Installing the Universe Image Creator (UIC) Plug-ins
Since the UIC Plug-ins require an image editor, you need to decide where you want to install the plug-ins so the image editor can find them. To do this, you need to determine where your image editor searches for plug-ins. We've listed a few popular image editors below to show how this can be done.For version 8: From the menu bar, select File > Preferences > File Locations. This will bring up the Paint Shop Pro File Locations Dialog. Choose "Plug-ins" from the File Types listed in the left-hand column. Make sure the "Enable plug-ins" selection is checked. You can also select "Add" to add the file location of UIC Plugins (recommended).
To use the UIC Plug-in filters, select the following from the menu bar: Effects > Plug-ins> Universe and then choose your effect.
Select the Plug-in Filters tab. The entries for Folder 1, 2, or 3 are locations where you will want to install the plug-ins. If one of these is empty you may want to install the plug-ins to their own folder and set the corresponding 1, 2, or 3 entry to this. You will need to restart Paint Shop Pro to see the Plug-ins.
IMPORTANT: Enable filters - allow the use of external image processing filters must be checked. If you install the Universe Image Creator Plug-ins into a sub-folder of Folder 1, 2, or 3, then Include sub-folders when searching for filters must be checked.
To use the UIC Plug-in filters, select the following from the menu bar: Image > Plug-in Filters > Universe and then choose your effect.
Select Plug-Ins & Scratch Disks from the drop down. The Universe Image Creator Plug-ins should be installed into a sub-folder of the folder listed in the Plug-Ins Folder control. If no folder is selected, then you can define this to the UIC Plugins directory.
You will need to restart Photoshop to see the Plug-ins. To use the UIC Plug-in filters, select the following from the menu bar: Filters > Universe and then choose your effect.
You access the Plug-ins from the menu bar: select Effects > Universe and then one of the effects.
Select the Plug-ins tab. You can install the Universe Image Creator Plug-ins into one of the existing paths listed or use Add to add to the location where you will install the Universe Image Creator Plug-ins. You will need to restart Picture Publisher to see the Plug-ins.
You access the Plug-ins from the menu bar: select Effects > Universe and then one of the effects.
If your are using multiple Image Editors then you should let the editor with the fewest Plug-ins folders dictate the installation location. For instance, if you are using the three editors discussed here, Photoshop only supports a single Plug-in folder so you should use it. You would then configure the other editors to point to this folder.
Look for a menu item such as Preferences or Options. These are usually under a top-level menu such as File or Tools. Generally this will bring up a dialog (possibly with many tabs) that will allow you enter a location for Plug-ins. You can look in the image editor's help documentation and do a search on plug-ins.
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