Adjustment Brush, no pin, can't see mask?

[sehrich]

I must have something set incorrectly, when I try to make and local adj. no pin is placed in the image on which to click to see where the mask has been placed. Kelby states in his book pin will be placed when you first click in area and then release. Confused. What am I missing?

 

[DonRicklin]

Try 'h' for the pin and 'o' for the mask and to cycle through different colors. And welcome to our forum!

Don

 

[rjalex]

Hi there. Thanks for the H and O hints which helped me too.

I now am better off but still the mask behaviour is not what I need.

I would like to paint with the adjustement brush WITHOUT seeing the mask, and see the mask ONLY when I hover on the adjustement pin.

Currently by toggling the O key I either NEVER see the mask or I see it AS I use the brush which is not letting me see the effect of the brush as I use it.

Hope I managed to explain myself and that someone can tell me what am I doing wrong.

Bob

 

[Denis Pagé]

Hold down "O" while brushing...

 

[Brad Snyder]

Yes, as Denis says, experiment with O and shift-O, as there are interactions between the two.

 

[Victoria Bampton]

[quote author=rjalex link=topic=4581.msg65'12#msg65'12 date=127184'774]
I would like to paint with the adjustement brush WITHOUT seeing the mask, and see the mask ONLY when I hover on the adjustement pin.
[/quote]
On the toolbar (press T if you can't see it), change the little dropdown to Auto instead of Always.

 

[Victoria Bampton]

Oh, hang on, it's not there in LR2! Try View menu > Tool Overlay > Auto Show instead.