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a Filter Setup for PSP 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8  Menu 1.... "Setting Up Your Filters" 2.... "Setting The Path" 3.... "Download and Install System Files" 4.... "Download Some Filters" 5.... "Install the Filters" 6.... "Executing Your Filter"  7.... "Filters Unlimited...Taking Filters To a New Level" This link goes to a seperate page.... Filters Unlimited will give you the most incredable fun with filters.... "Setting Up Your Filters"  1... Do a search for (Msvcrt10.dll) and (Plugin.dll) in your windows system or system 32 folder... For Windows XP I have them in both the windows system folder and the windows system 32 folder... 2... If you do not find this file in your Windows System Folder.... 3... You will need to, download this file than copy paste or drag it to 4... Windows/System Folder 5.... For my "texture" filter, I needed the plugin.dll in the sub folder with the filter file... Three of them worked fine without the plugin.dll but one did not, until I placed the plugin.dll into the sub folder... 6... With PSP 7.04 and 8 the Plugin Folder is already there.... 7... For PSP 4, 5, and 6, Using windows explorer, make a Folder Inside Your PSP Folder and Name it "Plugins" (Actually it can be anywhere on your hard drive, and it can have any name, as long as you set the path....) 8... Inside this folder you will make sub folders to install all the individual filters into.... 9... Place the zip or exe into the sub folder... If you are installing from a cd, you will not need to place the file into the sub folder... Install the Filters 10... Unzip them into the sub folder.... For many filters this is all you need to do to install them.... If it is an exe file you will need to double click on it and watch as it goes though the install process, for the place to direct your filter into the sub folder you made for it... All filters must be in the path you have setup inside your PSP Program.... If you place all your sub folders into the plugin folder you will have them in the path.... 11... I keep the original download file inside my subfolder... If the filter file becomes corrupted I know right were to find them for a quick re install.... 12... Close your PSP Program 13... Open Your PSP Program   Download Some Filters My Favorites Great Free Ones Link 2 Great Retail Ones Fun House 1 N 2 Filters Unlimited Under $50 Greg's Factory Output 11 Eye Candy 3.1 Free Greg's Factory Output 1 Blade Pro Under $50  HarryRavers's.exe 55   NVR Border Mania   Simple Seemless Bks   14... Since you can have more than one folder for plugins and they can be anywhere on your computer, and they can also have any name.... I made one on my C drive and named it @plugins so it would be at the top of the menu for easy access...Than all I had to do was go to file locations/ and set the path by clicking on the Browse tab and navigate to the folder I made. See Setting the path..... Setting The Path PSP5 15.... Click on file/preferences/general/plugin filters tab/ make sure all the boxes are checked/ make sure the path to your plugins folder is correct, if you are not sure if the path is the correct one /click on browse and navigate to the folder/ click ok PSP7 16... Click on file/preferences/File Locations/Click Your plugin filters tab/ make sure all the boxes are checked/ make sure the path to your plugins folder is correct, if you are not sure if the path is the correct one /click on browse and navigate to the folder/ click ok PSP8 17.... File/Preferences/File Locations/scroll to Plug-ins... If you use the folder inside the PSP8 Folder, you will not need to set the path, it will already be there.... "Executing Your Filter" B1... Open an Image... B2... Be sure the image is in 16 million colors. B3... If not, click Colors\Increase Color Depth\16 million colors . B4.... Some filters require a selected area.... B5... To select an area use your selection tool B6... or type some text see signing for text instructions.... B7... Then click Image\Plug-in Filters\ and then pick any filters you have. B8... To know how to use them, you must play with them....... Click here, Click there, Change the Settings Around.... B9... And remember those 2 basic rules.... 16 million colors and selected area B10... Click OK Once you see what you want.... B11... Or click cancel and try another one...... B12.. Most of the filters have a preview window.. B13... And of course there is always the undo button (My PERSONAL FRIEND) for something that does not look the way you want it to after you see it on the full image..... If You have downloaded and Installed Harry Raver's Filters, give the Convolver lesson a Try and The Puffy Gold Text lesson uses Greg's Factory Output 11 Thursday, May 22, 2003   @ sandflower .com