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Photoshop 21.2: Rendering issues with adjustment layers
I am having the following issues with the June update of Photoshop 12.2.
Processing raw files from camera, I open in Photoshop & then open Levels to use the black & white colour droppers in conjunction with the ALT key (Windows) to set the black & white levels.
The images changes to black or white, depending which dropper I am using, but just freezes instead of becoming darker or lighter, depending which dropper I am using. They do not work at all & I have never had this problem before in all the many years I have used Photoshop. I either have to revert to the Auto button or miss this stage altogether.
To finish my images I use the type tool to title them, reduce the opacity to 40% to make a pleasant grey type rather than a harsh black & finally click 'Flatten Layers' to finish the image. When flattened the type reverts back to 100% black & does not stay grey. To get it to stay grey I have to un-flatten & then re-flatten the image several times before the final image stays grey & I can save it. This has never happened before & the update has obviously upset something.
I hope that these issues can be quickly sorted as it is annoying to have two old, simple features in Photoshop to suddenly start misbehaving after an update which, presumably, should have had no effect on them.
Processing raw files from camera, I open in Photoshop & then open Levels to use the black & white colour droppers in conjunction with the ALT key (Windows) to set the black & white levels.
The images changes to black or white, depending which dropper I am using, but just freezes instead of becoming darker or lighter, depending which dropper I am using. They do not work at all & I have never had this problem before in all the many years I have used Photoshop. I either have to revert to the Auto button or miss this stage altogether.
To finish my images I use the type tool to title them, reduce the opacity to 40% to make a pleasant grey type rather than a harsh black & finally click 'Flatten Layers' to finish the image. When flattened the type reverts back to 100% black & does not stay grey. To get it to stay grey I have to un-flatten & then re-flatten the image several times before the final image stays grey & I can save it. This has never happened before & the update has obviously upset something.
I hope that these issues can be quickly sorted as it is annoying to have two old, simple features in Photoshop to suddenly start misbehaving after an update which, presumably, should have had no effect on them.
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david_dube_7762788
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7 months ago
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lee_tucker_6l2ztbxqjckjb
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7 months ago
I thought I should update my original post to save wasting anyone's time.
I have solved my problem by resetting my preferences & everything is now working as it should. I have no idea what the update did to my existing preference file.
The only problem now is that I have never had to reset my preferences under any circumstances for longer than I can remember & I can't recall what all my preferences are/were!
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JeffreyTranberry
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lee_tucker_6l2ztbxqjckjb
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7 months ago
I didn't know what "Legacy Compositing" was but, on checking my preferences I can see that this was not enabled & so would not have been the cause of my problems.
Pleased to say that all continues to be working properly now & that I have taken a copy of my new preference file for safe keeping.
I have also realised that I have a full backup of my computer which I do on a weekly basis, so I will temporarily replace my new preferences file with my original one & see what happens!
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