diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/ShaderLib/Atom/Features/PostProcessing/HDRColorGradingCommon.azsl b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/ShaderLib/Atom/Features/PostProcessing/HDRColorGradingCommon.azsl
index 099a6394d4..a380a0a547 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/ShaderLib/Atom/Features/PostProcessing/HDRColorGradingCommon.azsl
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Assets/ShaderLib/Atom/Features/PostProcessing/HDRColorGradingCommon.azsl
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ float3 ColorGrade(float3 frameColor)
                                          PassSrg::m_colorFilterMultiply, PassSrg::m_colorFilterIntensity), PassSrg::m_colorAdjustmentWeight);
     frameColor = max(frameColor, 0.0);
     frameColor = lerp(frameColor, ColorGradeSaturation(frameColor, PassSrg::m_colorGradingPreSaturation), PassSrg::m_colorAdjustmentWeight);
-
+    frameColor = max(frameColor, 0.0);
     frameColor = ColorGradeSplitTone(frameColor, PassSrg::m_splitToneBalance, PassSrg::m_splitToneWeight,
                                         PassSrg::m_splitToneShadowsColor, PassSrg::m_splitToneHighlightsColor);
     frameColor = ColorGradeChannelMixer(frameColor, PassSrg::m_channelMixingRed, PassSrg::m_channelMixingGreen, PassSrg::m_channelMixingBlue);
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ float3 ColorGrade(float3 frameColor)
                                                     PassSrg::m_smhHighlightsStart, PassSrg::m_smhHighlightsEnd, PassSrg::m_smhWeight,
                                                     PassSrg::m_smhShadowsColor, PassSrg::m_smhMidtonesColor, PassSrg::m_smhHighlightsColor);
 
-
-    frameColor = lerp(frameColor, ColorGradeSaturation(frameColor, PassSrg::m_colorGradingPostSaturation), PassSrg::m_finalAdjustmentWeight);
     frameColor = lerp(frameColor, ColorGradeHueShift(frameColor, PassSrg::m_colorGradingHueShift), PassSrg::m_finalAdjustmentWeight);
+    frameColor = lerp(frameColor, ColorGradeSaturation(frameColor, PassSrg::m_colorGradingPostSaturation), PassSrg::m_finalAdjustmentWeight);
     return max(frameColor.rgb, 0.0);
 }
diff --git a/Gems/AtomLyIntegration/CommonFeatures/Code/Source/PostProcess/ColorGrading/EditorHDRColorGradingComponent.cpp b/Gems/AtomLyIntegration/CommonFeatures/Code/Source/PostProcess/ColorGrading/EditorHDRColorGradingComponent.cpp
index 2d8f83a32a..e32b26f0c5 100644
--- a/Gems/AtomLyIntegration/CommonFeatures/Code/Source/PostProcess/ColorGrading/EditorHDRColorGradingComponent.cpp
+++ b/Gems/AtomLyIntegration/CommonFeatures/Code/Source/PostProcess/ColorGrading/EditorHDRColorGradingComponent.cpp
@@ -131,16 +131,20 @@ namespace AZ
                             ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::Max, 1.0f)
                         ->DataElement(AZ::Edit::UIHandlers::Slider, &HDRColorGradingComponentConfig::m_smhShadowsStart, "Shadows Start", "SMH Shadows Start Value")
                             ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::Min, 0.0f)
-                            ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::Max, 1.0f)
+                            ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::Max, 16.0f)
+                            ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::SoftMax, 2.0f)
                         ->DataElement(AZ::Edit::UIHandlers::Slider, &HDRColorGradingComponentConfig::m_smhShadowsEnd, "Shadows End", "SMH Shadows End Value")
                             ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::Min, 0.0f)
-                            ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::Max, 1.0f)
+                            ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::Max, 16.0f)
+                            ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::SoftMax, 2.0f)
                         ->DataElement(AZ::Edit::UIHandlers::Slider, &HDRColorGradingComponentConfig::m_smhHighlightsStart, "Highlights Start", "SMH Highlights Start Value")
                             ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::Min, 0.0f)
-                            ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::Max, 1.0f)
+                            ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::Max, 16.0f)
+                            ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::SoftMax, 2.0f)
                         ->DataElement(AZ::Edit::UIHandlers::Slider, &HDRColorGradingComponentConfig::m_smhHighlightsEnd, "Highlights End", "SMH Highlights End Value")
                             ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::Min, 0.0f)
-                            ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::Max, 1.0f)
+                            ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::Max, 16.0f)
+                            ->Attribute(Edit::Attributes::SoftMax, 2.0f)
                         ->DataElement(AZ::Edit::UIHandlers::Color, &HDRColorGradingComponentConfig::m_smhShadowsColor, "Shadows Color", "SMH Shadows Color")
                         ->DataElement(AZ::Edit::UIHandlers::Color, &HDRColorGradingComponentConfig::m_smhMidtonesColor, "Midtones Color", "SMH Midtones Color")
                         ->DataElement(AZ::Edit::UIHandlers::Color, &HDRColorGradingComponentConfig::m_smhHighlightsColor, "Highlights Color", "SMH Highlights Color")