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Why is my 3D menu greyed out? (Photoshop CC)

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Jul 12, 2013 Jul 12, 2013

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Sorry if I'm asking this in the wrong place, first time I attempt using these forums!


I have recently installed Photoshop CC, and I'm experiencing that the 3D menu is all greyed out - I remember using it without problems in CS5.

System Info

Adobe Photoshop Version: 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00) x64

Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit

Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1

System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:10, Stepping:7 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, HyperThreading

Physical processor count: 2

Logical processor count: 4

Processor speed: 2294 MHz

Built-in memory: 8103 MB

Free memory: 4044 MB

Memory available to Photoshop: 7120 MB

Memory used by Photoshop: 60 %

Image tile size: 128K

Image cache levels: 4

OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.

OpenGL Drawing Mode: Basic

OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: False.

OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: False.

OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.

OpenCL Unavailable

OpenGL Version: 2.1

Video Rect Texture Size: 4096

OpenGL Memory: 1024 MB

Video Card Vendor: Intel

Video Card Renderer: Mobile Intel(R) HD Graphics

Display: 1

Display Bounds: top=0, left=0, bottom=768, right=1366

Video Card Number: 2

Video Card: Mobile Intel(R) HD Graphics

Driver Version: 8.811.1.5000

Driver Date: 20110204000000.000000-000

Video Card Driver: igdumd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igdumdx32,igd10umd32,igd10umd32

Video Mode:

Video Card Caption: Mobile Intel(R) HD Graphics

Video Card Memory: 3860 MB

Video Card Number: 1

Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 6630M   

Driver Version: 8.811.1.5000

Driver Date: 20110204000000.000000-000

Video Card Driver: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll

Video Mode: 1366 x 768 x 4294967296 colors

Video Card Caption: AMD Radeon HD 6630M   

Video Card Memory: 1024 MB

Serial number: Tryout Version

Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC (64 Bit)\

Temporary file path: C:\Users\martin\AppData\Local\Temp\

Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled

Scratch volume(s):

  C:\, 449,0G, 198,4G free

Required Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC (64 Bit)\Required\

Primary Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC (64 Bit)\Plug-ins\

Installed components:

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   AdobeLinguistic.dll   Adobe Linguisitc Library   7.0.0  

   AdobeOwl.dll   Adobe Owl 2013/03/03-12:10:08   5.0.13   79.533484

   AdobePDFL.dll   PDFL 2013/03/13-12:09:15   79.499517   79.499517

   AdobePIP.dll   Adobe Product Improvement Program   7.0.0.1768  

   AdobeXMP.dll   Adobe XMP Core 2013/03/13-12:09:15   79.151481   79.151481

   AdobeXMPFiles.dll   Adobe XMP Files 2013/03/13-12:09:15   79.151481   79.151481

   AdobeXMPScript.dll   Adobe XMP Script 2013/03/13-12:09:15   79.151481   79.151481

   adobe_caps.dll   Adobe CAPS   7,0,0,21  

   AGM.dll   AGM 2013/03/29-12:09:59   79.536232   79.536232

   ahclient.dll    AdobeHelp Dynamic Link Library   1,8,0,31  

   aif_core.dll   AIF   5.0   79.534508

   aif_ocl.dll   AIF   5.0   79.534508

   aif_ogl.dll   AIF   5.0   79.534508

   amtlib.dll   AMTLib (64 Bit)   7.0.0.169 BuildVersion: 7.0; BuildDate: Mon Apr 8 2013 2:31:50)   1.000000

   ARE.dll   ARE 2013/03/19-12:09:02   79.535293   79.535293

   AXE8SharedExpat.dll   AXE8SharedExpat 2011/12/16-15:10:49   66.26830   66.26830

   AXEDOMCore.dll   AXEDOMCore 2011/12/16-15:10:49   66.26830   66.26830

   Bib.dll   BIB 2013/03/19-12:09:02   79.535293   79.535293

   BIBUtils.dll   BIBUtils 2013/03/19-12:09:02   79.535293   79.535293

   boost_date_time.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0  

   boost_signals.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0  

   boost_system.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0  

   boost_threads.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0  

   cg.dll   NVIDIA Cg Runtime   3.0.00007  

   cgGL.dll   NVIDIA Cg Runtime   3.0.00007  

   CIT.dll   Adobe CIT   2.1.6.30158   2.1.6.30158

   CITThreading.dll   Adobe CITThreading   2.1.6.30158   2.1.6.30158

   CoolType.dll   CoolType 2013/03/19-12:09:02   79.535293   79.535293

   dvaaudiodevice.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0  

   dvacore.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0  

   dvamarshal.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0  

   dvamediatypes.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0  

   dvaplayer.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0  

   dvatransport.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0  

   dvaunittesting.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0  

   dynamiclink.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0  

   ExtendScript.dll   ExtendScript 2013/03/21-12:10:31   79.535742   79.535742

   FileInfo.dll   Adobe XMP FileInfo 2013/03/19-12:09:02   79.151561   79.151561

   filter_graph.dll   AIF   5.0   79.534508

   icucnv40.dll   International Components for Unicode 2011/11/15-16:30:22    Build gtlib_3.0.16615  

   icudt40.dll   International Components for Unicode 2011/11/15-16:30:22    Build gtlib_3.0.16615  

   imslib.dll   IMSLib DLL   7.0.0.37  

   JP2KLib.dll   JP2KLib 2013/02/19-12:28:44   79.248139   79.248139

   libifcoremd.dll   Intel(r) Visual Fortran Compiler   10.0 (Update A)  

   libmmd.dll   Intel(r) C Compiler, Intel(r) C++ Compiler, Intel(r) Fortran Compiler   12.0  

   LogSession.dll   LogSession   2.1.2.1756  

   mediacoreif.dll   DVA Product   7.0.0  

   MPS.dll   MPS 2013/03/15-13:25:52   79.535029   79.535029

   msvcm80.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005   8.00.50727.6195  

   msvcm90.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008   9.00.30729.1  

   msvcp100.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010   10.00.40219.1  

   msvcp80.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005   8.00.50727.6195  

   msvcp90.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008   9.00.30729.1  

   msvcr100.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010   10.00.40219.1  

   msvcr80.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005   8.00.50727.6195  

   msvcr90.dll   Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008   9.00.30729.1  

   PatchMatch.dll   PatchMatch 0000/00/00-00:00:00   1.   1.

   pdfsettings.dll   Adobe PDFSettings   1.04  

   Photoshop.dll   Adobe Photoshop CC   CC  

   Plugin.dll   Adobe Photoshop CC   CC  

   PlugPlugOwl.dll   Adobe(R) CSXS PlugPlugOwl Standard Dll (64 bit)   4.0.1.34  

   PSArt.dll   Adobe Photoshop CC   CC  

   PSViews.dll   Adobe Photoshop CC   CC  

   SCCore.dll   ScCore 2013/03/21-12:10:31   79.535742   79.535742

   ScriptUIFlex.dll   ScriptUIFlex 2013/03/21-12:10:31   79.535742   79.535742

   svml_dispmd.dll   Intel(r) C Compiler, Intel(r) C++ Compiler, Intel(r) Fortran Compiler   12.0  

   tbb.dll   Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks for Windows   4, 1, 2012, 1003  

   tbbmalloc.dll   Intel(R) Threading Building Blocks for Windows   4, 1, 2012, 1003  

   updaternotifications.dll   Adobe Updater Notifications Library   7.0.1.102 (BuildVersion: 1.0; BuildDate: BUILDDATETIME)   7.0.1.102

   WRServices.dll   WRServices Mon Feb 25 2013 16:09:10   Build 0.19078   0.19078

Required plug-ins:

   3D Studio 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00)

   Accented Edges 14.0

   Adaptive Wide Angle 14.0

   Angled Strokes 14.0

   Average 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00)

   Bas Relief 14.0

   BMP 14.0

   Camera Raw 8.0

   Camera Raw Filter 8.0

   Chalk & Charcoal 14.0

   Charcoal 14.0

   Chrome 14.0

   Cineon 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00)

   Clouds 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00)

   Collada 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00)

   Color Halftone 14.0

   Colored Pencil 14.0

   CompuServe GIF 14.0

   Conté Crayon 14.0

   Craquelure 14.0

   Crop and Straighten Photos 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00)

   Crop and Straighten Photos Filter 14.0

   Crosshatch 14.0

   Crystallize 14.0

   Cutout 14.0

   Dark Strokes 14.0

   De-Interlace 14.0

   Dicom 14.0

   Difference Clouds 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00)

   Diffuse Glow 14.0

   Displace 14.0

   Dry Brush 14.0

   Eazel Acquire 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00)

   Embed Watermark 4.0

   Entropy 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00)

   Extrude 14.0

   FastCore Routines 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00)

   Fibers 14.0

   Film Grain 14.0

   Filter Gallery 14.0

   Flash 3D 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00)

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   Glass 14.0

   Glowing Edges 14.0

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   Graphic Pen 14.0

   Halftone Pattern 14.0

   HDRMergeUI 14.0

   IFF Format 14.0

   Ink Outlines 14.0

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   Paths to Illustrator 14.0

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   PNG 14.0

   Pointillize 14.0

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Jul 13, 2013 Jul 13, 2013

The actual error message probably says that you should disable the graphics processor because your video card has a problem.  But, of course, we'd know more if you could post the exact error message wording.

Using 2 different GPUs at one time tends to cause problems in the drivers.  For system with a low end embedded GPU, it's best to turn that GPU off in the GPU driver or BIOS.

Plus your drivers are from March of 2012 - hardly current.

Also odd is that the AMD and Intel GPUs are reporting the same

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Jul 12, 2013 Jul 12, 2013

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Hi NinjaMountainGoat,

There are some hardware requirements for the new software capabilities. To be able to use the 3D features in Photoshop, it is required that you have a video card that is atleast 512mb. To check what kind of video card capability you have, goto Help --> System Info. From there, you should see 'Video Card Memory: __MB'. If your memory card is only 256mb, it will not be able to handle the 3D features.

Below are two other helpful forum threads that may also answer your questions:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1120661?tstart=0

http://forums.adobe.com/message/4937784#4937784

Hope this helps,

Clarice

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Update your video card driver from Intel's website.

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Thanks for the response, Chris!

I updated both the intel and AMD Radeon drivers and the 3D menu is no longer greyed out - but this bring me to a 2nd problem. Whilst it's not greyed out any longer - the functions don't work, and the first time an error message pops up, saying that I should enable 'Use Graphics Processor' (which is checked in the preferences), that my video card should live up to the requirements - which it seems to do... but I might be wrong on this? And finally that my drivers are working correctly - which is was I just updated to make the 3D menu even work.

A new log of the Help -> System info
http://pastebin.com/tMYCvFHX

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The actual error message probably says that you should disable the graphics processor because your video card has a problem.  But, of course, we'd know more if you could post the exact error message wording.

Using 2 different GPUs at one time tends to cause problems in the drivers.  For system with a low end embedded GPU, it's best to turn that GPU off in the GPU driver or BIOS.

Plus your drivers are from March of 2012 - hardly current.

Also odd is that the AMD and Intel GPUs are reporting the same driver version - which means that there is a problem with the drivers on your system.

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Thanks for the reply!

The drivers had to be updated through Lenovo's services, which made updating them a bit messier than I would have wished.


I found that in the updated driver, I was able to choose which GPU was to work in which programs, and could assign the powerful one for Photoshop - which seems to have fixed it.

Thanks for taking your time answering my questions.

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Always update your video drivers from the website of the video card manufacturer.

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Wasn't possible - it told me I had to contact my computer manufactorer when I tried installing the newest one. I guess it's just how Lenovo wants it.

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Laptops are often like that, since it is the manufacturer who integrates the GPU into the system, not the user.

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