• Applying a Shadow / Highlight adjustment to a Smart Object results in some pretty bad banding / posterization.
• Creating a Gradient Fill layer and then making this layer into a Smart Object will remove the gradient in PS 2019. It does not behave this way in PS 2018.
Marsupial
I can't seem to replicate the banding issue here at home - I will try with the original image at work tomorrow and report back.
Is there any information available on the new compositing engine? I would like to learn more about it and what else I should keep an eye on. We've got some early adopters on our team.