installing 3rd Party Plugins

[Kristin Napolillo]

Do 3rd party plugins work in Elements 2? I have a few and I can't seem to get Elements to recognize them. I've installed them in the plugins folder and they don't show up

[Kristin Napolillo]

Addendum to question:

I tried the Preferences|Scratch disks and plugins assignment option, but that doesn't seem to work either.

[Elena Murphy]

1) What kind of plugins are you using? Some of them show up in other places like the Import/Export plugins go in the File menu usually.

Or, if the plugins are older, there's a chance they won't work on newer versions of either Photoshop or Elements because the API (programming interface) is different.

[Barbara Brundage]

Kristin, are you using a mac, by any chance? Most plug-ins written for os 9 won't work in X. You could try running PE in classic mode if that's what's happening.

[Kristin Napolillo]

I'm running Elements on WinXP. I have Auto FX, SuperBladePro, Xaos Tools. All purchased last year. Maybe I'm not installing them to the place I should, but if I follow the directions and point Elements to the folder they're located in, they just don't show up where I expect them to show up. Should I be looking for them in the filters tab or effects tab, or someplace else?

[Paul L UK]

Kristin

They should appear at the bottom of the Filters drop down menu, below the separator.

Paul