionality. Painting on adjustment layers is ancient. And the former work flows function with more adjustment layers, such as curves.

[@photoshopcafe]

I don’t think the goal was to add functionality as much as accessibility to new users

[@ranakatan]

This is really an unnecessary tool, it just complicates things for no reason. Nothing is simpler than creating an adjustment layer...

[@photoshopcafe]

Unless you are a new user who doesn't know masking yet.

[@ranakatan]

​@@photoshopcafedidn't think of that, buts it's almost identical..

[@gonzaloalvarez7597]

So basically this is Lightroom in Photoshop… sort of

[@terrymcgovern6846]

"Lightroom" has "basically" been in Photoshop since the Camera Raw filter was added. The Camera Raw filter is why many of us don't bother using Lightroom at all.

[@artistsirofgod3565]

Thank God for cs6 all of this cs6 can do it better

[@photoshopcafe]

How can CS6 do it better?

[@terrymcgovern6846]

LOL

[@scotimages]

I will keep using the ACR brushes. This is messing around with a tool that has been far surpassed. Adobe are loosing thier drive to innovate the tool set within PS.

[@photoshopcafe]

Depends on the user. Read the comments here, very interesting, some people see it as pointless, while others find it very useful. Like everything in Photoshop, use the method that you like best.

[@The_Idea_of_Dream_Vision]

Not impressive.

[@dicebeatsofficial2525]

I don't see the point

[@DjoserPhoto]

I don't see any benefit from this option. This is very easy to achieve with each correction layer, add a mask, invert the mask and then apply the correction with a white brush. It is also easy to turn this into an action.

[@photoshopcafe]

Its for newer users who don't know masks yet.

[@_carsonjones]

Why are they adding a new tool to solve a problem that doesn't exist? Terrible use of time and resources imo. I don't understand why this is a thing.

[@Klausmausi]

Such a waste of engineering time. Most superfluous tool.