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The new light adjustment tool that replaces the Brightness & Contrast tool doesn't always show it's adjustments.

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June 19, 2026
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The new Light Adjustment tool only shows it's adjustments (contrast, etc.) when between two other adjustment layers, or between an adjustment layer above and pixel layer below. Why??? Is this a problem? Shouldn't it always show it's adjustments no matter what is above or below it in the layer stack?

CShubert

Community Manager

Hi @RicNel please share a video of what you are seeing. Also, it might be a good idea to clean out your preferences…

Try resetting Prefs for the Beta:
/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/ Photoshop Beta Settings (Mac Ventura)
/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/Adobe\ Photoshop\ \(Beta\)\ Settings (Mac) 

C:\Users\user name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop (Beta)\Adobe Photoshop (Beta) Settings

Launch BETA Photoshop While Pressing The Keyboard Shortcut
With Photoshop closed, press and hold Shift+Ctrl+Alt (Win) / Shift+Command+Option (Mac) on your keyboard and then Launch Photoshop the way you normally would.
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually 

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Thanks,

Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

R

RicNelAuthor

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I’ve been working on this for a couple hours. What worked was simply closing down Photoshop Beta and restarting it. Now all works fine with the new adjustment tool. I don’t know why it started acting up. I’m dealing with a psb file with lots of layers, Hadn’t done any actions, just major repairs (including topaz superfocus initially, since this was a very blurry, noisy old dng original).

I’m embarrassed for not thinking of restarting PS sooner.

Thank you for your prompt response. Really!

Ric

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