Most Filters Unavailable?

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Chris._Richard
Feb 10, 2007
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I’m running PS CS2, and I’m trying to use a filter on some text (the Wind filter to be more precise). After i type the text I want, I click on the check-mark, and then I go into Filters. I’d say 50% of the Filter categories & sub-selections are greyed out. I can’t use them. Is there something i’m not doing right here? I remember in other versions of PS, i had no trouble doing this. Is this a feature that has changed?

Thanks in advance.

C.R.
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stevent
Feb 10, 2007
Are you in 8bit mode?
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Bob Levine
Feb 10, 2007
You need to rasterize the type before you can run a filter on it.

Additionally, many filters only work on 8bit RGB images.

Bob
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Chris._Richard
Feb 10, 2007
Well, i got that to work…. but, now when i try to go into Select/Modify, Modify is greyed out. Is there another way to get into "Select/Modify/Contract"?
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Ed_Hannigan
Feb 10, 2007
Do you have an active Selection running? Won’t work woithout it.

What exactly are you trying to do? It may be that Select>Modify is NOT what you want.
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Chris._Richard
Feb 10, 2007
well … i’m trying to do what’s at this link here:
<http://tutorialoutpost.com/count/3665>
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Ed_Hannigan
Feb 10, 2007
Here’s the problem, where they say:

"Take the original text layer and use Ctrl+Click to highlight it."

They are asking you to make a selection. But in CS2 this has changed. Ctrl-click on the thumbnail Image in the Layers palette to get the selection. Their use of the word "highlight" is misleading.

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