How to install plug-in filters in Photoshop

1. How To Install Plug-ins In After Effects

Among the most popular questions asked by newbies about Photoshop compatible plugins are:

The Easy Method There are a few ways to install Photoshop Actions on your computer. They all start out like this: Download your. For Windows please use the Photoshop Plugin Installer and this should install the plugin correctly. If you still have any problems then please read on for the.

How To Install Plug-ins In After Effects

Where do I install a plugin and how do I load it afterwards?

A plugin (or plug-in) is a computer program that integrates into another program adding new features and increasing functionality. Adobe lets you install plug-in filters from other software developers in its programs.

Some Photoshop compatible plugins have an installer that will guide you through the process. But what should you do if plug-ins are not added in Photoshop? How to install these files? It's as easy as pie. All you need to do is to copy (or drag) the file into the Plug-Ins folder of Adobe Photoshop.

The Adobe folder is typically located in Program Files on Windows and in Applications on Mac computers. If you have installed Photoshop in any other location you should look for the Plug-Ins folder there.

See also:

Useful Tips on Installing Plugins (below),
Installation Troubleshooting Guide for Windows 32 bit,
Photoshop PlugIns in Windows 64 bit.

Bear in mind that Photoshop must be closed when installing new plugins. Or you will need to restart the editor. Next time you run Photoshop, the plugins will be available in the Filter menu.

Some Useful Tips:

• Photoshop recognizes plug-ins located in subfolders and subdirectories inside the Plug-Ins folder.

  You can classify your filters by developer or by task. Just create a new folder inside the Plug-Ins folder and put the files in it.

  However, the list of plugins in the Photoshop menu (under Filter) looks different from the list in the Plug-Ins folder. In the Photoshop menu plug-ins are usually classified by developer.

• Photoshop also recognizes shortcuts (Windows) and alias (Mac OS) within the Plug-Ins folder and subfolders.

  Install your plug-in filters into any folder outside Photoshop, and then create a shortcut for the '.8bf' file (or 'make alias' on Mac) and place it into the Plug-Ins folder.

  With shortcuts you can manage your plugins quickly and safely.

• You can select an additional plug-ins folder in Photoshop Preferences.

  Call the command Edit on Windows or Photoshop on Mac, then -> Preferences -> Plug-ins & Scratch Disk.

  Select Additional Plug-ins Folder, then use the button Choose to select a folder or directory from the list.

  Attention!

  If you select the Additional Plug-ins Folder in Photoshop 32 bit, make sure that the folder does not contain the 64 bit files (64-bit version of the plugin), otherwise you will get an error message!

Note:

Some filters show up directly in the main Photoshop menu (typically between 'Windows' and 'Help' titles).

Some plugins (which change size of images) appear in the menu Automate, for example, the Magnifier plugin: File -> Automate -> AKVIS Magnifier.

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Shut down Adobe Photoshop before you install new plugins. The software polls its installed resources when it starts up, so any product you add while it's running can't operate until you restart the host program.

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Install your plugin following its manufacturer's directions. Some third-party Photoshop add-ons require you to enter their serial or registration numbers during the installation process, whereas others ask you to authorize their software the first time you attempt to use it. Donationware plugins -- free software that requests a small payment if you use the product -- may display a 'nag screen' unless and until you register and pay. Some plugins simply require that you drag and drop their files into your Photoshop installation.

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Restart Photoshop and apply your plugin to a working file. Check the manufacturer's documentation to verify whether the software requires an active selection, only works in a specific color mode or can't be applied to a Background layer.

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Apply your plugin to a Smart Object so it becomes a nondestructive Smart Filter. You can turn an entire file, a group of layers or an individual layer into a Smart Object. Open the 'File' menu and choose 'Open as Smart Object' to treat a full document as one Smart Object. Select one or more layers in the Layers panel, open the 'Layer' menu, locate its 'Smart Object' submenu and choose 'Convert to Smart Object' to create a Smart Object from part of the layer content in a file. When you add PDF files or content from Adobe Illustrator, your content automatically becomes a Smart Object. To edit the results of a Smart Filter, double-click its entry in the Layers panel and change its settings.

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Access compatible third-party plugins installed under another application or an older version of Photoshop. Open the 'Edit' menu on Windows or the 'Photoshop' menu on a Mac, locate its 'Preferences' submenu and choose 'Plug-ins.' Activate the 'Additional Plug-ins Folder' check box and navigate to the location of your software. Select the folder that contains your plugins and click on the 'OK' button -- the 'Choose' button on the Mac -- to select it. Avoid selecting the main 'Plug-ins' folder from a prior version of Photoshop, however, because this will force your current version to load older duplicates of built-in plugins, which may cause problems in Photoshop itself.

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Deactivate a plugin so it doesn't load when you start Photoshop. If you experience problems with the performance or results of a specific plugin, you can disable it until its manufacturer supplies a viable version. Type a tilde -- the '~' character that appears to the left of the numeral 1 on most computer keyboards -- in front of the file name of the plugin, and Photoshop will ignore it when it scans your plugins folder as it starts up.

Tips

• Keep a unified list of all your third-party plugins and their serial or registration numbers so you can reinstall them quickly.
• To create interesting image treatments, experiment with applying filters to the masks on image and adjustment layers, or on individual image color channels.
• To get information about a plugin, open the 'Help' menu on Windows or the 'Photoshop' menu on the Mac, locate the 'About Plug-in' submenu and select an item in the list to view its information. You can examine Photoshop's native plugins as well as your third-party items.

Warning

• As of Adobe Photoshop CS6, the Macintosh edition runs only in 64-bit mode, whereas the Windows edition remains available in 32- and 64-bit modes. If you try to run 32-bit filters on the Mac, or in the 64-bit Windows application, they will not appear in the Filters menu, and therefore cannot be applied.

Resources (10)

• Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book; Adobe Creative Team

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