Finish tab

Finish is the pixel and compositing stage after Develop. It stacks retouching, paint, isolated image regions, fills, gradients, and adjustments over the developed photograph. Every layer remains editable and is represented inside the graph's Finish group.

Layer pages

• Pixel layer
• Smart layer
• Isolate layer
• Dodge & Burn layer
• Fill layer
• Gradient layer
• Adjustment layers
• Groups and clipping
• Masks and selections
• Layer effects
• Finish toolbar

Reading the stack

The top row composites last and appears in front. Click a row to make it active. Ctrl/Command-click or Shift-click as supported selects multiple rows for grouping. Use the visibility dot to bypass a layer without deleting it. Use the up/down buttons or drag/reorder actions to change order.

Every layer has a blend mode, opacity, and optional mask. Click a layer's content or mask area to choose what its controls edit. Right-click a row for rename, grouping, movement, clipping, mask, and delete commands.

Add-layer toolbar

The icon row at the top adds Pixel, Smart, Adjustment, Gradient, and Fill layers. It also deletes the active layer and groups selected adjacent layers; when a group is active, the same position becomes Ungroup. Point to an icon to read its name and result in the status bar.

Brush panel

When a brush-based tool is active, the lower panel holds size, flow/opacity, softness, strength where relevant, tip, texture, and tip-specific controls. [ and ] change brush size while working.