Well you really do learn something new everyday. Last week I asked friend and fellow photographer/Lightroom addict Brian Matiash, if he knew how to paint with an active mask in the adjustment brush. His answer was he didnt know you could, and the reason I asked was a couple of weeks ago I did by accident and now couldn’t get it back for the life of me. All lightroom users should know that when using the adjustment brush in the Develop Module, you paint with a brush but you cant see what you are painting, if you hover your mouse over the active pin it will show the area as a red mask but as soon as you move your mouse it disappears. WELL, turns out if you tap the O key on your keyboard while in an active adjustment brush it will toggle the mask on or off so you can actually paint with the red mask, similar to painting with a quick mask in photoshop! No more guessing if you got everything or not!!!
That is all for now, although I have been neglecting the blog a lot, gonna try to so some catch up posts soon to get back on track.
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Nate - Indeed – and shift+o will toggle through various mask colors to help it stand out from your background. Great tip.