Light Adjustment Layer - Clipping Warning

Hi pjglad,

Thanks for reaching out! The new Light adjustment layer in Photoshop gives you six powerful controls, Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, and Blacks but it does not currently have a clipping warning indicator like you might be familiar with in Camera Raw or Lightroom.

Here are two ways you can check for highlight and shadow clipping while working with the Light adjustment layer:

1. Use the Levels adjustment to check clipping:

   • Add a temporary Levels adjustment layer above your Light layer.

   • Hold Alt (Windows) / Option (Mac) while dragging the black-point (left) or white-point (right) Input Levels slider.

   • The preview will show exactly where pixels are being clipped to pure black or pure white.

   • Use this as a visual reference, then delete or hide the Levels layer when you're done.
     
     

2. Use the Camera Raw Filter.

   • Convert your layer to a Smart Object (right-click the layer > Convert to Smart Object).

   • Go to Filter > Camera Raw Filter.

   • In Camera Raw, click the triangle indicators at the top corners of the histogram to toggle shadow clipping (upper-left) and highlight clipping (upper-right) overlays.

   • You can also hold Alt/Option while dragging any tone slider to preview clipping in real time.
     
     

Hope this helps!

Best,
Anshul Saini