P: Want Variations tool/adjustment returned

I would also like the variations feature back.

I am thinking of not renewing my CC subscription for next month.
Since I am a mac user and I really looked forward to the new features and I didn't expect to be treated like a second class citizen.

I guess I will have to downgrade to an old version and discontinue my membership.

The color adjustments made by Variations are exactly the same as in levels. The math is the same, the only difference is that Variations presented several previews.

Chris, I have to agree 100% with Baileigh. I find that I still miss this tool and Levels does not work the same way. It was great to be able to see a bunch of thumbnails of the options all at one time in variations.
It would be great if someone made a "plug in" just like that! So many people miss this tool.

It really can't. Levels changes saturation and contrast too much for what I need it for. As I have said, for digital paintings, there is _no_ substitute for variations that will do what I need. Not what the average photo manipulator/graphic designer needs.

Just Levels alone can achieve the same color corrections as Variations.

Can we please have Image>Adjustments>Variations back? I'm a commercial artist running a mac and I just recently upgraded from CS3 to creative cloud. So far I love everything CC has to offer but I'm not sure why Variations has been removed from PS. Many people think that Hue/Saturation, Brightness and Contrast and Curves and Levels achieve the same results that Varations does but this is simply not true. I use Variations _all_ the time in my artwork. Most of the time I'll render part of a drawing on a seperate layer and decide that it needs to be a little bit warmer, a little less yellow or a little lighter. If I want to be able to do the same thing using different means it will create a lot of extra steps for me, and that's something I can't afford when meeting a deadline. Please, please, please return this function.

REALLY NOT PLEASED ABOUT THIS.
How hard is it to include variations for Mac.
Bring it back.

this is ridiculous, why would you get rid of variations!! soo stupid. i spent so much money in buying this suite and you don't have variations!! i"m not spening anymore money.

Just switched from Windows to Mac and eagerly installed my CS6 for the Mac. But what a disappointment to find out that the Variations command is not available for the Mac. Really unbelievable...
Adobe comments that the plugin is a 32bits plugin. Well, Adobe, then it's quite simple: rewrite it as a 64bit plugin. Should not be so hard... It is a very usefull command that many people use.
Alternative: write a good instruction how to do in Photoshop what the Variation command used to do. If that's not possible for you then you have to admit that upgrading to 64bit means downgrading your product.

I teach 20 Photoshop courses per year to beginning Photoshop users. When I ask them which of all the techniques they've learned in six weeks they've found most valuable, the two most common answers are VARIATIONS and LEVELS. VARIATIONS is incredibly helpful in training people new to working with color in regard to color correction, and learning to recognize R G and B effects.

Another favorite is LIGHTING EFFECTS, which is now altogether missing (it won't even install) on computers that don't have the most current video cards with current drivers. In community colleges and high school community programs and senior centers where I teach, the schools can't afford to upgrade their video cards - and many of their students can't afford to either.

Why is Adobe getting rid of features most useful to beginners and those who stretch their budget beyond belief to BUY Photoshop, at the expense of upgrading their computers? Many people can't afford to do both. I have reverted to CS5 and am now suggesting to my students that they don't purchase CS6 because of these changes.