About Plugins Outside Of Photoshop

TH
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Tina_Hayes
Dec 19, 2003
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Just wondering since I’ve read it makes it start faster:

I’m using V 7

Now if I create a new directory like so:
Program Files\Adobe\Plugins

And I place all third party plugs there PS is supposed to start faster?

What I’m not understanding is how.

Won’t it still need to load the plugins from my secondary loacation upon startup?

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Dion_Geaney
Dec 19, 2003
I think the idea is that you DON’T set your preferences to load that new plug-ins folder on startup, therefore Photoshop WILL load faster. Then when you do decide you want to use a 3rd party Plug-in/Filter you change your prefs to point to that folder then restart.

If you only use your plug-ins on the odd occassion it’s quite a good idea.
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LenHewitt
Dec 19, 2003
Tina,

The advice about installing 3rd part plugins to their own folder is a matter of convenience, not speed. When you get an upgrade to the next version it makes it easy to point the new application at that folder without danger of version conflicts between the ‘built-in’ filters.

The ‘speed thing’ is different. Some 3rd. party plugins put a lot of additional files other than the actual plugin in the plugins folder. They don’t need to be there and can be moved to another folder. It’s getting rid of those files from the plugins folder that speeds things up.
TH
Tina_Hayes
Dec 19, 2003
Thanks 🙂

I only use a few of the many plugins I have, so I guess I could be safe to move them out of there.

I didn’nt realize that some of the crap that also gets installed could be moved safely.

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