Adobe Photoshop CS... Can someone give me a hand before I SCREAM?

Question

For one, I'm SOMEWHAT computer literate, but this crap sounds like Greek when I try to change a setting. I'm scared to touch it.

The problem that I'm having is this: With my OLD Photoshop program (it was on my old computer, by the way), when I chose "Diffuse Glow" under "Filters", it would brighten the picture. Now, on THIS Photoshop, when I choose "Diffuse Glow", it makes the picture look like a negative.

In other words, the more "Glow Amount" that I put on the picture, the darker the "glowing parts" of the picture become, giving it that negative effect.

I guess, what I'm asking is, how do I get it to go LIGHTER when I hit that filter as opposed to DARKER?

Please help! I'm about to SCREAM.

Answer 1

Is it possible that you are applying the filter to a layer that a blend mode set to something other than 'normal'?

You might try making a copy of the layer you want to effect and apply it to that. Then adjust the blend mode and the opacity to get the effect you are looking for.

I just tried the filter on my CS2 and it will make the image darker if I set the affected layer to a blend mode from the 'darken' group of modes...

Try switching it to lighten or screen...

Answer 2

Go to the place you bought and downloaded the Adobe Photoshop CS from. Ask them to give you the key which should be part of your purchase.