INSTALLING PLUGINS & FILTERS IN PSP

Before you install the plug-in filters, you will need to download and install the following dll files to your Windows/System file.  MSVCRT10.DLL & PLUGIN.DLL.

Plug-ins that are compatible with Paint Shop Pro are those in the .8bf file format. Several sites such as the Filter Factory Filters are in a different file format. You will need to download the Plugin Commander to convert these filters.  You may download it HERE.

Once you have installed the msvcrt10.dll (and plugin.dll) file(s), you will need to create a folder in your C: directory to install filters in. If you intend on adding many plug-in filters, you will find that they will not all work if they are in the same folder. I recommend that you set up a directory called PLUGINS and have a few sub-directories in that folder to add plug-ins to.  This is what I did and it works famously.

Unzip the filters to the plugins folder you created.

Open Paint Shop Pro.

CLICK on FILE PREFERENCES > GENERAL PROGRAM PREFERENCES.
Click File->Preferences->File Locations

Click on the Plug-in Filters tab.

Click on Browse, find the Plugin directory and click on it.

Click Select.

Click OK.

Close Paint Shop Pro and then open it again.

Open any image in Paint Shop Pro that is 16 million colours.

Click on Image->Plug-in Filters (v6) or Effects->Plugins (v7, v8, & v9), you will see the filters you installed shown there, select one and use it on your image.

I hope you enjoyed this short tutorial.  Enjoy your plugins and filters!
~  Chelliepoo



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