PS CS: Shadow/Highlight adj after New Adj Layer

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And if it did nothing, then you didn't change the controls, or the image didn't have any serious shadow or highlight problems.

A S/H really does nothing right after a New Levels Adjustment Layer. And, in the S/H dialog that displays, under Adjustments, instead of Color: it says Brightness:

Mark - huh?

Well, yes -- applying Shadow/Highlight to the levels adjustment layer mask is pretty pointless. And it says Brightness because you're applying it to a grayscale mask.

Mark,

If I select it (Shadows/Highlights) it does nothing.

That's because you are doing the Shadows/Highlights to the adjustments layer instead of the image layer. Just click the image layer before activating the S/H adjustment.

Ronald

The ctrl-alt-shift-e is what I needed, thanks!

We all do it from time to time Mark - leastways I expect we all do

Apply a change to a mask or adjustment layer rather than the image layer I mean.

The, of course, what image layer will be adjusted

PS is thorough, a workhorse, dependable, supported (just look around here),...

My first reaction when I discover a screaming howler is: how did I manage to do that?

deebs