Digital Light & Color

Right, the weight and brightness are independent settings. It may appear that the weight affects the brightness, only because it is changing the number of pixels the brightness applies to.

An update is available to Version 8.0.140 (2-Sep-2020) The changes (taken from the update log) are: Mask Range Tool: the probe now stops responding if you move it outside the input image. Also, Ctrl-Click on the input image is now a shortcut for clicking the Contract button. Mask Hue Saturation Tool...

For the next release, I moved Change Profile out of Gray to the next higher level of the menu.

By that reasoning, every transformation under Gray would also be listed under Color.

Fixed for next release.

Currently it is listed under Gray because, unlike PWP 7, PWP 8 can set profiles for black and white as well as color images. I could potentially list it in both menus although that might be equally confusing.

Fixed for next release.

If you want changes to be more limited to the area around a control point, you need to decrease its weight. For maximum separation, turn up the brightness to 100% and select a low weight value. If necessary, you can further increase the contrast by applying a curve as Den mentions. Brightness adjust...

The mask image can be in the same branch -- but it must be above (upstream from) the current transformation. If it is below (downstream) the mask would depend on the transformation that is using it and this would be create an infinite loop. Using a side branch as illustrated earlier in this thread i...

That is strange -- but do let me know if it happens again.