Render:Lighting Effects not working

[Jody_W._Radzik@adobeforums.com]

I'm trying to use the Render:Lighting Effects filter but
get this message:

"Could not complete the Lighting Effects command
because a requested property value could not be found."

Anyone have any clues as to what the deal is?

Thanks in advance for your help.

--jody radzik.

[Doug_Katz@adobeforums.com]

Jody, do you have anything on your cipboard when you get this message?

[Jody_W._Radzik@adobeforums.com]

I did have a large clipboard item. When I cleared it, the plug in worked fine.

Thanks for the clue Doug.

--jody.

[Ann_Shelbourne@adobeforums.com]

Doug's good sleuthing seems to have established a definite connection between problems with the Lighting Effects filter and a clogged clipboard.

Perhaps someone should add a note about this to the FAQs?

[Louise_Parrish@adobeforums.com]

Doug

Thanks, I have had that problem with Lighting Effects, had no clue as to why sometimes it worked and sometimes it did not, Great help.

Louise Parrish

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

Even going back to systems as early as 6 (if I remember correctly) and even in programs as frivolous as word processors, I found that clearing up the clipboard prevented trouble down the road. My almost subconscious practice ever since has been to copy a single character or pixel a couple of times in quick succession after having loaded up a big chunk of data into the clipboard and finishing the paste or whatever operation I'm performing. It's the low-tech but effective approach to purging the clipboard. :)