Martini Hour 008, In Which Deke Notes that It Doesn't Feel Like an Hour

my friends Johnnie, Jim, and Jack, (yes, the three wise men); all say the frame is cock-eyed... however, it was fun testing out your hypothesis! Let the Good Times Roll!!!

To answer your question in as few words as possible: you most likely won’t need this. However, in more than few words, the answer would sound more like this: You most likely won’t need this. Unless you do, that is (which you don’t ), in which case I’d say – yes, you need it (but I don’t since you don’t). OK, I think I filled my quota for attempting to sound funny. Which I don’t. Unless I do, that is… On a more serious note, the “Change Layer Content” command was something I found rather useful in previous versions of Photoshop. Unlike some functions that border on utter uselessness, for some of us - this one was actually a time saver. Imagine a scenario where you have to apply an adjustment layer to a particular image. Say you wanted to highlight a spot within an image by making midtones brighter. You’d make a selection and mosey over to the layers palette to create your levels layer. Easy-peasy, right? Say, you’re happy with the general look of that, but you find a blend mode and a few layer effects to be beneficial to this composition, so you pile that stuff up as well. So far so good. As it happens, the road to happiness is often ugly and filled with roadkill, and we have to swerve to avoid bunny rabbits. That means that if you decided that the Curves adjustment layer would have been better suited to your needs instead of Levels, wouldn’t it be nice if you could just swap the content of that layer, leaving all the blend modes and effects intact? That’s what the old “Change Layer Content” option was good for - swapping the content of one layer for another one without disturbing all the goodies that come with it. And now this command is gone. Which is bad news for bunnies. And that’s why I created this panel to bring this functionality back. ‘Cause I’m a rabbit-lov’n’ kinda guy. Not in a weird, creepy way. No need to call the cops… again. Without it, as it is in CS4, you have to create a new layer, then one by one copy all the effects, masks and manually set the blend mode to match, and then delete the previous layer just for a good measure. Peter Rabbit doesn't stand a chance!!! And what would the kids do on Easter then, I ask you. Think of the children!!! But, given you’re just moving to CS4 from Elements, I’d say not to worry about it. When I first got into image editing, I haven’t used this function for years, ‘till I eventually got married to it and couldn’t live without it. Possibly due to the fact I didn’t know if this function was available back then. Or it was the court order… one of those. Bottom line – if you’re not used to having it, there is no point cluttering your monitor with yet another panel. For those that used it, and still want to use it - clutter away, or bring the panel up when you need it. Cheers! -iVan __________________________________________________

...but I just checked you panel, and you don't have vibrance either. Am I missing something: -iVan __________________________________________________