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Participating Frequently
July 16, 2020
Question

American actions on french photoshop version

  • July 16, 2020
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Hello my name is Yohan i am french and yesterday i bought actions to american photographer but i have a problem.

 

When i run the FS action ( Frequency separation) it does not work and the texture layer do not appaer like the demo video.

 

Can you help me please ?

I must use an english photoshop version ?

I really don't understand what is the problem 😞

 

Thanks a lot !!!

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Geppetto Luis
Legend
July 17, 2020

There is no need to buy an English version of photoshop
just rename the tw10428_Photoshop_fr_FR.dat file in the locales folder of photoshop in this way
tw10428_Photoshop_fr_FR_Backup.dat
restart photoshop and you will have the photoshop version in english
if you want it back in French, you rename it like this
tw10428_Photoshop_fr_FR.dat

 

Participating Frequently
July 17, 2020

I tested actions of this american photographer on my english photoshop version and now everythinh is ok 🙂

Ussnorway7605025
Legend
July 17, 2020

French language law makes using/ selling English only software problematic but it is always best to understand what is happening in script & actions are just simple types of script

Participating Frequently
July 17, 2020

Yes i am ok with you my dear it's important to understant what is happening 😉

Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 16, 2020

Try my free action below. It is from an English language version, however it may work for you:

 

Frequency Splitter v4 Conditional.zip

 

Participating Frequently
July 16, 2020

Hi Stephen,

 

Ohhhh thank you so much i will test right now your action 🙂

Inspiring
July 16, 2020

Hi Tony, you could be very right indeed.

If the action was made as a do-it-yourself kind of project -and it's an action, not a script-, it is likely that the action requires layer names native to a specific photoshop version.

 

For example, in French you'll likely get "Calque 1" instead of the american "Layer 1" and "Arrière-plan" instead of "Background"

 

By switching your photoshop to English, or asking the photographer you bought the actions from to adjust his action so it renames layers at every step, you'll get a working solution I'm sure.

 

Joyeux 14! 😉

Participating Frequently
July 16, 2020

Hi Jef,

 

Thanks a lot for your solutions 🙂

 

I will test it today and i will be back to you.

 

Thanks thanks and thanks !!!

davescm
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 16, 2020

The problem with a statement like "The Frequency Separation action" is that we cannot see what steps are in your action and how they are being applied.

Try this manually - you can always build an action from it.

 

1. Make two new duplicate copies of your image layer
2. Name the lower duplicate "Low Frequency"
3. Name the upper duplicate "High Frequency"

4. Select the lower (Low Frequency) layer and use Filter Gaussian Blur (around 6.0 normally works well)

5. Select the upper layer (High Frequency)

6. Go to Image > Apply Image
  Set Source layer as "Low Frequency"
  Set Blending to Subtract *
  Set Scale to 2 *
  Set Offset to 128 *

  Click OK

7. In the layers panel, set the Blend mode of the High Frequency layer to Linear Light

 

Clone out blemishes on teh High Frequency Layer (ensure clone tool is set to current layer)
Lighten or Darken areas on teh low frequency layer

 

* The above is for 8 bit/channel images . For 16 bit in the Apply Image dialogue use blend mode Add, Scale 2 Offset 0

 

Dave

July 16, 2020

Helpful sir