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Nicholas Hayes edited this page Mar 31, 2021 · 3 revisions

This page describes the G'MIC 8bf filter plug-in installation for Photoshop.

Default Plug-In Folder Location

The default location that plug-ins are installed to will depend on the version of Photoshop you have installed.

Photoshop CC

Plug-ins are installed in a common folder that is shared between all Photoshop CC versions.

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-ins\CC

If you have installed both the 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Photoshop CC, the 32-bit version will use the following common plugin folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-ins\CC

Photoshop CS6 and earlier

Plug-ins are installed in a version-specific plugin folder.

C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop [version]\Plug-ins

If you have installed both the 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Photoshop CS4-CS6, the 32-bit version will use the following version-specific plugin folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Photoshop [version]\Plug-ins

Installing the G'MIC 8bf Filter Plug-In

After unzipping the plug-in you will have a folder to at looks like the following:

Unzipped plug-in folder

Select the GmicPlugin.8bf file and the gmic folder and copy it to your Photoshop plug-ins folder.

The following image shows how the Photoshop CC plug-ins folder should look after the plugin has been installed:

Photoshop plug-in folder after install

After installation the plug-in can be found as the G'MIC-Qt menu item in the GMIC category of the Filters menu.

Photoshop Filter menu

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