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RosaPerry
RosaPerry
Inspiring
October 19, 2018

P: Crashes when using the filter Lighting Effects

  • October 19, 2018
  • 67 replies
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I'm just not happy with this version of PS - it's buggy and frustrating. 

  • When using Filter, Render, Lighting Effects PS crashes every single time. 
  • I've also reported on this forum the problems with the Adjustment Layers and using Blend  modes. They are not working as they should. 
  • The Constrain Link doesn't work. It's a bug. . . and yes I know that you don't hold Shift to maintain aspect ratio now but when you un-check the Maintain Aspect Ratio constrain link on the toolbar and then use transform it still maintains aspect ratio. . .  un-checking the link should disable aspect ratio shouldn't it? The shift key + transform disables aspect ratio but doesn't correspond with the constrain link on the tool bar.


https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/cc-2019-blend-modes-not-working

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/cc-2019-layer-blend-mode-color-isnt-working-c...

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/free-transform-maintain-aspect-ratio-broken-a...


 Adobe Photoshop Version: 20.0.0 20180920.r.24 2018/09/20: 1193433  x64
Number of Launches: 1225
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
Version: 10 or greater 10.0.17134.1
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:14, Stepping:3 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, HyperThreading
Physical processor count: 4
Logical processor count: 8
Processor speed: 3 MHz
Built-in memory: 32627 MB
Free memory: 19421 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 29878 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 65 %
Alias Layers: Disabled.
Modifier Palette: Enabled.
Highbeam: Enabled.
Image tile size: 1024K
Image cache levels: 4
Font Preview: Huge
TextComposer: Latin
Display: 1
Display Bounds: top=0, left=0, bottom=1200, right=1920
OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
OpenGL Drawing Mode: Advanced
OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: True.


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    florianb51256418
    florianb51256418
    Participating Frequently
    January 6, 2019
    the problem persists 
    R.Bochte
    R.Bochte
    Participating Frequently
    January 3, 2019
    Same here. I'm using the latest updates to both Mojave and Photoshop, and the problem with Lighting Effects remains.
    lisagordonphotography
    lisagordonphotography
    Participant
    December 30, 2018
    It's been 2 months and still same behavior!!!!!!
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    Yves-CH
    Inspiring
    December 24, 2018
    Under macOS 10.14.2 and PS 20.01 the problem is solved.

    Yves Crausaz, Suisse, retraité actif dans le monde de la photo et des arts graphiques.
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    JLCKJC2015
    Inspiring
    November 14, 2018
    Jeffery,

    I've done some additional experimentation. I found that if I apply the 'Lighting Effects' filter to a 'smart object' PS does not crash. So, prior to using the 'Lighting Effects' filter on an image converting the image to a 'smart Object' first may be a viable workaround for some users. If I don't do this PS will crash every time.
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    JLCKJC2015
    Inspiring
    November 14, 2018
    OK thanks, as I said it's repeatable on PS 20.0.1 on my system. I watch to see if other are seeing the same thing.
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    J453
    Legend
    November 14, 2018
    Eye
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    JLCKJC2015
    Inspiring
    November 14, 2018
    Not sure what you mean "keep an out for these to investigate."

    By the way all the other 'Render' filters seem to work as expected.
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    J453
    Legend
    November 14, 2018
    Thanks. I'm asking engineering to keep an eye out for these to investigate.
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    JLCKJC2015
    Inspiring
    November 14, 2018
    Hi Jeff,

    I am playing with Ps 2019 Version 20.0.1 running on a fully updated version of Win7 Pro. I am still experiencing crashes when using the 'Lighting Effects' feature similar to what Wim reported earlier. I can make edits using the tool and all seems to be working as expected. When I commit my changes by clicking OK all looks like it's going OK for a few seconds, then Ps crashes. It is very repeatable. I've submitted a crash report. This did not happen with version 19.

    There is some good news however; it appears the blend mode feature is working correctly again with the new compositing engine in the latest version. So some progress. If I run into other issues as I use the new version I'll let you know.
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