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CHANGING THE ADJUSTMENT BRUSH COLOR OVERLAY

September 20, 2011 by Corey Barker Tip of the Day 1 Comment

After you paint with the Adjustment Brush you can hover your mouse over the pin (that’s the little dot the Adjustment Brush creates on your photo) and Camera Raw will show you a white overlay indicating where you’ve brushed on the photo. I find it helpful to see if I’ve missed any spots while painting. But what if you’re painting over something that’s white? It’ll be pretty hard to see the overlay and tell if you did miss any areas. Well, all the way toward the bottom of the panel right next to the Show Mask checkbox you’ll see a little rectangular swatch. If you click on it, you’ll open a Color Picker dialog and you’re free to change that overlay to any color you want.

Posted by Corey Barker

Corey is the newest education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, Fl, with a degree in Illustration. Over the years, Corey has worked as a graphic artist in a variety of disciplines such as illustration, commercial design, large format printing, motion graphics, web design and photography. His expertise in Photoshop and Illustrator have earned him numerous awards in illustration, graphic design and photography. Using Photoshop since Version 2, his expertise and creativity have evolved exponentially with every new version, which makes Corey an invaluable addition to the NAPP team.

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