Can’t Adjust Levels

[Bryanmuss]

After stacking DSO photos, I can no longer adjust the levels. When I select levels, the pop up box will not appear. I assume I’m an idiot and changed something in settings, but I can’t find anything. Help!

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

How are you trying to create the Levels adjustment?

1. By clicking on the Adjustments icon at the bottom of the Layers panel; or
2. From the Adjustment panel, by clicking on the Levels section.

For #2, you would need to click on one of the thumbnail samples (probably the one labeled Default would be good) to add the Adjustment.
 

[Bryanmuss]

Hello Walt,

 

Thank you for taking the time to respond.  The levels pop up doesn't appear from either method.  The funny thing is that it has worked for me when I first purchased Affinity photo.   I'm very new to this.

Edited February 12, 2022 by Bryanmuss

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.

Interesting. Do you perhaps have multiple monitors? If so, it might be appearing on a monitor you're not looking at.

Also, with either method, you should see an adjustment layer added in the Layers panel. Are you seeing that?

[Bryanmuss]

I do, however when I minimize everything, I can't see anything.  All of the other adjustments show up...

[walt.farrell]

Odd. No more ideas at the moment.

[R C-R]

2 hours ago, Bryanmuss said:

The levels pop up doesn't appear from either method. 

To be clear about this, for method 2, is the Adjustment Studio panel visible on any of your screens? If so, does it show a "Levels" item? It should be the first item in the panel so you might have to scroll to the top of the panel to see it.

If it shows, what happens if you click on it? A list of your Level adjustment presets should appear below it & look something like this:

[Bryanmuss]

Correct.  I just can get the pop up box to appear.  As stated earlier, it worked when I first purchased and the boxes appear for the other adjustments.

 

[R C-R]

34 minutes ago, Bryanmuss said:

I just can get the pop up box to appear.

So if for example you click on the "Darken" button, do you not get a popup of the Levels Adjustment window somewhere on your screen? If not, if your external monitor is attached, are you sure the window does not appear somewhere on it, perhaps minimized so just the header appears?

[Bryanmuss]

I've now been able to duplicate the error:

 

• If AP is running on my extended screen, the levels box will not open
• If AP is running on my laptop screen, the box will open
• I can move AP to my extended screen and the levels box remains on laptop screen
• I can move levels box to extended screen and adjust
• In order to get the levels box to open again, I have to move AP back to my laptop screen.
• If I mirror my screens instead of extend them, the levels box opens