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Edit: 3/4/12 Kittysaysmeow-WQ had a slight problem using the render/light effects on Photoshop Cs5,using a Mac Os. To fix this problem you have to run Cs5 in 32 bit mode,kinda funny because I don't have this problem on a PC,but here are the stepsStep 1. Go to your finder menu and click on go.
Step 2. Click on Applications.
Step 3. Click on PhotoshopCs5 folder,then right click on adobephotoshopcs5.app then select get info.
Step 4. After the get info menu box opens select the general tab to expand it and you should see a box that says Open in 32 bit mode.Check it and this should fix your problem. Uncheck it to go back to 64 bit mode.
Or you can follow this link for another method,but I was told the above steps are more common.[link]
other features that don't run in 64 bit mode on Mac are....
Lighting Effects
Extract (Use Refine Mask under the Selection menu)
Variations
TWAIN (support works on some scanners)
Video Frames to Layers
Video Preview
Send Video Preview to Device
FireWire
FireWire DLL
Legacy Droplets
Edit: Phattyartist picked up on something I failed to mention.For those of you who are having trouble with the lighting effects render.(You Have To Be In RGB Mode, 8 Bits Per Channel,Sorry For Any Inconvenience This May Have Caused.)
Learn how to create your own dynamic rock textures in photoshop with this widely used technic. If you like this tutorial please check out my other tutorial on channels and color modes
here [link]
If you have any questions let me know and I will try to answer them the best I can.
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Comments: 228
A very interesting and useful tutorial. Many thanks for the clear explanation
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a really great tutorial just wonderfull and helpfull
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Really nice tutorial, glad that you had time to do this. I'm sure it will be a help to many artists
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really interesting tutorial. I love to see how these build up from just a few smudges and brush marks to being a really heavily textured and detailed piece. well done
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This is a really helpful tuorial! Although it would help 3D Game artists like myself a little more if you could show a way to make it completely seamless.
Nevertheless, it's a really well done tutorial!
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oooooh really cool, it's always nice to know additional photoshop tricks and know-how thanks a lot mate!
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wow, this is pretty awsome 
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Hey hey, nice tutorial! Though i don't use photoshop, my friend will DEFINITLY enjoy this
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nice break down, the more steps in a how to the better. a lot of times people skip things that are obvious to people who are trained but not intuitive to newbies
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wow, this is a great tutorial! Thanks for the step-by-step...very thorough : )
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Nice work, tutorials are often too simple, but this is a nice step by step.
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"what kind of magic is this!? "
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Very nice tut! Easy to follow, and I bet this'd be useful
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That's pretty cool, though, I don't have Photoshop or other unique tools.
I'll stick with hand painting my own rocks if it comes down to it.
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This is most definitely going to come in handy, thanks!
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Very useful tutorial. Great effect too. 
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No problem,glad you like.
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Thanks for posting this!
This will surely come in handy!
Great tutorial!
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niiiiiiiice...............this is too cool..............thanx.
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who is this--Apocalypse Kat?
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I've still having trouble with the lighting effects render. I've checked the mode and the 8 bits per channel part but it still is not there. I have CS5 if that makes any difference.
Thanks for making this tutorial, I'm sure it will be very helpful. xD
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Hi Kittysaysmeow-WQ,Lets see if we can fix your problem.If your using a Macintosh Os then Cs5
may be the problem but can be fixed,if your using a regular Pc then I will need too trouble shoot the problem for you with more info. So let me know what Os system your using,if it's a Mac I can walk you through step by step to fix the render light effects for you.
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I apologize for the lengthy description and for the tutorial not working for you,I am not a Mac user,I wish I was Lol but this should fix the problem.let me know if this works so I can make an edit in case others are having the same issue.
Alright,so my understanding is mac dose not allow some of CS5 rendering features to work because the 64 bit program is not completely compatible with some of the features in photoshop Cs5 . So we need to run CS5 in 32 bit mode. To do this you need to go to Adobes application file.
Step 1. Go to your finder menu and click on go.
Step 2. Click on Applications.
Step 3. Click on PhotoshopCs5 folder,then right click on adobephotoshopcs5.app then select get info.
Step 4. After the get info menu box opens select the general tab to expand it and you should see a box that says Open in 32 bit mode.Check it and this should fix your problem. Uncheck it to go back to 64 bit mode.
Or you can follow this link for another method,but I was told the above steps are more common.
[link]
other features that don't run in 64 bit mode on Mac are....
Lighting Effects
Extract (Use Refine Mask under the Selection menu)
Variations
TWAIN (support works on some scanners)
Video Frames to Layers
Video Preview
Send Video Preview to Device
FireWire
FireWire DLL
Legacy Droplets
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Hurrah! It appears to have worked!
Thank you for your time and help. C:
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Your welcome and no problem, if you have any other questions just let me know.
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This is fantastic! What a helpful and incredibly useful tutorial. :0 I never would have thought to do this on my own. Well done! :3
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