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Jack Gill
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September 18, 2025
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Curves panel improvements

  • September 18, 2025
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Please can we have the ability to make the curves adjustment panel much larger. It is very difficult to make tiny adjustments when it is so small.

 

Also being able to view the each of the channels layered over each other whilst making adjustments to only one channel at a time. The Davinci resolve curves panel is much nicer to use.  

Correct answer CShubert

Hi @Jack Gill if you pull out the Curves panel you can resize it to whatever screen size you would like.

 

 

Thanks,

Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

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Trevor.Dennis
Community Expert
Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 21, 2025

Another thing to consider is to make sure the Properties panel is big enouigh to see the Input and Output fields, and use those for fine adjustments.  You can tab between them and use the cursor keys to adjust values.

 

 

I'm sure you know that if you enablwe the little hand icon (top left corner) you can Ctrl click on the image to place a pont on the curve that precisely matches that location's tonal value.

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    Jack GillAuthor
    Known Participant
    September 19, 2025

    The resizing now work well, a great improvment. It would still be great to be able to see all of the channel when adjusting only one. 

      amy durocher
      Community Manager
      amy durocherCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      September 19, 2025

      Thanks Jack for the request, I will add it to our list of further Curves improvements.

      Semaphoric
      Community Expert
      SemaphoricCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 21, 2025

      One thing I would like to see is CTRL+Tab cycling through control points, like you can with Image > Adjustments > Curves.

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      Jack GillAuthor
      Known Participant
      September 18, 2025

      Amazing, i'll update straight away. Thank you for the replies. 

      CShubert
      Community Manager
      CShubertCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
      Community Manager
      September 18, 2025

      Hi @Jack Gill if you pull out the Curves panel you can resize it to whatever screen size you would like.

       

       

      Thanks,

      Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

      robertw44482386
      robertw44482386
      Inspiring
      September 20, 2025

      Noticing that when the panel is made much bigger, you can no longer use the cursor keys to nudge a selected point in any direction. Is this intended behavior? Resizing it to more typical size restores that functionality.

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      Jack GillAuthor
      Known Participant
      September 18, 2025

      Can it now be any size? When I drag out the panel it stops at a certain size and won't go any larger. This has been the same in photoshop for years and years. 

      amy durocher
      Community Manager
      amy durocherCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      September 18, 2025

      This has been fixed in the 26.9 release of Photoshop Desktop.

      rayek.elfin
      rayek.elfin
      Legend
      September 21, 2025

      OMG OMG OMG This actually FINALLY happened?!

      I see pigs flying! There are pigs flying in the skies! Look! Look people! It must be the end times! The destroyer of worlds is upon us!

      ....

       

      All kidding aside, I am happy to see my request --posted a mere 9 years and 4 months ago-- granted. So responsive and quick! Thank you!

      https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/p-curve-adjustment-graph-dialog-size-is-tiny-please-make-it-bigger/idi-p/12248760

       

      It would have been even nicer if this outdated Curve editor dialog would have received a proper overhaul with additional features that have been available in other image editors for longer than we had to wait for a scalable curve editor, as has been pointed out by others here in this tghread. And it would have been SO great if the curve editor could have been non-proportionally scalable! Or have more readable info. 

      And the resolution of the graph doesn't resolve to a higher resolution when working with 16 bit images (is Photoshop still 15bit +1 , btw?). But I suppose we shouldn't get too greedy. 

       

      We have a scalable Curve adjustment dialog! Yay!

       

      I immediately checked the Levels dialog, because OBVIOUSLY(!) that would be made to properly scale as well, right? Right? RIGHT?

       

      NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! (Sinking to the ground in sheer despair while raising fists to the heavens and uttering a deep guttural and agonizing cry)

       

      Well, no biggie, I suppose. I am off writing another request. With a bit of luck we will have a scalable levels editor in.... Oh, around 2034. 

      I can't wait! 😄 

       

      So happy! Thank you SO much, Photoshop devs! So thankful. Very thankful. Thankful, indeed. 

       

       

       

       

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