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April 14, 2026

Switching channels deselects curves point

  • April 14, 2026
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Since updating to 27.5 yesterday I’m encountering a bug where when I switch between channels of a Curves adjustment layer the active point is deselected. This breaks flow and slows down the process of getting the color right, which for me typically involves bouncing back and forth between 2 or all 3 color channels (working in RGB) and making one or two point adjustments with the arrow keys. 

 

To reproduce:

  1. Make a new Curves layer
  2. Add a point somewhere in the middle of each of the R, G, and B channels. 
  3. Press Opt + 3, 4, or 5 to switch between the channels. 
  4. Prior behavior: you would still have selected and active the same, nth point on the curve. So, if you were on the Red channel and had tweaked a point in the middle, then switched to Blue which you hadn’t touched yet, you’d have the 255,255 point active since it was the second point on the curve. Once all three channels had a point though, switching between them would keep the midpoint selected for tweaking with the arrow keys. Current behavior: the point is deselected, necessitating pressing + twice to re-select it. Quite a speed bump when you’re trying to go back and forth and do this 5–10 times.

 

I am using Photoshop 27.5.0 on MacOS 14.8.3 on an M1 Max MBP if it helps.