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Plug-ins For Photoshop 7


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Help! Have just got Eye Candy and Alien Skin but can not work out how to install and use them with photoshop, you may think this is easy and it probely is but i just cant seem to do it, can someone help?????? [stuned]
 
:) Welcome photoshop_uk!

Firstly, close down Photoshop while you install the plug-ins. This way, PS will "read and recognize" the files the next time that you launch the program.

IF you are running with Windows, the directory to install the plug-ins is
C:\Windows\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 7\Plug-Ins ;)

Enjoy! :D
 
Hi wbiss,

I'm presuming you have downloaded the AlienSkin Eye Candy 4000 installer or that the CD installer is the same. Basically you start clicking on the series of installer windows, a Splash... click continue, a Readme...click continue, a license agreement...click agree. Then you have to fill in a box with your name, organization (if any that can be left blank) and Registration code which you've purchased and either came in the box or was e-mailed to you. The next window is a navigation window in which you have to specify where the filters are to be installed. Pick the Plug-ins folder which resides in the Photoshop 7 folder and click install. The final window of the installation process is an option to register your software. I always do so because I anticipate upgrading later and you most often need to have registered the software to be eligible for upgrades and for tech support should you need it.

After the software is installed you launch Photoshop. The series of filters will show up when you are working on RGB images or a blank, new, RGB image in the Filters Menu. They will be listed as EyeCandy 4000 with the little arrow which indicates that there is a further sub menu which lists all the filters. Once you get this series installed and working any further third party plug-ins you get will install in almost exactly the same manner.

Have Fun!
 
It's always wise if you manually move plugins to Photoshop's plugins folder, to place them in their own directory. Photoshop doesn't mind, but it will make it easier for you to remove plugins.
 
I don't even put them in Photoshop at all. I have a separate plugins folder inside which every plugin has its own subfolder, and there is an extra subfolder containing shortcuts to all the plugin subfolders.

When I want to use a plugin, I simply place the shortcut in PS' plugins folder.
On the other hand: the more I get into PS, the less I'm interested in plugins...

Yet: there are some that really add something.

What I particularly miss for example, is a better clouds filter. With a dozen different noise generators to choose from. Style Bhodinut Noise in Cinema4D. I'll try and post some of the options if I find the time. (search, search...)
 
Lee said:
How do you do that, guas. Meaning a seperate folder within the plug-in folder?
Click to expand...
During the installation or by moving the files that are stored in the plugin to a folder inside the plugin folder that you've created manually. :)
 
Got it!

Thanks everyone for your help I succesfully installed eye candy last night :D :D

Can anyone tell me the names of some other good plug ins for photoshop? and what they do?????????



Thanks
Sam
 
Huh?? Did you already try out all the settings of EyeCandy? [stuned]
Now that's fast...

You can find everything about plugins in our filter forum.
Have fun!
 
photoshop UK,
Be careful, don't go out and spend a lot of your hard earned money buying plug-ins until you know what you want. And the only way to know that is to learn PS. Spending a lot of money too early is a good way to get a lot of plug-ins you end up never using. Believe me, I know from experience. :(

Take a look at this site.
http://www.pspug.org/reviews/reviews.shtml
 
Good advice Lee! ;) :righton:

The only time I break that rule is when the plug-in is FREE! :D
 
You know, while Lee's advice is good and practical, I have a different take on plug-ins. I had been an artist for 35 years before ever picking up a mouse, in 1998. Within a year I had settled on Photoshop as my favorite application and always the last satge of all my images prior to printing. Anyway, when I began the computer and PS, I was already accustomed to visualizing and immediately being able to create. Not so with PS. It is slow going to learn computers and have at Photoshop as your first major app. Plug-ins, I found, gave me a way to fashion images which were sufficiently appealing to keep my interest high. As a result they helped immensely.

You see, unlike most people who think they have to learn how before doing, I just have at things and do them. Of course learning is a major component of the process. You have to learn in every piece or you always stay as awful as when you were a beginner, but doing is the heart of it. As I've kept learning, the third party plugins may not be used as often any more, yet I still have great affection for the wow factor which they can stimulate in the beginner. Thus I'd advise, if you can afford plug-ins and get a kick out of them...have at 'em!
 
Plug ins are NOTHING to stay away from!

Quite the Contrary!
Most decent plug-ins offer free trial downloads, so you can play and experiment and see if they are something you will use enough to justify the costs. The one downside is that they sometimes will not allow you to save/export what you create. They are still a WONDERFUL way to try out something different. Andromeda filters like their cutline and flood ones are GREAT! Auto-FX is another fantastic bunch of effects you have to see and try to believe...

You'll find tons of free filters out there, but some of the ones you'll pay for will provide much more creativity to your work and far faster results than most of the freebies.
 
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