Enhance your portraits with artistic effects in Photoshop
Use Photoshop's creative filters to give your photos an arty edge
The artistic filters, built in to both Photoshop Elements and Photoshop CS, can be used to convert your photos into paintings with a single click. Here we'll show you how to give a portrait an artistic makeover. It's best to use a simple well exposed portrait for this type of work, so that your subject stays looking bright and fresh...
Posted by Peter Travers on Thursday, 09 Jul 2009 at 08:54pm GMT.
Another non-functioning black window
#1. Posted on Thursday, 30 Jul 2009 at 08:02pm GMT. Report this
Using IE8, and Windows Vista, page opens with only placeholder gray box. Adobe Flash player requests permission to install. After granting permission, nothing happens.
#2. Posted on Thursday, 30 Jul 2009 at 10:56pm GMT. Report this
Adobe Shockwave player didn't install under Windows Vista and IE8. I refused Norton System Scan.
#3. Posted on Thursday, 30 Jul 2009 at 11:05pm GMT. Report this
I stand corrected, it was Adobe Shockwave player. After the failed install, I installed shockwave (opting not to install the Norton Security Option), and was successful at installing via http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/ however, now I see just a black screen, no video. Just wondering... Seeing where this is UK based site, could the problem be that the video was encoded with PAL (european) settings instead of standard NTSC (North American) viewer settings?
#4. Posted on Thursday, 30 Jul 2009 at 11:18pm GMT. Report this
nothings happening for me either!
#5. Posted on Thursday, 30 Jul 2009 at 11:56pm GMT. Report this
The videos don't work yet. Adriaan B Holland
#6. Posted on Friday, 31 Jul 2009 at 05:03am GMT. Report this
Okay, I'm watching the video and listening to it using my Windows XP computer with Firefox. - Brian
#7. Posted on Friday, 31 Jul 2009 at 05:56am GMT. Report this
We seem to be having a problem getting the videos to work with IE. They work fine in Firefox, so we are looking at how to correct this at the moment. Thanks for your patience and comments.
Amy
#8. Posted on Friday, 31 Jul 2009 at 11:25am GMT. Report this
get yourselves a MAS, No problem to see the video.
the Stop spam is quite annoying. especially if it doesn't take it.
#9. Posted on Friday, 31 Jul 2009 at 02:00pm GMT. Report this
bluepen (not verified)
hi me too another black window iam using windows vista premium and firefox 3.5
#10. Posted on Friday, 31 Jul 2009 at 02:20pm GMT. Report this
XP 64bit with IE, is a no go also :(
#11. Posted on Friday, 31 Jul 2009 at 06:47pm GMT. Report this
Videos work fine on "Google Chrome browser" with Windows XP (SP3) - very fast too on BT Broadband
#12. Posted on Friday, 31 Jul 2009 at 07:12pm GMT. Report this
Another Black window, vista and Firefox 3.012.
#13. Posted on Friday, 31 Jul 2009 at 07:32pm GMT. Report this
Works fine in Opera 9.63 and XP.
#14. Posted on Friday, 31 Jul 2009 at 08:29pm GMT. Report this
works fine for me but the narrators voice is boring
#15. Posted on Saturday, 01 Aug 2009 at 10:48am GMT. Report this
Everything works with Google Chrome on Windows Vista x64
#16. Posted on Saturday, 01 Aug 2009 at 02:00pm GMT. Report this
Works fine for me in Firefox 3.5.1 but not on IE8
#17. Posted on Saturday, 01 Aug 2009 at 04:14pm GMT. Report this
Still not working - Vista with IE8
#18. Posted on Saturday, 01 Aug 2009 at 04:59pm GMT. Report this
Not workin
#19. Posted on Saturday, 01 Aug 2009 at 06:32pm GMT. Report this
Working perfect. Mac OS X and Safari Browser.
#20. Posted on Monday, 03 Aug 2009 at 04:08pm GMT. Report this
not working for IE8 and when asked to install flashplayer nothing happens
#21. Posted on Tuesday, 04 Aug 2009 at 10:00pm GMT. Report this
Working perfectly in Firefox on XP.
#22. Posted on Wednesday, 05 Aug 2009 at 05:29pm GMT. Report this
videos do not play
#23. Posted on Thursday, 06 Aug 2009 at 01:19pm GMT. Report this
Another one where the video doesn't play. Firefix 3.5.2, Vista 64 Bit
#24. Posted on Thursday, 06 Aug 2009 at 11:54pm GMT. Report this
videos not working i get gray screen here to windows vista home premiun 64 bit
#25. Posted on Friday, 07 Aug 2009 at 10:58am GMT. Report this
black window in Firefox 2
#26. Posted on Saturday, 08 Aug 2009 at 09:47am GMT. Report this
I use Safari 4.0.2 and it works great. The video ran without any additional plug in. The video stream was also steady. Ran great.
#27. Posted on Sunday, 09 Aug 2009 at 06:41am GMT. Report this
Using IE8, and Windows XP, page opens with gray box. Adobe Flash player requests permission to install. After granting permission, nothing happens.
#28. Posted on Sunday, 09 Aug 2009 at 09:52am GMT. Report this
XP64 with Firefox updated to the latest version works fine. I hope the video itself isn't indicative of what we should expect from this site - for all those who can't see the video, it basically comes down to "Have a play with the Photoshop filters. They do stuff". It would be much more useful, in my opinion, to give practical exanples of the usage of the filters - where we'll find them in the media, etc. Also, very difficult to see the subtle changes of a watercolour filter in a compressed video such as this.
#29. Posted on Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009 at 03:40pm GMT. Report this
Video worked with Firefox v.3.0.10, Windows Vista Home Premium. As far as content of video, it serves as reminder that you should KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid).
#30. Posted on Saturday, 15 Aug 2009 at 09:32pm GMT. Report this
os x firefox 3, I just get the spinny wheel. but plays fine in Safari 4.0.1
#31. Posted on Monday, 17 Aug 2009 at 05:41pm GMT. Report this
I only get the intro - cant get the actual video!
I have a slow liknk - so dont really want the intro
Im using fire fox but still cant se the video - how about a "written" tutorial as well for those of us without fast internet access Ann
#32. Posted on Sunday, 23 Aug 2009 at 12:59pm GMT. Report this
works fine in Google Chrome - Win XP.... thanx a mil :)
#33. Posted on Wednesday, 26 Aug 2009 at 01:36pm GMT. Report this
Works fine with my Vista HP, yes I agree the voice will cure insomia......... ;-)
#34. Posted on Friday, 04 Sep 2009 at 08:59pm GMT. Report this
Still the black screen and spinny circle... maybe it is a subliminal tutorial! using Vista, Firefox 3.5 Flash 10
#35. Posted on Thursday, 10 Sep 2009 at 04:46pm GMT. Report this
I'm using IE 8 and XP on my Desktop and Windows 7 and IE 8 on my laptop. The Video works on both PC's
#36. Posted on Monday, 14 Sep 2009 at 05:50pm GMT. Report this
I'm using Safari and OSX on my laptop and just get a black screen with the white wheel going round and round. Small victory; I can adjust the volume.
#37. Posted on Monday, 28 Sep 2009 at 08:06am GMT. Report this
I have tried both firefox and Ie8 - just downloaded the latest versions and black screen with rotating circle as soon as I press the ply arrow.
It cant be that difficult to fix - why is it taking so long to get it sorted out -
I dont often get free time and it is very frustrating wasting time trying to get the vidos to play.
Ann
#38. Posted on Saturday, 10 Oct 2009 at 01:24pm GMT. Report this
Internet Explorer 8 is not compatible with Windows Vista, you will re instate IE7 for everything to work as normal.
#39. Posted on Wednesday, 21 Oct 2009 at 07:19pm GMT. Report this
Ummmmm - Just joined about 5 minutes ago. Tried playing video. Doesn't work under XP SP3 and Firefox 3.5 or under Vista ( with latest updates) under either Firefox or IE. Its back to the drawing board for the numpties who authored this non compatable video.
#40. Posted on Thursday, 22 Oct 2009 at 08:50am GMT. Report this
Black box only...XP Pro SP3 plus Opera 10
#41. Posted on Monday, 26 Oct 2009 at 05:05pm GMT. Report this
Thank you for this free course. It's very interesting and it permit me to optimize my portraits.
#42. Posted on Saturday, 31 Oct 2009 at 08:57pm GMT. Report this
Video not playing with Opera. Not really worth trying out the videos is it..not of them work, and they don't seem to be a priority here.
#43. Posted on Tuesday, 10 Nov 2009 at 08:07pm GMT. Report this
Wonderful tutorial and very easy to follow. Thank you! I've shied away from using these filters, but after seeing how effective they can be I will definitely revisit them.
#44. Posted on Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009 at 08:06pm GMT. Report this
thnx very good
#45. Posted on Wednesday, 30 Dec 2009 at 01:50pm GMT. Report this
come amy are we going to get these vidios to work
#46. Posted on Saturday, 09 Jan 2010 at 12:32am GMT. Report this
Lovely black square, what type of printer used :-))
#47. Posted on Monday, 10 May 2010 at 12:29am GMT. Report this
What is the problem? It works for me, 'owt wrong with my views! ;) northumbrian1
#48. Posted on Saturday, 26 Jun 2010 at 10:59pm GMT. Report this
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