- Since we know every face is different,
we want to be able to modify the amount of effect
coming out of our brushes.
And sometimes I will make brushes
that are a little bit more intense because I know
that I can pull back that effect in two different ways.
The first way is what I mentioned in an earlier chapter
which is pulling down the flow of the brush that we're using
which allows the effect to gradually build up
as we brush it in.
And the other way to do that is by this tip that I wish
that I had learned probably 10 years ago.
And it all has to do with a tiny little arrow
right at the local adjustment brush.
And I can't wait to show you this
because it's a game changer tip,
and it's going to change the way you interact
with the local adjustment brush tool.
One thing that I really want to point out
to everybody's attention
is this super little underrated disclosure arrow over here
hiding on the side.
This is a super powerful disclosure arrow.
And the reason why I say that is because
if I go ahead and close it up, what it's going to do
is it's going to take all of the sliders inside here
and it's going to mash 'em into one slider.
So now when I pull this all the way up
and then I open this back out,
you can see that the sliders have all moved
more towards the polarized sides.
And if I close this disclosure error again
and I pull the amount all the way down,
you can see that almost all of the effects
have been diminished.
And then if I peek at the individual sliders,
they are all much closer to zero, as you can see here.
So instead of cuz I know what we've all done, right?
We've all used the brush tool and we've all said, oh,
that's too much of an effect.
Let me pull down this slider, let me pull down this slider.
Let me pull this slider back closer to the zero,
let me pull this slider back closer to zero.
You guys don't need to do that anymore
because what Lightroom has done
and it's been here for a while,
but I just learned about it recently,
is you've taken all of your sliders
and you've just mashed 'em all into one
which allows you to really very seamlessly
and easily adjust the severity
of the effect that you've painted in.