I've just noticed that the following filters in CS5's filter panel are grayed out, and therefore not accessible: Filter Gallery; Artistic; Brush Strokes; Distort; Pixelate; Sketch; Texture; Digimarc.
I know that I have used some of these in the past, and have no idea when or how they came to be grayed out. I know there has to be a logical answer for this - some setting or something I can change to bring them back - but I don't know how to think like an algorithmist. Any ideas? Thanks a lot.
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Thread: Grayed out filters in CS5
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5th May 2011, 10:09 PM #1
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Grayed out filters in CS5
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5th May 2011, 10:58 PM #2
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Re: Grayed out filters in CS5
Try dropping the file to 8 bits...
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5th May 2011, 11:58 PM #3
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Re: Grayed out filters in CS5
+1 on that, Eric.
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6th May 2011, 04:27 AM #4
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Re: Grayed out filters in CS5
Sorry for being a problem child Originally Posted by Eric M
, but how do you do that? I've never understood what bits are about, or what they mean. Thanks.
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6th May 2011, 04:37 AM #5
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Re: Grayed out filters in CS5
Once you opened the image in photoshop, go to IMAGE > MODE > and then check the options RGB Color and 8 bits/channel. Upon doing that if you go to filters menu, you would find all the options are now ready for you to use. Hope this helps. Originally Posted by Lon Howard
Sorry for being a problem child, but how do you do that? I've never understood what bits are about, or what they mean. Thanks.
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6th May 2011, 04:47 AM #6
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Re: Grayed out filters in CS5
Ooh Aah, yes - helps a lot, jiro. Also noticed that if you change back to 16-bit after using one of the grayed out filters, the change I made still 'sticks.' I'm not sure what the overall importance of the difference between the two means, but I can definitely remember what I have to do in this case.
And thanks for staying up late to help (that would be late for me
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