3 Replies Latest reply: Oct 4, 2014 10:46 PM by Robert Eckerlin RSS

    What must I do to be able to use with PSE V13 the Kodak Filters?

    Robert Eckerlin Community Member

      With PSE Version 10 (and with PSE Versions older than V10),i In order to use the Kodak Filters (e.g. the Kodak "Digital Roc Professional V2.1.0", the KODAK "Digital GEM Professional V2.1.0", ....), I had to do (only-once) the following when running the PSE Editor:

      •   Preferences --> Plug-Ins
      •   check the box "Additional Plug-In Folders" and then "choose" the C\Program Files(X86)\Kodak Folder which contains the Folders with the Kodak flters

       

      Once I had done that (after stopping and restarting the PSE Editor), I could use the KODAK filters  with the PSE Full Editor via Menu --> Filters.

       

      With PSE V13, this does not function. In the PSE V13 Editor, Menu--> Filters does not show me  any KODAK Filters.

       

      Because the PSE V13 Editor was not showing me the KODAK Filters, via Menu--> Filters: I tried the following: I copied the Folder containing the KODAK Filters to the Plug-In Folder of the PSE V13 Editor. This too did not work

       

      I will appreciate your help/Feedback, because I  need the KODAK Filters for the retouching of tousands of scanned old slides (among other for the removal of Color Casts in all those cases where using the the PSE Editor alone is not sufficient for the removal of strong Color casts in old slides)

       

      Thanks in advance

        • 1. Re: What must I do to be able to use with PSE V13 the Kodak Filters?
          Barbara B. CommunityMVP

          Are  you using windows? Don't forget that PSE 13 is 64 bit unless you have a 32 bit system (which the file path in your post indicates is not the case) and so plugins must be as well. Many legacy plugins will not work unless there is an updated version available. If these are the image enhancement plug-ins, note the tech specs:

           

          V

          2.1: Compatible with WINDOWS 7, XP and Vista for ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS5/CS6 (32-bit ONLY), and INTEL/MAC CS5 (32-bit ONLY).

          • 2. Re: What must I do to be able to use with PSE V13 the Kodak Filters?
            Robert Eckerlin Community Member

            Thank You very much Barbara,

             

            Yes, I use Windows 7.1 Professional


            I got the Impression (but I need to verify with more Googling) that there is no 64-bit Version of the Kodak Plug-Ins (which are really useful for a lot of old/faded slides) and that I am out of luck.  ...I will probably be condemned to stick for a while with PSE V10 ...which will be annoying because the lack of direct support of RAW Files of new cameras. .

             

            I will perhaps test, whether i can use reasonably well the PSE V10 Editor as an external Editor to the PSE V13 Organizer. This could allow me to use in most cases the combination of the PSE V13 Organizer and of the PSE V13 Editor. And in those caes where I really need to use the Kodak plugins/filters, I could then switch from the PSE V13 Organizer to the PSE V10 "external" Editor.

            • 3. Re: What must I do to be able to use with PSE V13 the Kodak Filters?
              Robert Eckerlin Community Member

              After playing a simple game  (i.e. copying the PSE V10 Editor.exe under a new name, to avoid that the PSE Organizer recognizes it as being a PSE Editor), I was sucessfull  in defining the PSE V10 Editor as being an external Editor to the PSE V13 Organizer. And I was also successful in taking the following path

              PSE V13 Organizer --> PSE V10 Editor --> Kodak Filter --> Back to the PSE V10 Editor ---> Storing/saving the result of the Edit

               

              ...But.... it is in my old PSE V10 Catalog and not in the new V13 Version of that catalog that the result of the Edit got cataloged....Bad luck for me... I am not sure whether it makes sense to try a Little bit more harder.

               

              Comment added on 5th of October: .I will try to find out whether there is still a company or individuals interested to make some money with a new version of the Kodak filters....a new version of the Kodak filters which would be compatible with newer versions of PSE and of Photoshop that run in 64-bit mode

               

              Based on my Googling, I have the impression that there are other users of the Kodak filters who miss such a compatibility. I have not the slightest understanding of programming in a Windows or Apple inenvironment; but I nevertheless wonder whether a simple solution is possible (i.e. a solution that would probably not be a technical masterwork but would be neither difficult nor expensive to implement but would still be reliable). Such a simple solution  could perhaps  consist of a 64-bit compatible "wrapping" of the current Kodak filters by some 64-bit mode able  Interface-Software and let the current Kodak filters continue to run in 32-bit mode. (either in the same Window as the PSE Editor/Photoshop or perhaps, if nothing better is easely achievable, in a different Window as the PSE Editor...a little bit like PSE Organizer and PSE Editor who run in different Windows).