Documentation for developing plug-ins

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David_Kettle
Dec 30, 2003
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Hi!

I’ve searched the FAQ’s and this topic, but without any luck. If I’ve missed something, I apologize. But I’m a software developer looking for documentation on how to develop plug-ins for Photoshop under Windows. Does anyone know of any such documentation that can be downloaded from the Adobe website, or from one of the forums? Or does anyone know of any books that deal with this subject? All the Photoshop books I’ve seen are aimed at users rather than developers.

Thanks,
David.
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dave_milbut
Dec 30, 2003
you want the sdk. it came for free on the ps 6 disk, but now you must be a napp (sp?) member to get it. search adobe.com for photoshop sdk.
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Jeff_Schewe
Dec 30, 2003
Actually, NAPP has NOTHING to do with getting the SDK. You must be a member of the Adobe Solutions Network (ASN):
<http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/main.html>
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David_Kettle
Dec 30, 2003
Thanks. I just took a look at the ASN page, and it costs $195 to join. Even Microsoft isn’t that anal, they distribute their SDK’s for free.
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Phosphor
Dec 30, 2003
That might explain why there’s so much crap software around. Any dope can pony up the price of admission.
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dave_milbut
Dec 30, 2003
sorry jeff. thanks for the correction. I knew it was one of those, but I couldn’t find the link at the time! 🙂
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David_Kettle
Dec 30, 2003
Well, if you think having a lot of money to spend automatically makes someone a good software developer, I have some property in Florida you might be interested in. But in fact, I only want to develop some plug-ins for my own use. If it’s going to cost money, I’ll continue to use open source or freeware tools, such as Java or Python. Of course, by your criteria, open source software would be "crap" because it’s free. However, I don’t share your opinion, so I’ll continue to use whatever tools are available.
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dave_milbut
Dec 31, 2003
afaicr, it’s the full sdk. i’ll have to dig out my disk and check…
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Andrew_Bokelman
Dec 31, 2003
you want the sdk. it came for free on the ps 6 disk

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dave_milbut
Dec 31, 2003
yup. the whole thing.

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