Lighting Effects Command?

I am trying to use an action and I keep getting the message:  The Command Lighting Effects is not currently available.  I am using Photoshop CS5 on a PC.  Does anyone have any suggestions about what this might mean?

OK, so maybe I didn't word my question precisely -- I do understand what the words "not available" mean.  The issue was that I didn't know why it wasn't available.  The second part of your answer seems to have actually given me the info I was looking for -- indeed I am running Photoshop 64-bit.  I just saw on the NAPP site that in the new CS6 version this should not be a problem very soon.

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    I'm having the same issue as well. Just started using CC tonight on both my home and work Macs. My home computer is a late 2006 MacPro, 6GB RAM, 2.66ghz and the work computer is 2013 MacPro with way more guts in it. Photoshop at home runs terribly slow all together but I did manage to see some slight improvement when I switched off "Use Graphics Processor" in the Preferences panel (Prefs > Performance) but this also turns off the Lighting effects filter. I remote logged in to my work Mac and using the same file (saved in the cloud), applied the lighting filter and it worked perfectly. All that to say, I'm pretty certain is a graphics processor/memory issue more than it being a CC issue. At home, the filter attempts to work, stops, and the only thing left is the properties panel like the effect is active.
    Looks like I need some upgrades.
    Hope this helps!

  • Urgent - Need help with Lighting Effects Filter

    Hi,
    I need urgent help on something regarding the Lighting Effects filter in Adobe Photoshop CS5. I need lighting effect urgently to complete a project.
    I am using Photoshop CS5 on a Windows Vista computer in 64-bit mode.
    On the net it is given that you can run photoshop CS5 in 32-bit mode to use the lighting effects filter - both on Mac and PC.
    My Problem:
    While on the net it is given how to change from 64-bit to 32-bit and vice-versa, I have my Photoshop CS5 installed on 'E - Drive' and not on 'C - Drive' due to lack of space. I have followed all the instructions on how to open it in 32-bit mode on the net, but I still cannot use the lighting effects plugin.
    What I need is if someone could give simple and clear instructions on how to open Photoshop CS5 32-bit version instead of opening the default 64-bit version on Windows Vista - that would be great.
    Looking forward to answers.
    Thanks.

    That advice about running the 32 bit version of cs5 for the Render> Lighting Effects filter
    only pertains to the mac version of photoshop cs5.
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    document just has to be 8 bits/channel and in the RGB Color mode (Image>Mode) same
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    Added: In general it's frowned upon installing photoshop on drives other than C drive.
    MTSTUNER
    Message was edited by: MTSTUNER

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    Sorry, I am not good at English, only through online translation ofdialogue, the syntax is wrong, please forgive me

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    Hi,
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    When I open a JPEG file from my mark iii into CS6, I try to start a new layer and then add the lighting effects filter.  CS6 crashes (the little effects comes up on the screen and the little blue circle goes round and round). Nothing happens, but if I check task manager it says photoshop is not running. 
    I have windows, 16GB ram, and am using a small percent of my memory. 
    How do I see if I need to update my video card and how do I do that?
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    Have you installed all the Photoshop updates?
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    Filter - Render - Lighting Effects seems to be somewhat less than perfectly functional for me.
    Unlike another recent poster, I'm seeing the controls okay, but they don't actually seem to work properly.  Worse, I can reliably produce a crash.
    I have an ATI Radeon HD 5670 and Catalyst 12.6 (latest released) drivers for Windows 7 x64, Advanced mode GPU operation.  My detailed system info can be found here:  Link
    Chances are this is a display driver issue, but I want Adobe to know about it.
    Here's what I see...
    For testing I create a middle-gray square document, 8 bits/channel, sRGB, then start the Lighting Effects filter on it:
    If I toggle the preview setting off and on a number of times, this happens:
    This is reproducible, though it sometimes takes more or less Preview toogles.  Here is the pertinent information from several such Photoshop crashes:
    Next I am going to try Normal and Basic mode to see if they make any difference with this problem.  I'll follow up here.
    -Noel

    Noel, followed your example and no crashes on my system (Intel 4000 card with latest production drivers) but horribly slow, probably the slowest filter I have ever tried - Basically unusable.....
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