Photoshop: A way to start with both Levels and Curves tabs in a panel group?

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January 11, 2022
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I haven't really made a lot of changes to my custom workspace in a long time. It would be nice to have tabs for both Curves and Levels in a panel group. Right now, the only way I can seem to do this is just to have an Adjustments tab in a panel group, and then I have to click on the approrpiate icon under the Adjustments panel for Curves or Levels to get to those particular tools. My usual way to avoid having to do this is just kb shortcuts (Ctrl-M and Ctrl-L) which I use out of years of habit. Outside of having to script it, is there a way to add these tabs to my default workspace panels? I did a bit of research on the Web, but didn't find anything.

TIA!

Windows

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Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

Keyboard shortcuts are probably best, which you know... My only other thought (outside of custom development) would be to insert the menu commands for Curves and Levels into an action, which is a quick and dirty way to create an "interface" of sorts.

Otherwise:

https://pixelsucht.net/configurator-reloaded-photoshop-panel/en/

D Fosse

Community Expert

I'd recommend using adjustment layers instead of direct pixel adjustments, which is what you get with those shortcuts.

So what you need to have open is the Adjustments panel. Whenever an adjustment layer is active, it will come up in the Properties panel. This can be set to auto-collapse into an icon if you wish to have it out of the way.

Unfortunately, you can't assign a shortcut that will directly open an adjustment layer. You will always get a confirmation dialog that has to be OK'd first. I've made a few feature requests regarding this, but so far nothing. So the simplest way is to use the Adjustments panel.

Here's my standard workspace:

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pixelwrangler7343536Author

Inspiring

Thanks. These days, the vast majority of my PS activity is taking high res images and retouching/downsizing for Web use. No issue with direct pixel adjustments, as all edits are pretty much one-offs, output file is a JPG, original file just saved as PSD if I ever need to edit it again - which is unlikely given the workflows involved. If I did have any serious high res work, say for print output, I'd use adjustment layers per your suggestion, as I did in the past.

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