Introduction
PlugIn Commander (PiCo) has the following features:
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Activation and Deactivation of
Photoshop, Premiere and Mediastudio PlugIns
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Changing the Category of Photoshop
Filter Factory (=FF) plugIns
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Picture Preview of Photoshop, Premiere
FF plugIns, TXT (created with Plugin
Manager, FFWizard
or PiCo), AFS and PFF files. The Preview is provided by Michael Johannhanwahr's
FFEngine!!!
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Big Picture View (calculation may take long!):
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Fast Preview in PiCo's Logo: usefull for browsing through folders containing
filters.
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Creating filters without the original
Photoshop Filter Factory in PiCo's Filter Factory Editor
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Copying Filter Information to the Clipboard
(in FFWizard's TXT format) and pasting Clipboard text (in FFWizard's TXT
format) into the Filter Factory Editor (=> usefull for pasting Filter Information
into a Email message and sending it to the Filter Factory Discussion Group
(FFDG) or pasting Filter Information from a FFDG posting into PiCo's Filter
Factory Editor)
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Conversion of different file formats
related to Filter Factory
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Converting Photoshop plugins created with Filter Factory to Premiere plugins
and back again (success rate 99%)
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Converting Old Photoshop FF plugins to a newer/older Version
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Archiving Photoshop, Premiere FF plugIns and TXT files into small Filter
Factory Library (=FFL) files and decoding them to plugIns, FFW Text files,
AFS and PFF files
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Decoding Photoshop FF plugIns to ASF file and Premiere FF plugIns to PFF
files
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Encoding TXT file created with Plugin
Manager or FFWizard
to Photoshop and Premiere plugIns
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Converting plugIns to FFWizard
TXT files
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Converting Clipboard text (in FFWizard or Plugin Manager TXT Format) to
a Photoshop or Premiere PlugIn
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Reading/Previewing/Converting of Macintosh Photoshop FF PlugIns (with 99.840
bytes)
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Managing Filter Factory Libraries
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File/PlugIn Organization: Copying,
Moving, Deleting, Creating directories, Killing directories, Renaming
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Starting other programs from within
PiCo or viewing files by launching the associated programs
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Code Snipet Database with usefull FF code fragments
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Memory Spot Function to store 10 x 8 Slider positions temporaly
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AFS and PFF Format Extension: Author, Copyright, Category, Filtername and
Slidernames are included in .afs and .pff files!!!
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Premiere, Photoshop and Paintshop Pro 4 Auto Detection
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etc. ...
Minimum Requirements:
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Hardwear:
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486DX/66 processor (Pentium recommended)
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640x480 screen display with 16 Colors (800x600 16bit recommended)
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8 MB RAM for Win95 / 16 MB for NT (16 MB / 24 MB RAM recommended)
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Software:
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Win95 / NT
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Adobe Photoshop or a compatible application like Paintshop
Pro 4 (you'll need msvcrt10.dll), Picture Publisher 6/7, Corel Draw 6/7/8,
Fractal Painter, Colorworks:Net3 etc.
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Abobe Premiere (if you want to convert Photoshop Plugs to
Premiere)
File Extension Descriptions:
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*.prm : Premiere (Filter Factory) PlugIn
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*.8bf : Photoshop (Filter Factory)
PlugIn
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*.txt : Text file created
with Michael's Plugin Manager
or Mario's FFWizard
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*.afs : File saved with
Photoshop Filter Factory
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*.pff : File saved with
Premiere Filter Factory
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*.ffl : Filter Factory
Library - can store up to 99.999 Premiere or Photoshop Filter Factory Codes
while using a minimum of harddrive space. 1000 FF Filters only need only
100 K as a zipped FFL file.
Filter Factory Versions:
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Windows: Photoshop
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Version 3.0 (57344 bytes): released 1994 by Adobe
white background
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Version 3.0.4 (49152 bytes): released 1995 by Adobe
grey background
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Alf's Power Toys Version (53760 bytes): created 1995 by Alfredo
Mateus
white background
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Johann's Version (49664 bytes): created 1997 by Michael Johannhanwahr
grey background, larger preview, copyright display
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Not supported: Version 3.0 (with 55808 bytes): There exist only
two or three example filters in this format!
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Macintosh: Photoshop
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Version ?? (99840 bytes): released 1994 by Adobe
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Windows: Premiere
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English Version 2.51 (50176 bytes): released 1995 by Adobe
smaller preview
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English Version 4.2 (50176 bytes): released 1996 by Adobe
larger preview, but slider values and author text overlap preview
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German Version 4.2 (50.688 bytes)
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Not supported: French Version 4.2 (50.176 bytes)
Filter Sources:
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ffl file source:
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8bf files source: