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annak152
annak152
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January 22, 2017
Question

Image Adjustments Not Showing Up

  • January 22, 2017
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Every time I try to do something to my image, it only shows up in the layer preview, not the actual large view of the image. So I know it's adding the effect because I can see it in the small layer preview, but it's just not showing me on the image. I have tried restarting photoshop and my computer and neither has helped. Any help would be very appreciated!

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annak152
annak152Author
Participant
January 23, 2017

Oh, looks like I may have figured it out now! Thank you for your replies!

Trevor.Dennis
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Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 22, 2017

Try viewing the image at 1:1 zoom size (actual pixel size).  Ctrl Alt 0  — Cmd Opt 0 (that's a zero and not the letter o)

annak152
annak152Author
Participant
January 22, 2017

It's still not working; nothing happened when I tried Ctrl Alt 0 and it just zoomed in really far when I tried Cmd Opt 0. And the effects still didn't show with either one. But thanks anyways for the suggestion!

D Fosse
Community Expert
D FosseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 22, 2017

Ctrl 1 is what I normally use. But both work and both are listed as shortcuts for 100%.

100% won't "show the effect". The point is that it's an artifact, it's not real. 100% shows you an accurate preview.

For performance reasons, adjustment previews are calculated from the on-screen version. If it's zoomed out, that's a scaled and hence softened version. If the image is very noisy/grainy, or it's "binary" such as line art or halftone screens, you have sharp pixel-level transitions. These are smoothed out in the scaled version, thereby introducing lots of intermediate values that really aren't there in the original. This is what you see in the preview. But it's not real.

Mid-tonal adjustments have no effect on values that are close to black (0) or white (255). They're still black or white.

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