How do you make photoshop plug ins? CAN it BE that difficult?

Just wondering if there is a tool to make plug-ins?

Thanks in advance

brian turner wrote in
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Just wondering if there is a tool to make plug-ins?

Thanks in advance

No it's not you just need to KNOW everything to make the plugin, simple realy, nothing to it. oh a a program to make plugins, err maybe you could writ that, can't be that difficult - DUH!!!

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"brian turner" wrote in message > Just wondering if there is a tool to make plug-ins?

Yes, plugins are easy and a lot of fun. Some people have written hundreds of them. You need the Software Development Kit from Adobe, and a C programming environment - Visual C++ for Windows, or Metrowerks for Mac.

The best resource I've found describing this is Toby Thain's web page: http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/
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Mike Russell wrote:

"brian turner" wrote in message > Just wondering if there is a tool to make plug-ins?

Yes, plugins are easy and a lot of fun. Some people have written hundreds of them. You need the Software Development Kit from Adobe, and a C programming environment - Visual C++ for Windows, or Metrowerks for Mac.
The best resource I've found describing this is Toby Thain's web page: http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/

Hey Mike, thanks for the plug and the compliment.

Another place for info is Harald Heim's http://thepluginsite.com/ which covers "filter construction tools" like my Filter Foundry and FilterMeister (Windows only):
http://thepluginsite.com/knowhow/plugincreation.htm

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brian turner wrote:

Just wondering if there is a tool to make plug-ins?

Yes, there is. It's called the Adobe Software Development Kit (SDK).

All you need is the SDK, a C++ compiler, and a knowledge of digital signal processing. You write your plugin in the programming language called C++, using Adobe's headers and interface provided in the SDK, compile your program as a plugin, and you're done.

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tacit wrote:

In article ,
brian turner wrote:

Just wondering if there is a tool to make plug-ins?

Yes, there is. It's called the Adobe Software Development Kit (SDK).
All you need is the SDK, a C++ compiler, and a knowledge of digital signal processing. You write your plugin in the programming language called C++, using Adobe's headers and interface provided in the SDK,

Or C. For those who decline to run the gauntlet of the new 'developer approval' process, the Photoshop SDK can be found on Photoshop CDs of version 6 or earlier. Even the older SDKs can create plugins that can run with all versions of Photoshop through CS2.

compile your program as a plugin, and you're done.

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"Kingdom" wrote in message

No it's not you just need to KNOW everything to make the plugin, simple realy, nothing to it. oh a a program to make plugins, err maybe you could writ that, can't be that difficult - DUH!!!

Is there any chance you could say that in a language that most of us might be able to understand?