Plug-ins
Calling Helicon Filter from Adobe Photoshop
After installation of the program, Helicon Filter plug-in will be automatically added to the most popular programs that support PS-compatible plug-ins.
Helicon Filter automatically registers itself in the following software packages:
- Adobe Photoshop 6.0+
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0+
- Corel Photo-Paint
- Jacs Paint-Shop Pro 8.0+
If you have program that support PS-compatible plug-ins but are not included in this list, please let us know. We will include them in the next version.
To register a plug-in manually, copy file "c:\program files\Helicon Software\Helicon Filter\library\HeliconFilter.8bf" to the folder with plug-ins.
Helicon Filter Plug-in can handle 16-bit per channel images and images with embedded color profile.
Helicon Filter Plug-in is available in the Pro version and is not available in the Home version. During a 30 days evaluation period it is available in all versions.
Calling PS-compatible plug-ins from Helicon Filter
Helicon Filter can be used to call installed PS-compatible plug-ins.
Helicon Filter looks for installed plug-ins in the folders of popular software packages like Adobe Photoshop or Corel Photo-Paint. All compatible plug-ins are added to the Plugins menu of the Helicon Filter.
To add external plug-ins manually, please copy plug-in file to the appropriate folder of Helicon Filter ("c:\program files\Helicon Software\Helicon Filter\Plug-ins\")
If you are working with raw or tiff images and external plug-in does not support 16-bit per channel images, then the image will be converted to 8 bit and then again to 16 bit after plug-in call. This may cause some loss of details. In this case, use such plug-in at the last step. |
