denise ippolito

As many of you know Arthur Morris and I are affiliates for the Fractalius plug-in by Redfields. Awhile back Artie and I put together some information regarding the plug-in. Recently I have gotten a lot of e-mails regarding information about the plug-in. Here is some of the info that Artie and I came up with and he posted in his [URL="http://www.birdsasart.com/bn318.htm"]#318 [/URL]Bulletin back in March of 2010.
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PLUG-IN DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLATION TIPS
The following tutorial, Downloading and Running Fractalius, was prepared by Denise Ippolito and Arthur Morris. It is designed for computer dummies like artie. Different operating systems may require slight modifications. On the off chance that you become confused while attempting to follow the directions, please ask a computer-savvy friend for help. We are writing this for the many (more than 220) folks who have purchased Fractalius (Windows only) but are having problems getting it running. This tutorial should work well with other Photoshop plug-ins as well as with Fractalius.
Downloading a Plug-In
Once you have purchased a plug-in or are downloading a free trial version, first click on the Download button. Click OK. HIt “Save as” and then hit OK. The file will begin to download; it often takes several minutes or more, Be patient. When the download is complete, do not close the dialogue box.
Once the download is complete, you will see the downloaded file highlighted at the top of the list. Double-click on the file. A new dialogue box will open. Now double-click on the file name again.
Now click on Install. (With plug-ins other than Fractalius you may need to follow alternate, step by step instructions to complete the installation of one or more programs.)
Once your plug-in is installed, restart Photoshop; your plug-in should appear on the drop-down list of Filters. If you have downloaded Fractalius, it will be under the Redfield subheading. (You will need to have an image open in order to open the Fractalius plug-in.)
If–like artie–you are running both CS-3 and CS-4 on the same machine and you wish to have Fractalius available on both, you may need to install Fractalius a second time. Say for example, that the above procedure installed Fractalius into CS-3 (you see Redfield on the Filter drop-down list) but not into CS-4. You will need to find your Download folder. Most folks can do this by clicking on their personal folder and then clicking on the Downloads folder. Now click on the Setup Fractalius.exe icon. When the dialogue box opens, select the 32-bit version of CS-4 from the dropdown menu. The 32-bit version will be designated by the following: (x86). When you restart the 32-bit version of CS-4, you will see Redfield in the drop-down filter list. Again, you will need to open an image to access Fractalius. How to Run the 32-bit Version of CS4
You cannot run Fractalius in 64-bit versions of Photoshop. Most times when you install CS-4, only the 64-bit version is accessible. You will need to create a desktop shortcut so that you can open the 32-bit version of CS-4 when you wish to use Fractalius in CS-4.
To create a desktop shortcut for the 32-bit version of CS-4 click on Start/All Programs. Look for the folder that contains CS-4. Open it. You should see the 64-bit version and right below it, another version designated as follows: (x86). Right click on the (x86) version and select “Create Shortcut.” This will create a shortcut on your desktop for the 32-bit version of CS-4. Move the newly created shortcut icon to a location on your desktop that you will remember. When you wish to open the 32-bit version of Photoshop (as when you want to use Fractalius), click on the new icon. When you want to open the 64-bit version, click on the original CS-4 icon. If you get confused you can try passing your cursor over each icon. One will indicate 64-bit, the other will include (x86); the latter will be the 32-bit version.
Fractalius notes: Fractalius is a Windows only plug-in. You can use Fractalius only on 8-bit images.
To see more of what can be done with the Fractalius plug-in and to access my free Fractalius Tutorials please check out my latest [URL="http://deniseippolito.com/"]blog[/URL] post.