User Guide

User Guide Neat Image

33 20-Nov-03

8. Using plug-in

8.1. Installing the plug-in into an image editor

To install Neat Image plug-in to…

… Adobe Photoshop / Photoshop Elements / ImageReady

⇒ Method 1 (traditional one):

Copy the NeatImage.8bf file from the Neat Image installation folder (typically, C:\Program

Files\Neat Image 3.0 Pro Plus\) into the Plugins or Plug-ins subfolder inside the Photoshop /

Photoshop Elements / ImageReady folder.

Then re-start the image editor, and you will find the Neat Image plug-in in the Filter menu under

the ABSoft submenu.

⇒ Method 2 (an easier one, available in Photoshop 7.0, CS):

In Photoshop, go to Edit menu, Preferences | Plug-ins and Scratch Disks and set Additional

Plug-ins Directory to the Neat Image installation folder (typically, C:\Program Files\Neat Image

3.0 Pro Plus\).

Then re-start the editor, and you will find the Neat Image plug-in in the Filter menu under the

ABSoft submenu.

… Jasc Paint Shop Pro

⇒ Open the File menu, select Preferences | File locations | Plug-ins (PSP8), Preferences | File

locations (PSP7) or Preferences | Plug-in Filters (PSP4-6) and select the Neat Image installation

folder. Press OK and the Neat Image plug-in will appear in the Plug-in Filters submenu of the

Effects menu.

8.2. Using the plug-in to process images

The Neat Image plug-in can be invoked from an image editor to process the selected part of one layer or

one channel of the current image. This subsection explains key steps of using the Neat Image plug-in.

Since these steps are very similar to the filtration process of the Neat Image standalone version, the

sequence of steps is described based on the above Filtration process details section, page 9.

8.2.1. Step I. Invoke the plug-in from the image editor

In the image editor, select a layer (or a channel) in the image that should be processed. In this layer

(channel), select an area to be filtered. The whole layer (channel) will be filtered if no area is selected.

Invoke the Neat Image plug-in using the standard way of invoking filter plug-ins from your image

editor:

In Adobe Photoshop / Photoshop Elements / ImageReady

⇒ Select the menu item Filter | ABSoft | Neat Image…

In Jasc Paint Shop Pro

⇒ Select the menu item Effects | Plug-in Filters | ABSoft | Neat Image…

The plug-in is only available in the Pro+ edition of Neat Image. Please see Detailed feature map, page 47.