Image -> Adjustments -> Desaturate is greyed out for me.

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
March 26, 2021
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It is 8 Bits/Channel. I tried converting it to a smart object too.

Correct answer Junyyy

You might have to rasterize the layer. It worked for me.

T

Ta2776955754ai

Participant

Hi! I Went to Properties=>Convert to Layer. Now i can use the desaturate function.

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

If you wished to retain the Smart Object, you would need to edit the SO and then add a non-destructive Hue/Saturation layer and adjust the saturation and then save the SO file to update the original layer.

Bojan Živković11378569

Community Expert

Your screenshot is showing us exactly what is happening when Smart Object layer is selected in the Layers panel.

Try to select pixel based layer. If nothing helps try with preference reset what is general advice for all things weird in Photoshop https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html