June 2013
Beginner
926 pages
36h 13m
English
Content preview from Photoshop CC: The Missing Manual
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Adding and Removing Plug-Ins
To install a plug-in on a Mac, download it or copy it from the installer disc it shipped with, and then drag it from wherever it’s saved on your computer into the Plug-ins folder, which lives here: Adobe Photoshop CC→Plug-Ins (Figure 20-1, top). On a PC, download the plug-in or copy it from the installer disc and look for an .exe (executable) file; then simply double-click that file to run the installer.
Figure 20-1. On a Mac, you can install a plug-in manually by dragging it into Photoshop’s Plug-Ins folder (top) or by using the installer provided by the folks who made the plug-in (bottom). You can also use the new Adobe Exchange panel to find and install plug-ins, as the Note on page 771 explains. On a PC, simply double-click the plug-in’s .exe file (if it doesn’t include one, just drag the file into the Adobe Photoshop CC→Plug-Ins folder). If you have trouble installing a plug-in, contact the person or company who created it for help. Once you’ve installed the plug-in, you might have to dig through Photoshop’s menus to find it. If a plug-in deals with batch processing (modifying multiple files at once), you may find it in the File→Automate menu instead of the Filter menu. And if it deals with selections or masking, you may find it lurking in the Select menu.
After you install the plug-in, quit Photoshop if it’s running (File→Quit [File→Exit on a PC]) ...
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