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"Undesired" Extensis Menu listing


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Hi all.

I've just installed an Extensis demo plug-in only to find it has created its own menu on the menu bar. It's already in the filters section so is far from necessary.

Do all plug-in brands do this, or is it a special privilege only afforded to Extensis.

Also, can it be removed? I've already removed the demo, but if I install another plug-in that I decide to purchase, I don't want it in the menu bar when there's a perfectly good filters menu.

Thanks.

Sark
 
Hi Sark-
Every other third party plug in that I've used does indeed confine itself to the filters menu. That's not to say that they're aren't ones that do (which I'm sure others will point out...!)
I remember Extensis doing that, it didn't bother me a whole lot since there were a lot of options that went with it, but I understand not wanting new menus added when you don't need one!
I wouldn't be afraid of adding plug-ins to try them out, as you pointed out you can remove them if the interface bugs you (but as I said, I haven't run into another plug-in that behaved that way).

Have fun!
Tim
 
hmmm...
Nice grammar in that first paragraph :righton:
Of course what I meant to say was that all of the third party plug-ins I've used (apart from Extensis) show up in the filters menu, will Extensis was the only one that created it's own menu (though that doesn't mean there aren't other plug-ins that will create their own menu).

Ah, that reads much better! :D

Tim
 
*its* own menu (it's is an abbrev. for "it is")
sorry, you asked for it [:I

I guess you're talking about that plug-in to create selections (MaskPro or something like that). To get rid of that menu I'm afraid you will have to uninstall the plug-in.
 
Actually they only did that with their older plugins; specifically the Extensis Toolbar. And with that one it's understandable that they created their own menu. It needed it i thought.

They don't do that with any of their newer stuff.

And i've also never seen any other plugin do this either. So i wouldn't be concerned about that.
 
will Extensis was the only one that created it's own menu
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while not will. For hervens sike, if yoor gunna replie ; do it properly Mr Foster :bustagut: :bustagut: :bustagut:

Eric, & theKeeper... The demo was Intellihance. It came on the PS7 disc. Don't know if that's considered old or new, but there was no need for the items in the new menu to be listed as there was a drop down list of the same items in the Intellihance window.

It's good to know it's not a common occurence however.

Thanks for the replies.

Sark (still typing with one finger). 8} }P 8}
 
Sark,

For what it's worth, in the old days of Extensis plugins, that extra menu was handy to access all the diverse elements of their plugs as theKeeper mentioned. I still think if you were to use Intellihance regularly, the Extensis menu would be handy.
 
Hi miaeow and welcome to the forums! :)

Extensis is a software company known for Portfolio, and Suitcase in addition to their image manipulation products. In the past they had an excellent set of plugins for Photoshop, many of which were made obsolete by Styles and vector tools which became available as PS has evolved. Currently, the only ones I use in PS CS, and rarely at that, are Photoframe and Intellihance.

http://www.extensis.com/en/products/creative_tools.jsp
 
Sark,

By mistake, instead of hitting quote to reply to your comment that you wondered that I used it at all, I hit the edit button which MODs have available and messed up your post. My apologies. I was in a rush to get to work this morning and still try and keep up with the forum.

As a result, I just deleted the post of yours which I messed up but here's the answer anyway...


Also, maybe I didn't give it a long enough trial, but I'm suprised you use Intellihance, as I didn't feel it did much that couldn't be achieved reasonably efficiently with the basic PS tools.
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Actually, I don't think I've used Intellihance since PS 6. I just upgraded when they came out with an OS X version for Mac, out of habit (the upgrade price was cheap) and to be able to compare it with other plugs. Now, I don't think I'd advise any one to purchase it unless they were total newbies with lots of extra cash.


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