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brushing out an adjustment layer - opacity and hardness???


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Gal Kimhi

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hey there gurus!
i'm an amateur photographer and i really started to get into post processing my images in photoshop.
i use adjustment layers and layer masks constantly but i keep running in to the same problem over and over:
many times when i want to accentuate a portrait, i use the curves adjustment layer to darken the background of and image then i use a black brush to delete the adjustment layer in my foreground, i.e. the face...

what i wanna ask is this - (hope you'll understand it) - i usually work with a brush hardness of about 0-5% just to try and be accurate, and an opacity of about 20-30%. this works fine as long as i paint with one stroke, but as soon as i click again, if i brush on an area that i already painted, the effect would add up and it ruins my work. this doesnt happen ofcourse if the opacity is at 100% but i don't wanna work with 100% opacity.

my question is this - how can i "lock" the opacity so no matter how many brush strokes i use, it would always end up to being the same opacity and the effects won't add up?

Thanks.

Gal
 
I don't think 'brush strokes' can work how you desire, they kep taking away or adding per stroke, depending on opacity levels set, unless you want to do numerous layers with different opacities?
 
there's no way to set a "maximum opacity" so that no matter how many strokes i use, they would not add up above a certain value?
 
You can "back up" after you brush something....use history or cont/alt Z
 
Paul is right, there's not a way to stop the overlapping or opacity build up. The brush will continue to add "pigment" with each stroke until it reaches its set opacity.

There is a way to reduce it's affect. Make sure your Brush Tools blending mode is set to normal. Then, lower the Brush Tools flow to about 20% or below. I use 10% or lower myself. You have to experiment.
 
Sorry for the double post, I forgot about the other workaround I use.

Create a new layer above the photo your working on. Set the brush opacity to 100% and flow to 100% and lower the layers opacity to 10% or below. Every time you make a stroke, it will not build up.
 
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