How to colour the cloud effect when using filter - render - clouds

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November 15, 2018
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HI,

I want to create a cloud effect in a layer in Photoshop. I've selected my foreground colour (blue) and kept the background colour white. I've then gone to filter - render - clouds. But while the cloud effect shows in the layer, it's just grey-scale. How do I get my white clouds against a blue sky?

Thanks in advance.

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Hi

Your image is 16 bit try changing it to 8 bit

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Dawn ChorusAuthor

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Thank you everyone for your input. Great support

Jeff Arola

Community Expert

Explanation as to why the difference in 8 and 16 bit.

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/difference_in_filter_on_8_16_bit_rgb_pictures

Semaphoric

Community Expert

You could get the 16-bit Clouds to at least look like the 8-bit ones by following it with a Gradient Map (either as an Adjustment Layer, or directly via Image > Adjustments).

Theresa J

Community Expert

Share a screen capture of the entire Photoshop workspace. It’s most likely one of these things, your file is not color, you didn’t actually pick purple as the foreground color, or you added the filter to a layer mask, not the pixels. A screen capture should tell us the answer.