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Zagata

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  1. After purchasing AP a few days ago (one of many Adobe refugees, it seems), the first thing I did was look for an action-recording function, and found it in the Library and Macro studio tabs. The next thing I wanted to do was record the creation of Luminosity Mask channels. To my dismay, I found the macro couldn't record renaming the Spare Channel(s), all of which had the exact same name. I was able to do the recording just fine, but with twelve or more Spare Channels, renaming all of them by hand for every image I want to use Luminosity Masks in is tedious and time inefficient. Macros will record renaming ("Set Description") for a layer, so that's cool. I searched this topic and found a few older posts from 2017 and 2019, so it's been talked about and requested for at least four years. I'd like this feature request to get more recent attention, since the last discussion was two years ago. That's why I'm creating this topic. Appreciate everything, and I'm getting up to speed with AP pretty quickly. It's a fantastic piece of software. Regards.
  2. While it's not a hill I'd be willing to die on, as we both agree adding a layer mask gives full functionality, I thought my argument was pretty convincing. Why incompletely implement any feature? Disabling layers and masks is done frequently enough that adding a second mask to get a single, simple function is redundant. It also seems to me that you now have TWO masks being applied to the same adjustment layer. Even though one of them is "empty", the software still has to calculate both masks to determine what data is being shown/hidden from each. Unless adding a child layer mask disables or bypasses the built-in adjustment mask, wouldn't it have to calculate both regardless of content, therefore creating more work for the CPU? Just food for thought.
  3. I was working with Adjustment Layer masks, and wanted to see before and after changes. I tried different key and mouse combos and right-clicking on the mask thumbnail, and no options to disable the mask for the Adjustment Layer, or to delete it. Could the ability to disable (or even delete) the layer mask be added. Seems pretty useful, since very frequently we like to contrast before and after changes are made. I know a child/clipped layer mask could be added, which, being a separate layer, can be turned off and on to see before and after changes. But it seems redundant to child/clip a layer mask to an adjustment layer that has a mask already built in. On the layer mask subject, Alt/Option clicking the thumbnail on both types of mask (separate layer & adjustment layer) brings up the mask detail view so you can see what your mask looks like, but you have to click another layer to exit that view. Minor nuisance, I suppose, but if I want to keep editing that mask, I have to click out then reselect it. Maybe just clicking the same layer anywhere other than the mask thumbnail could exit that view, or using the Esc key.
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