Apply Adjustments with Adjustment Brush tool

Learn how to apply non-destructive adjustments to specific parts of an image in a single step with the Adjustment Brush tool.

  1. Select Adjustment Brush Tool    from the toolbar. Choose your desired adjustment type and set the brush size and hardness from either the Contextual Task Bar or the Options bar.

    Tip:

    Use Apply to object to apply adjustments to a specific object in your image.

  2. You can further add/subtract from your adjustment, view on overlay, invert your selection, replace your existing adjustment type with a different adjustment, or even add a new adjustment with the Contextual Task Bar that appears on the screen.

  3. You can further refine the applied adjustments in the Properties panel.

  4. Select Add new adjustment to add up a new adjustment type to your image by creating a new adjustment layer with layer mask.

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