Plugins-Adding and using Plugins

Written by Liz aka Southernlady

Written in PSP X2

For this tutorial you will be adding and using Free Plugins.

The first three steps of this tutorial is for those who do not have any outside filters installed and have never installed any.
Before starting this tutorial, I will make one statement.
IF you are running Vista and have less than 1 gig of memory installed, please do not do this tutorial.
I will not be responsible for the results.

IF you already have outside, 3rd party filters installed, you may skip to Step Four.

So grab some coffee and make yourself comfortable

The list of Free Filters we tend to see most often are located HERE.
For this tutorial, we will be using the Simple Filter.
Please make sure you download and install it as part of this tutorial.
If you have bought plugins and need help with those,
email me and I will walk you thru the steps
I will NOT help install any crack/warez plugins. Do NOT ask.

Step One

To do that, follow the instructions listed here:
Open up Control Panel, and type in "UAC" into the search box.
You'll see a link for "Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off":

On the next screen you should uncheck the box for "Use User Account Control (UAC)", and then click on the OK button

You'll need to reboot your computer before the changes take effect,
but you should be all done with annoying prompts.

Step Two

When downloading the DLL files, make sure you know where you save them, Your desktop is NOT a good location.

As you save your file, you will be given the option to go to a location to save it. Navigate to your My Documents Folder.

Make a New Folder and Name it "VistaDlls"

Then click and the zip file will go inside the new folder you just created.

If you use Firefox, you will get a similar dialog box.

Now, we need to unzip the file or extract the file if you got the file in a winrar format.

Step Three

Right click and make a new folder, rename it Plugins.

PSP must be closed to install plugins.
To install a plugin that is not an .exe file, you can simply put them in folders and let PSP recognise them.
Most plugins are a .8bf extension. Once you download and unzip the file in a folder
that your backups in for reinstalls if you ever need them, make a new folder in a location for your plugins.
Put your plugins in a folder that is NOT in your PSP program file. Your My Documents folder is a good location
I put each different plugin in it's own folder. So all of the Simple filters go in a folder named Simple,
all of the Toadies filters go in a folder named Toadies and so forth.

Some filters are .exe filters and must be installed just like you installed PSP.
The Ulead Free Filters are a good example of that kind.
The first thing you want to do for these kind is make a folder where you want it installed.
Then when you install it, browse to that location to install it.
Next, associate it with the PSP file, which means browsing to your Programs>Corel/Jasc>Your version of Corel.exe/Jasc.exe
And telling it to use that file. It will by default, want to use Adobe PS or (or Ulead if the Ulead filters) if installed.

Once you have your plugins installed in folder, open PSP.
Scroll down to File> Preferences>File Locations>

A box will appear similar to this one. Scroll down on the left to where you see plugins.
On the right side of the box, you will click add and another box will appear.

That box will allow you to scroll to new location of your plugins. Notice mine says E drive.
I was on my desktop and have several drives there. That just happens to be the location of my plugins on that computer.

This part is for everyone:

Step Four