Okay, something’s going on with Adobe Search and it’s driving me nuts. But Robert, here’s the deal. There’s a tech article that references the MMXCore issue with CS. You’ll have to search the support docs for it, when search becomes available again. Just use the keyword "MMXCore".
I saw the doc, but when I clicked on it, it said that it couldn’t find it. It’s there, so it’s probably a situtation where they’re tweaking the search engine or something.
Peace,
Tony
Robert,
It sounds to me like maybe you’ve recently specified a secondary plug-ins path to a prior version of Photoshop, or else you’ve copied the plug-ins directory from the older version into CS. Either way, you’ve likely got a conflict with the older version’s MMXCore routines. What you need to do when trying to reuse other plug-ins, is copy only those that are 3rd-party plug-ins to some other folder above the normal plug-ins folder, then point to that. Or, if taking the copy approach, ensure you only copy the 3rd party plug-ins into CS plug-ins folder. Some plug-ins may still require a reinstallation to work properly, but many will copy just fine.
To resolve the current problem, the easiest approach is probably just to reinstall CS over itself so that any native filters that got overwritten by older versions are restored properly.
Regards,
Daryl
You’re right, Daryl. I recently installed a third-party plug-in filter that I thought was installed in the correct CS folder. However, the filters don’t show up in the Filter drop-down box. Even if I re-install CS won’t I still have to resolve the issue of the new filters not showing up in the proper place?
Regards
Robert
Robert,
Yes, you will. However, as far as your MMXCore question is concerned, I don’t think the installation of a 3rd-party plug-in should be a factor unless there is a problem with the plug-in itself. The only time I’ve heard of the MMXCore issues was, as I mentioned previously, when either pointing the secondary plug-ins path in your preferences to the plug-ins folder for a co-installed version of PS, or if you’ve fully copied the Plug-ins folder from PSx to PSCS. This is what a reinstall of PSCS should correct.
As to the problem of not finding the plug-in your installed in the Filter list, I’m not sure why that happened. The only thing there I can think of is that the nature of the plug-in is that it is not a filter per se but perhaps something else such as an import or export format, which would then be accessed from the Import/Export menus. There may be other plug-in types also, but those escape me at the moment.
What are these 3rd-party plug-ins that you’re installing? Identifying them by name may help if others have used them and seen the same problem.
Daryl
Thanks for the info, Tony. I’ll check it out.
Regards,
Robert
The filter is "Convert to B&W Pro", a plug-in to control the conversion process from color to B&W. It’s offered by theimagingfactory.com.
Robert
Thanks for reporting back Robert.
Peace,
Tony
Robert,
Sure enough, just as the ReadMe.htm file for ConvertToBWPro indicates, I found that the filter was in fact listed under the Filters > theimagingfactory. So, seeing as it installed correctly in PS CS for me, by copying the file to the Plug-ins folder, I can only suggest that perhaps you have more filters than PS supports for a given session? I don’t know the limit for PS CS, but older versions of PS required the use of a plug-ins manager or other techniques to control how many plug-ins get loaded when PS is launched. If you have a lot of filters, that may be the problem and is one you could probably confirm easily by moving a few filters out of your Plug-ins folder to some temporary area.
Good luck,
Daryl
you’re no somehow pointing at the mmxcore plugin from a previous version are you? ie. did you move the plugins folder from a prev. version to your current plugin folder and maybe haul say, version 7’s plugins into cs’s plugin folder?
remember that the main plugin directory and the secondary folder both drill down to include subfolders so if this plugin is anywhere in the folder structure, it could get pulled in by ps cs.
I’ve re-installed PS and confirmed that the filter is in the CS Plugin Filter folder. For some reason, I’d placed the filter’s read-me folder in the PS Filter folder; I removed it. Restarting PS, the dreaded MMXCore error doesn’t show up. I’m now able to apply the filter to an image file and processing seems to occur normally.
Thanks for all of your assistance and advice!
Regards,
Robert
