Open a few pics in raw use Graduated filter on one and nothing more can be done thereafter

Hi

CS6

what is it with the graduated filter, its great for sorting out flash falloff BUT once I have applied it to e.g. the third photo in the 10 I have opened in RAW converter, I cant get at the usual controls thereafter, I cant make adjustments on 10 photos if I use that filter on one of them. The next photo just needed an exposure adjustment yet moving the slider saw zero change, because grad filter uses such , and instead I had inadvertently altered the exposure value I had applied to the flash falloff pic, .

I want to be able to make adjustments on 10 photos, and if one needs grad filter, use it, then also use the usual adjustments, like sharpness, or noise, distortion etc, why does it HOG the situation and disallow me any further adjustments on anything ?

I have had to cancel and close down all.

Merlin