photoshops elements kpt filters freezes photoshop up

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keith_nakoff
Nov 18, 2003
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does anyone know a patch or fix for the lock up that occurs when attempting to apply a filter from kai’s power tools 3? I’m using photoshop elements.

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Nancy_S
Nov 18, 2003
Keith,

I don’t know, but do the filters say they are compatible with Elements (rather than full PS)?
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Nancy_S
Nov 18, 2003
Keith,

I just looked at their web page and I see that version 5 (though I know you have an older version) does not even support full Photoshop 7 or Mac OSX. This would seem to suggest that they would not be compatible with PSE2 as it is based on PS7. This is my best guess.
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jhjl1
Nov 18, 2003
I have KPT Effects that says it will work through Photoshop 5 and it works fine with Elements 2, Photoshop 7.1 and PSP 8.1.


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jwh 🙂
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Nancy_S
Nov 18, 2003
jh,

I guess that is good and bad news for Keith. Obviously the manufacturer’s site was WAY to conservative on the compatibility issue, stating emphatically that version 5 is not compatible with PS7. Always best to get the "haps" from someone who actually has the program. Which version do you run and what is your opinion of it?

Nancy
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Nancy_S
Nov 18, 2003
Keith,

Do you have plenty of available system resources? Some filters require a large amount of processing and keeping current with your "computer housekeeping" chores will improve performance. What operating system are you using? Why not give a few details on your computer specs.

Nancy
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jhjl1
Nov 18, 2003
Nancy:

It is called KPT effects. I can not find a version # in the pdf. help file or in any of the read me files or any other
documentation. It works fine with all three programs that I use. I haven’t used filters much in the past but I would rate this up there with Eye Candy, Blade Pro or Auto FX. I think the key is to not overuse them.
It includes the following filters:
KPT effects

The KPT effects filters are KPT® Channel SurfingT, KPT® FluidT, KPT®

FraxFlame IIT, KPT® Gradient LabT, KPT® Hyper TilingT, KPT® Ink

DropperT, KPT® Lightning, KPT® Pyramid PaintT, and KPT® ScatterT.


Have A Nice Day,
jwh 🙂
My Pictures
http://www.pbase.com/myeyesview
KN
keith_nakoff
Nov 19, 2003
I realy appreciate all of the input thus far. Actually I’m impressed. The system that I am using is a 400 mghz processor running win 2000. 370+ megs of ram an pleny of hard drive. I had heard that this problem existed with ps 7 also. I was told that there was an upgrade version, besides 8, that fixed the issue. I was hoping there might be a similar fix for elements. Some one mentioned kpt effects, does anyone know if it contains the texture explorer? That is the main filter that I am realy interested in.

Thanks

Keith
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Nancy_S
Nov 19, 2003
Keith,

Jwh listed the contents of KPT Effects about three posts before this one. On the Corel site I just now saw they have "KPT Collection". I didn’t read all the contents, you might want to check it out.
JC
Jane_Carter
Nov 19, 2003
Oh, I just remembered, I bought Corel KPT Collection last summer, misplaced the disk, and just found it today after reading this.
I must install it! Thanks for jogging the old memory(mine, not my computer’s). Jane

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