diff --git a/rtgui/controlspotpanel.cc b/rtgui/controlspotpanel.cc
index f6533480c..d39a46440 100644
--- a/rtgui/controlspotpanel.cc
+++ b/rtgui/controlspotpanel.cc
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ ControlSpotPanel::ControlSpotPanel():
     centerX_(Gtk::manage(new Adjuster(M("TP_LOCALLAB_CENTER_X"), -1000, 1000, 1, 0))),
     centerY_(Gtk::manage(new Adjuster(M("TP_LOCALLAB_CENTER_Y"), -1000, 1000, 1, 0))),
     circrad_(Gtk::manage(new Adjuster(M("TP_LOCALLAB_CIRCRADIUS"), 2, 150, 1, 18))),
-    transit_(Gtk::manage(new Adjuster(M("TP_LOCALLAB_TRANSITVALUE"), 5., 100., 0.1, 60.))),
+    transit_(Gtk::manage(new Adjuster(M("TP_LOCALLAB_TRANSITVALUE"), 2., 100., 0.1, 60.))),
     feather_(Gtk::manage(new Adjuster(M("TP_LOCALLAB_FEATVALUE"), 10., 100., 0.1, 25.))),
     thresh_(Gtk::manage(new Adjuster(M("TP_LOCALLAB_THRESDELTAE"), 0.0, 10.0, 0.1, 2.0))),
     iter_(Gtk::manage(new Adjuster(M("TP_LOCALLAB_PROXI"), 0.2, 10.0, 0.1, 2.0))),
     balan_(Gtk::manage(new Adjuster(M("TP_LOCALLAB_BALAN"), 0.2, 2.5, 0.1, 1.0, Gtk::manage(new RTImage("rawtherapee-logo-16.png")), Gtk::manage(new RTImage("circle-white-small.png"))))),
     balanh_(Gtk::manage(new Adjuster(M("TP_LOCALLAB_BALANH"), 0.2, 2.5, 0.1, 1.0, Gtk::manage(new RTImage("rawtherapee-logo-16.png")),Gtk::manage(new RTImage("circle-red-green-small.png"))))),
-    transitweak_(Gtk::manage(new Adjuster(M("TP_LOCALLAB_TRANSITWEAK"), 0.5, 10.0, 0.1, 1.0))),
+    transitweak_(Gtk::manage(new Adjuster(M("TP_LOCALLAB_TRANSITWEAK"), 0.5, 15.0, 0.1, 1.0))),
     transitgrad_(Gtk::manage(new Adjuster(M("TP_LOCALLAB_TRANSITGRAD"), -1.0, 1.0, 0.01, 0.0))),
     scopemask_(Gtk::manage(new Adjuster(M("TP_LOCALLAB_SCOPEMASK"), 0, 100, 1, 60))),
     lumask_(Gtk::manage(new Adjuster(M("TP_LOCALLAB_LUMASK"), 0, 30, 1, 10))),