Lightroom CC (2015) adjustment brush problem. Adjustments before brushing showing upwards.

Thus, it seems that something's wrong here. Every time I have activate the adjustment brush and make adjustments before brush in the base Panel, their impact on photography in the world, even before I paint. I feel like I'm missing something from earlier versions. You should be able to activate the brush, dial in your settings and nothing happens to the photo UNTIL you brush, not before. To make matters worse, if I try to use the adjustment brush after global settings, it changes just all the global settings and the overall look of the picture.

Thoughts?

Hi Matt Hensler,

It seems that you have used the exposure in the base Panel slider, allowing to apply the exposure to the entire image.

Please click on the drop down button highlighted in the image and make the changes here to apply on the part selected by the adjustment brush.

Please let us know if that helps.

~ UL

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