CS5 Unavailable "Artistic Filters"

I recently thought it would be nice to generate some 'pencil sketch' filtered images for a project, but when I looked at an image (.psd) to manipulate, the option was grayed out. CS5 has been a great tool for me and I usually upgrade every other version release, so CS7 would be my next upgrade.
Did I miss something in the install way back when?
Is it fixable?
Is there another reason why this option is grayed out?
TIA
Jack

That was it! I was working in 16-bit. When I switched to 8-bit, the filters became available.
Ty, Ty, Ty

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