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tarac77197751
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December 9, 2016
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HDR toning panel not displayed

  • December 9, 2016
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Apologies, this could be obvious.  I'm fluent in elements but just starting out in photoshop CC.  I want to try the HDR toning adjustment.  However, when I select the option, nothing happens.  There is no new HDR toning window popup to make my adjustments. HDR toning shows up in my history and if I have layers, it will ask me if I'm okay flattening my image - but that's it.  Everything else has worked as expected thus far. Am I missing something stupid?

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    Correct answer War Unicorn

    Hmm... resetting preference nor reinstalling the program worked unfortunately.

    Here's a video screen grab if this helps.    You can see, I select the adjustment, nothing happens except that "hdr toning" shows up in my history.  I then selected the "shadows/highlights" adjustment and everything worked as expected.  It looks like all my menus are expanded and I don't have a second monitor.


    Found the cause: Turn Quick Mask mode off. (It's the 2nd icon from the bottom on the Tools panel.) Think it's a bug.

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    Mohit Goyal
    Community Manager
    Mohit GoyalCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    December 9, 2016

    Hi tarac,

    Please change the color mode of the image to RGB or Grayscale mode.

    Image menu > Mode

    Refer: Adjust HDR exposure and toning in Photoshop

    Regards,

    Mohit

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    tarac77197751Author
    Participating Frequently
    December 9, 2016

    The photo is in RGB, sRGB to be specific.  I believe if the photo were not in RGB or grayscale the HDR Exposure option would be greyed out and not selectable.  This is not the case.  I can select the HDR Exposure option and the fact that it has been selected even shows up in my history.  The problem is once I select the HDR toning option, I don't get the adjustment panel I included an image of below (image taken from the web for reference).  The question is, is this window hidden somewhere and I don't have my view setup correctly or is the tool not working?

    War Unicorn
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    War UnicornCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 9, 2016

    Is the window not showing the histogram? You need to click the exposure arrow to the immediate right of "Toning Curve and Histogram" to see it. (The same applies to all the options.) I believe by default it's not showing. An example of my window. (Windows 10; darkest color theme.)

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