How to Convert Photoshop Plug-ins to Paint Shop Plug-ins
Photoshop and Paint Shop are two graphic design and photo manipulation software programs. Whether you are switching your platform from Photoshop to Paint Shop or you have found a Photoshop plug-in you want to use with your Paint Shop installation, you might find it necessary to convert a Photoshop plug-in to Paint Shop. The two applications use the same file type for their plug-ins, and the plug-ins are compatible across versions. The only conversion necessary is moving the plug-in files themselves from Photoshop to Paint Shop.
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Instructions
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Open your Photoshop plug-ins folder. This folder is located by default at C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop\Plugins on a Windows PC and /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Photoshop/Plugins on Mac OS X.
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Highlight the file or files of the plug-ins you wish to copy to Paint Shop. The file will have the extension 8BF. Open the Edit menu and choose "Copy," or use the shortcut key "Ctrl"-"C" on a Windows PC or "Cmd"-"C" on Mac OS X.
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Open the Paint Shop plug-ins folder. This folder is located by default at C:\Program Files\Jasc Software Inc\Paint Shop Pro\Plugins on a Windows PC and /Library/Application Support/Jasc Software Inc/Paint Shop Pro/Plugins on Mac OS X.
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Paste the 8BF plug-in files into the Paint Shop plug-ins folder. Open the Edit menu and choose "Paste," or use the shortcut key "Ctrl"-"V" on a Windows PC or "Cmd"-"V" on Mac OS X.
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Restart Paint Shop and access the new filters by clicking on the Effects menu and choosing the "Plugins" option. Paint Shop automatically activates any plug-ins located in its plug-ins folder when you open the application.
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