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November 1, 2022
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Current Photoshop CC 2023 Rendering alternatives

  • November 1, 2022
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Does anyone know of a current Photoshop CC 2023 plug in or app that will render lighting effects like the previous versions? I just need to create uplights or outdoor type lighting on a night time photograph of a building. Seems simple enough but I'm just not familiar with the new Photoshop plug ins or apps that might have this feature. Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated. P.S. I did read where the version CC 2022.2 would still work however it's not availabel to reinstall now. Thanks !!

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    Correct answer davescm

    @Eugene Tyson  Lighting effects uses the 3D rendering engine. That has been deprecated and is being removed from Photoshop. The last version recommended for 3D use (including lighting effects) is CC2021 v 22.2

     

    https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/kb/3d-faq.html

     

    Unfortunately, contrary to the advice given in that help article v22 can no longer be downloaded from the CC Desktop application, a contradiction that I have flagged to Adobe staff.

     

    Dave

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    Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
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    November 1, 2022

    Hey

     

    In Photoshop can you go to Technology Previews and turn off 'Deactivate Native Canvas'

     

    If that's not working can you try resetting your Photoshop Preferences

    https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/photoshop/using/preferences.html

     

     

     

     

    donp30872227
    donp30872227Author
    Inspiring
    November 1, 2022
    Thank you for your reply. I chatted with someone from Adobe about this. We
    linked computers and he went over my settings and reset everything. I
    downloaded and installed ver. CC 2022.0 as suggested elsewhere.
    It worked once but now won't work properly. The only success I've had is to
    use CS 6 extended .
    I'm going to move on and I appreciate all the suggestions.
      donp30872227
      donp30872227Author
      Inspiring
      November 1, 2022
      I just read that the controls for the lighting effects can be restored
      using Control+H. This has been the problem for me, no controls visible. I'm
      going to try this and hopefully it will work
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