I came from Lightroom and there I would just choose my brush with my dodging preset, do the dodging and go to the next photo and because my brush with those settings is still active, I can immediately start brushing. But when I do this it applies the style to a filled layer which dodges the entire photo. second best thing would be to select the range of photos and then go to the styles and choose Apply to New Layer. If I could save layers in a style, I can add that Dodging layer to my default style and have it applied on import. So I start on the first photo and do the dodging but when I go to the next photo it doesn't have that layer so in order to do some dodging I have to make a layer and apply that style, or copy the first layer. But when I am done with editing an entire shoot, my final step is to lightly dodge the faces. Then when I brush I can dodge parts of the photo. I can make a preset for that and apply it to that empty layer. To do this I make a new empty layer and raise the luma curve.
The easiest way to explain is when I want to dodge parts of a photo. I could make a screen recording for you if you give me an address to sent it to. I have searched around online but I couldn't find anyone who could tell me to do this quickly in C1. Why can't something like this be just as easy and fast as in LR? Just selecting my dodge brush, going to the first photo, dodging, going to the next. The other option is to use selected layer but therefor I first have to make layers to the entire selection. that's at least something but unfortunately it applies the effect to a filled layer so the entire photo is dodged. If I am doing multiple shoots and always use the same setup for dodging there should be a quick way to do it. But this can't be the way others do it because it is so slow. The only way I figured out to do it is to set up one photo in a shoot and then select the rest and copy that layer.
There has to be a layer so it would be handy to just have that in a style so I could select the photos and apply the style. Since trying C1 I can't figure a way how to do this quickly. Then just start dodging and when done go to the next photo and dodge etc. Just pick the brush an set it up or choose a preset. I am trying to figure out how others do dodging on complete series of photos. This is crucial because C1 doesn't allow us to save layers in a style or preset. Why can't I just apply it to a new empty layer? If desired, add layers with different Styles (e.g., if you selected the background to apply a normalization correction). For example, B&W cannot be applied to a layer and the tool tip shows it.ĥ.
Note: If Apply to New Layer option is grayed out, then the settings for this Style cannot be applied to a layer. The layer is given the name of the applied Style or Preset.