The Microsoft Impressionist Filter -- What's Newest?
David C. Barber
only, sorry Mac guys) then the one that ships with Front Page 98?
Was this filter ever available otherwise?
*David*
edjh
to have vanished off the face of the earth. I have searched for it
endlessly.
In the Spring I will be haunting the garage sales looking for old copies
of FrontPage.
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Bill Hilton
>Is there any newer version of the Microsoft Impressionist filter (Windows
>only, sorry Mac guys) then the one that ships with Front Page 98?
Speaking of this filter, does anyone know what you need to install it properly?
I have an old FP 98 disk and found plugin file Impres_1.8bf. Moving this to
Photoshop lets me open it as a filter but there are no help files and it only
comes up in Charcoal mode, which doesn't sound right. Do I need to move some
other files with it? Trying to just get the filter off the disk without
loading FP 98.
If anyone knows what's required for full functionality let me know.
Thanks.
Bill
David C. Barber
Then in \Plug-Ins, create a directory \Impressionist Accessories
Under \Impressionist Accessories put imprsnst.cnt, .GID, and .hlp files, and
then drag in the \Brushes, \Factory Settings, and \Paper directories and
their contents.
It is not necessary to load Front Page 9x for this. And even if you did, it
would have put this filter under its own graphic editing program, not
Photoshop.
I think the day Photoshop is no longer compatible with this filter will be
the day I stop updating.
*David*
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Bill Hilton
>Put the Impres_1.8bf file in ...\Photoshop 7.0\Plug-Ins
>
>Then in \Plug-Ins, create a directory \Impressionist Accessories ...
Thanks David, this ALMOST did it, but I had to put the 'impressionist
Accessories' folder one level lower, under /plug-ins/filters to get it to work.
Thanks.
>It is not necessary to load Front Page 9x for this. And even if you did, it
>would have put this filter under its own graphic editing program, not
>Photoshop.
Yeah I know, that's why I ignored Crabbypants (who seems best suited for the
killfile :)
Bill
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Bill Hilton wrote:
> Yeah I know, that's why I ignored Crabbypants (who seems best suited for the
> killfile :)
If I maintained a killfile for people like Crabbypants, my 200G hd would
have been out of space. <g>
wittgenstein
It doest't need installation. I have filter "Impressionist.8bf", and one
folder: "Impressionist Accessories". In this one there is
"imprsnst.hlp" file, and 4 subfolders: brushes, Factory Settings, paper,
and user settings.
W.
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@aol.comedy says...
Mike Davis
but the Impressionist filter seems to be unchanged from the FP98
version. I can NOT, however, get this filter to work with any but
the Charcoal default by installing it PS7.
...\Photoshop 7.0\Plug-Ins\
Impres-1.8bf
...\Photoshop 7.0\Plug-Ins\Impressionist Accessories\
imprsnst.cnt
imprsnst.hlp
Brushes folder
Factory folder
Paper folder
IMGCOMP.GID (see below)
There is no .GID file on my FrontPage 2000 install disk in
the Plug-Ins folder. I tried copying the IMGCOMP.GID
file from the Image Composer folder without success. What
am I missing here? Also tried moving everything from the
\Plug-Ins folder down a level to the \Plug-Ins\Filter folder
with no luck.
Works fine if I set the Additional Plug-Ins folder to my
Image Composer\Plug-Ins folder, but then I can't access
my "normal" alternate Plug-Ins folder without resetting it.
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Gary Pavek
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> There is no .GID file on my FrontPage 2000 install disk in
> the Plug-Ins folder. I tried copying the IMGCOMP.GID
> file from the Image Composer folder without success. What
> am I missing here?
Oooh, oooh, Mister Cotter, Mister Cotter, I know that one!
Windows automatically creates .GID files when you open a .HLP file, which
is the old-fashioned Windows Help files from Windows 3.x days, not the new
HTML Help files that came out first with Windows 95.
The .GID file stores some internal information that the help system uses,
such as display resolution and what size window you last displayed that
help file in, and a few other inane things I can't recall at the moment.
(Haven't had to work on a Winhelp project in 2 or 3 years.)
Basically, you can ignore the .GID file. If you need one, Windows will
cheerfully generate it. In fact, the first time you open a given .HLP file
if there is no .GID file of that name you will see a "Preparing help file
for first use" message, which is the Winhelp engine's way of saying "I'm
creating a .GID file."
Don't know why you can't copy the IMGCOMP.GID file but it won't matter.
Just copy the .HLP to your hard drive and double-click it.
--Gary Pavek
g pavek at yahoo dot com