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Best practice for releasing eyedropper in selected ranges

jjlad

jjlad

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LrC > Masking > Range > Color range or Luminance range.
After selecting the range the cursor remains the eyedropper. If Masking is closed then re-opened, the cursor is still the eyedropper and one can easily select another range by mistake.
I see no obvious option to put the eyedropper back, nor a place to put it.
Can someone suggest the best practice for closing out of that selection and getting a cursor back instead of remaining on the eyedropper?
Thanks in advance.
 
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Got it. My bad. Hitting Enter released it and so did hitting ESC. I was expecting an eyedropper to have a home it could be returned to like it has in WB, etc.
My problem likely stemmed from always creating other masks when editing after using the range or color masks. Creating additional masks also releases that eyedropper. All good.
 
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