Pressure sensitivity relief for photographic products

A multilayer photographic element comprising at least one light sensitive silver halide containing layer, an overcoat layer containing colloidal silica and a cushioning layer which comprises composite particles having a polymer core having a mean diameter of from about 10 to 500 nm covalently bonded to a gelatin shell, and a surfactant selected from

• A. an amphiphilic surfactant selected from the group consisting of a 6 to 22 carbon atom hydrophobic tail with one or more attached hydrophilic chains comprising at least 8 oxyethylene and/or glycidyl ether groups that may or may not be terminated with a negative charge such as a sulfate group, and
• B. a block oligomeric surfactant selected from the group consisting of hydrophobic polyoxypropylene blocks (A) and hydrophilic polyoxyethylene blocks (B) joined in the manner of A--B--A, B--A--B, A--B (A--B).sub.n .omicron.G.omicron.(B--A).sub.n, or (B--A).sub.n .omicron.G.omicron.(A--B).sub.n, where G is a connective organic moiety and n is between 1 and 3, and
• C. a sugar surfactant selected from the group consisting of between one and three 6 to 22 carbon atom hydrophobic tail with one or more attached hydrophioic mono or oligosaccharidic hydrophilic chains that may or may not be termianted by a negatively charged group such as a sulfate group or mixtures thereof.