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PrunusAv18
PrunusAv18
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June 18, 2021
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Lighting Effects Not Working 22.4.2

  • June 18, 2021
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My lighting effects (Render > Lighting Effects) does not work properly - changing the values does nothing and when you select "OK" it just renders the artwork to grey. Also, the manual adjustment rings are not displaying. 

 

I have tried Preferences > Technology Previews > "Deactivate Native Canvas" as well as "use Graphics Processor" under Preferences > Performance multiple times and restarting photoshop. It worked once now not at all. I need Light Effects for an urgent job - I have also tried a different Mac and it's the exact same. Both running OS Big Sur 11.4. Is this a bug with the new release? 

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    Correct answer PrunusAv18

    Hi @PrunusAv18 

     

    Go to Preferences > Technology Previews > enable "Deactivate Native Canvas", then relaunch Photoshop. 

     

    ~ Jane


    Thank you @jane-e - I had done this but found the following on a similar post and this has now solved the issue: 

    Hold down the following keyboard shortcut and launch Photoshop:

    • macOS: command + option + shift / / Windows: ctrl + alt + shift
    • open Photoshop
    • click Yes in the dialog that asks "Delete the Adobe Photoshop Settings file?"

     

    Now with "Deactivate Native Canvas" checked it is working again. 

     

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    Bru5EEB
    Participant
    August 24, 2021

    Thanks Prunus Av18. I have off and on been trying everything ever since Big Sur came out - nobody at adobe could help. But thanks to you, I have my lighting effects and lens flare back! Thanks again!

    Kevin Stohlmeyer
    Community Expert
    Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 18, 2021

    What specific Mac are you running on? What is the graphics card? 

    PrunusAv18
    PrunusAv18Author
    Participant
    June 20, 2021

    Hi Kevin. I've tried on 2 macs - one is a MB Pro 2017, Intel Graphics 630 1.5GB and one is an iMac 2019 with Radeon Pro 555X 2 GB - these are the values from "About this Mac". I've uninstalled and re-installed photoshop on the macbook, but it's the still same. If I use Light Effects once, it is then greyed out in the menu when I try again. 

    jane-e
    Community Expert
    jane-eCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 21, 2021

    Hi @PrunusAv18 

     

    Go to Preferences > Technology Previews > enable "Deactivate Native Canvas", then relaunch Photoshop. 

     

    ~ Jane

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