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October 2, 2024

Adjustment Levels and Curves not working in Actions

  • October 2, 2024
  • 11 replies
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In Photoshop v25.12 Adjustment Levels and Curves are not working in Actions. They are recorded, but they are not playing. Mac Studio, Sonoma 14.7

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c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 7, 2024

Good sleuthing! 

Jeff Arola
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 7, 2024
c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 7, 2024

If one works for actual 1C printing it certainly makes sense. 

Participant
October 7, 2024

I mostly work for prepress and I'm used to grayscale – they're also smaller than rgb.

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 7, 2024

I can reproduce the issue for grayscale images. 

I seem to recall reading about something like this in the past, but I failed to locate an existing Bug Report. 

 

May I ask why you work in grayscale? 

 

Participant
October 7, 2024

I figured out that it only doesn't work with gray images. I tested color images and they worked. I am attaching a screenshot. After double clicking on Levels in Actions window it doesn't loads recorded settings (92, 197)

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 2, 2024

Could you please post screenshots taken at View > 100% with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Actions with the fully expanded Action, Options Bar, …) visible? 

Participant
October 2, 2024

Reseting Preferences and disabling GPU didn't solved the problem.

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 2, 2024

I cannot reproduce the issue for Curves or Curves Layers. 

 

What have you done for all-purpose trouble-shooting so far?
Restoring Preferences after making sure all customized presets like Actions, Patterns, Brushes etc. have been saved might be a good starting point:
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/basic-trouble-shooting-steps.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-gpu-graphics-card.html

Participant
October 2, 2024

Both, Curves Layers and Image/Adjustments/Curves are not playing in Actions.

In Photoshop v24.7.5 they are all working (playing).

Reinstalling Photoshop didn't solved problem.

For example Brightness/Contrast and Hue/Saturation are working in Actions, but Levels and Curves are not.