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September 11, 2026

dragging handles for adjustment layer in properties panel results in incorrect display if an adjustment layer above is clipping masked to a 0% Fill-Layer

  • September 11, 2026
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Adobe Photoshop 27.10.0 on Mac OS 14.6.1

When adjusting a Color Balance (or other) Adjustment Layer by dragging the handles in the Properties Panel it incorrectly disregards the effect of a Curves Layer above that is Clipping Masked to a 0% Fill Layer. 
This does not happen when the Color Balance Layer is edited by entering numbers or when the Curves Layer has a Layer Mask instead of being Clipping Masked. 
Hiding and revealing the Color Balance Layer corrects the display.

Steps to recreate: 
• create a Color Balance Adjustment Layer with some changes
• create a Layer with pixels (plain, Solid Color, Smart Object, …) and set it to 0% Fill and uncheck »Blend Clipped Layers as Group«
• create a Curves Adjustment Layer with some changes
• Clipping Mask the Curves Layer to the 0%-Fill-Layer
• drag one of the handles of the Color Balance Layer in the Properties Panel

Expected result: 
The combination of adjustments should be displayed correctly. 

Actual result: 
The Curves Layer’s effect is not honored. 

Why it matters: 
For certain tasks, for example if one Mask for Adjustments has to be used across multiple documents and at varying sizes or to be able to nondestructively apply Filters to a Mask, a Linked Smart Object-0% Fill-Clipping Mask-approach is relevant. 

 

 

Edit: A second gif showing how hiding/revealing the Adjustment Layer updates the display.