Filter Gallery " red " out in photoshop

[Saša Flamboyant]

Hi everyone, i dont know why my filter is not working....it is " red' out 

Photoshop 23.3.2

MAC OS 13.0.1

[Myra Ferguson]

Would you be able to also add a screenshot that shows your Layers panel showing what you had selected when you went to apply the filter?

[jane-e · Accepted solution]

@Saša Flamboyant 

Most filters use your foreground and background colors. 

• Press Cancel to close the Filter dialog
• Type "D" (the shortcut for restoring the default foreground and background swatches)
• Try the filter again

Pro tip: create a Smart Object first if you want to edit the filter later; otherwise the filter is destructive editing.

Jane

[Saša Flamboyant]

hi there!

the 'red' out problem is gone now after restarting, however this funcation doesnt seem work normally still... its way too white, and bright , is it normal? 

[jane-e]

@Saša Flamboyant 

Please show your Tools panel with the Foreground and Background swatches. The filters use them, as was said earlier. They need to be Black and White.

Jane

[Saša Flamboyant]

@jane-e 

Thanks for your reply.

It seems work now, after pressing "D" to restoring the colour swatches but how come only "Sktech " effect only works when it is " original black and white colour swatches? 

thanks a lot 

[jane-e · Accepted solution]

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@Saša Flamboyant wrote:

how come only "Sktech " effect only works when it is " original black and white colour swatches? 

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"Sketch" and many of the other filters use the foreground and background colors — they don't have to be B&W. We didn't see original colors, but it looked like they were both very pale. The filter worked correctly, but you didn't like it. (Neither did I!)

Experiment with other colors. Try blue & white or green & yellow to see what happens, then choose two colors that work for you.

If you have a Smart Object and are working non-destructively, you can delete the filter. If you don't have a Smart Object and are working destructively, choose Undo after each experiment.

Jane