Hi all
Just for fun I decided to see if I could get the filters from PS CS2 to work with PhotoPaint X3.After setting the filter path in Options, the filters appeared in the Effects menu in PP. Good.As expected though, it wasn't that simple. When trying an effect, all I get is the transparencygrid in the preview and if I apply an effect it just makes the image/object all black.I think I've read somewhere about using these filters, but can't find anything right now.
Plugin exist in two varieties. The first is the older format which Adobe used prior to PhotoShop Version 7.0 (Someone may correct me on that) Those plugins are widely compatable and work in a variety of programs including Photo-Paint and PaintShopPro. With the release of CS, Adobe changed their standard for plugin architecture to a proprietary schema.
Some plugin developers still develop to the old standard which was more of an open-source flavor. These are backwards compatible with current versions of Corel bitmap editors and current versions of PhotoShop.
The stock CS2 filters shipped with Photoshop are not cross compatible with other paint programs.
Foster Coburn has written about this a couple of times at his unleash.com website. You might buzz over there and read what he said because he has all the particulars.
Thanks Rikk
That was what I suspected. I had a quick look at Foster's site, before I sentthis question, but couldn't find anything. I'll have a look there once more.
Thanks again.
/Ronny
Thanks Foster.
I was sure I had read about it on your site before, but couldn't find it.A search for "plug-in" was much more rewarding than "filter" was. ;-)
Anyway, it seems like the CS2 filters won't work and if I got it right, many others won't either.I see you have a bunch for sale on your site, that will work with PP too, at least most of them.
So, if the plug-in developers don't care about other software than PS, wouldn't it be possiblefor Corel to adapt PP to the new "standard" instead?
Ronny Axelsson said:So, if the plug-in developers don't care about other software than PS, wouldn't it be possiblefor Corel to adapt PP to the new "standard" instead?
Thanks for the information Ilya.
Are there any big advantages developing for the new Adobe standard, or how come the old"universal" standard is not used for all filters (except Adobe's own of course)?
This is (or at least has not been up till now) no big deal for me, I'm mainly curious. :-)
Hi Ilya,reverse engineering is not illegal if it is done the proper way, it is however extremely expensive since the proper steps involve not only to redesign the application from scratch, it also has to be legally documented and the lawyers costs for it are astronomical.