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Last updated: 1999.08.19
Introduction
Testing SetupThe information below was provided by Martin Stephens.
NotesPowerBook 3400c with 80 Mb RAM, OS 8.5.1. ClarisWorks v5.0.2 with 20 Mb of RAM assigned. Filters were tested on a 72 dpi image in a paint frame within a drawing document. The image was set to 24 bit (millions) colour and used about 5 Mb of the available 20 Mb, leaving lots of RAM for the filters.
The large RAM partition and 24 bit colour depth were chosen to give the filters every chance to perform. Photoshop seems to work in an RGB colour space so I dont know how the filters will perform in 256 colour mode. Your mileage may vary ;-).
Filters with multiple options were run a few times to make sure that the variations worked. The testing was not exhaustive so I wouldnt be suprised if more of them caused crashes under rigorous testing.
Adobe PhotodeluxeA yes in the works? column means that the filter carries out the calculations and updates the image in the paint frame. It does not mean that there are no problems with setting up the filter.
A no in the works? column means that running the filter either caused a crash or corrupted the picture.
I found that filters that displayed a dialog box with a dark background (e.g. most of the Photoshop 4 filters) all worked as far as adjusting sliders and numbers to vary the results was concerned. Sometimes the background colour would be too dark to read the labels, sometimes not.
More recent filters cannot display a preview even though they work ok in other ways. This limits their usefulness. Older filters seem to be able to provide previews, but without live updates. This suggests that ClarisWorks uses an old version of the Photoshop API.
Some filters gave a Cant work without foreground and background colours type of message. If you see this then check to your AppleWorks pen and fill colours. They must be different for the filter to work.
Some of the filters listed on the main plug-ins page (eg Pointillize & Colour Halftone) as working dont work for me!
Adobe Photoshop 4v1.0, Bundled filters are v3.0.4
Filter
Works?
Issues
Circular No Corrupts Picture Crystallize No Corrupts Picture Lighting Effects No Error: Requires Photoshop 2.5 features Mezzotint No Corrupts Picture Pinch No Corrupts Picture Pointillize No Corrupts Picture Pond Ripple No Corrupts Picture Ripple No Corrupts Picture Shear No Corrupts Picture Sphere No Corrupts Picture Texture Fill... No Error: Requires Photoshop 3.0 features Twirl No Corrupts Picture Wind No Corrupts Picture
Adobe Photoshop 5 (Demo).
Filter
Works?
Issues
Accented Edges Yes No Preview, Dark Background Angled Strokes Yes No Preview, Dark Background Bas Relief Yes No Preview, Dark Background Chalk & Charcoal Yes No Preview, Dark Background Charcoal Yes No Preview, Dark Background Chrome Yes No Preview, Dark Background Clouds No Corrupts Picture Color Halftone No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 1) Colored Pencil Yes No Preview, Dark Background Conté Crayon Yes No Preview, Dark Background Craquelure Yes No Preview, Dark Background Crosshatch Yes No Preview, Dark Background Crystallize Yes No Preview, Dark Background Cutout Yes No Preview, Dark Background Dark Strokes Yes No Preview, Dark Background De-interlace No Corrupts Picture Diffuse Glow No Corrupts Picture Displace No Error # -30900 Dry Brush Yes No Preview, Dark Background Extrude Yes None Film Grain Yes No Preview, Dark Background Fresco Yes No Preview, Dark Background Glass Yes No Preview, Dark Background Glass Yes No Preview, Dark Background Glowing Edges Yes No Preview, Dark Background Grain Yes No Preview, Dark Background Graphic Pen Yes No Preview, Dark Background Halftone Pattern Yes No Preview, Dark Background
Filter
Works?
Issues
Ink Outlines Yes No Preview, Dark Background Lens Flare No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 1) Mezzotint No Corrupts Picture Mosaic Tiles Yes No Preview, Dark Background Neon Glow Yes No Preview, Dark Background Note Paper Yes No Preview, Dark Background NTSC Colors Yes None Ocean Ripple Yes No Preview, Dark Background Paint Daubs Yes No Preview, Dark Background Palette Knife Yes No Preview, Dark Background Patchwork Yes No Preview, Dark Background Photocopy Yes No Preview, Dark Background Pinch No Error # -30900 Plaster Yes No Preview, Dark Background Plastic Wrap Yes No Preview, Dark Background Pointillize No Corrupts Picture Polar No Error # -30900 Poster Edges Yes No Preview, Dark Background Radial Blur Yes No Preview, Dark Background Radial Blur Yes No Preview, Dark Background Reticulation Yes No Preview, Dark Background Ripple No Error # -30900 Rough Pastels Yes No Preview, Dark Background
Filter
Works?
Issues
Shear No Error # -30900 Shear No Error # -30900 Smart Blur No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 1) Smudge Stick Yes No Preview, Dark Background Solarize No Corrupts Picture Spatter Yes No Preview, Dark Background Spherize No Error # -30900 Sponge Yes No Preview, Dark Background Sprayed Strokes Yes No Preview, Dark Background Stained Glass Yes No Preview, Dark Background Stamp Yes No Preview, Dark Background Sumi-e Yes No Preview, Dark Background Texture Fill No Error: Requires Photoshop 3.0 features Texturizer Yes No Preview, Dark Background Tiles No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 1) Torn Edges Yes No Preview, Dark Background Twirl No Error # -30900 Underpainting Yes No Preview, Dark Background Variations No No previews so cannot be used Water Paper Yes No Preview, Dark Background Watercolor Yes No Preview, Dark Background Wave No Error # -30900 Wind No Corrupts Picture ZigZag No Error # -30900
Aldus Gallery Effects Vol 1 (v1.5.1).
Filter
Works?
Issues
Graphic Pen Yes No Preview, Dark Background Note Paper Yes No Preview, Dark Background Pinch No Error # -30900 Ripple No Error # -30900 Rough Pastels Yes No Preview, Dark Background Spherize No Error # -30900 Twirl No Error # -30900 Watercolor Yes No Preview, Dark Background
Aldus Gallery Effects Vol 2 (v1.5.1).
Filter
Works?
Issues
GE Chalk & Charcoal Yes Can't save settings GE Charcoal Yes Can't save settings GE Chrome Yes Can't save settings GE Craquelure Yes Can't save settings GE Dark Strokes Yes Can't save settings GE Dry Brush Yes Can't save settings GE Emboss Yes Can't save settings GE Film Grain Yes Can't save settings GE Fresco Yes Can't save settings GE Graphic Pen Yes Can't save settings GE Mosaic Yes Can't save settings GE Note Paper Sample Yes Can't save settings GE Plastic Wrap Sample Yes Can't save settings GE Poster Edges Yes Can't save settings GE Ripple Yes Can't save settings GE Smudge Stick Yes Can't save settings GE Spatter Yes Can't save settings GE Watercolor Yes Can't save settings
Aldus Gallery Effects Vol 3 (v1.5.1).
Filter
Works?
Issues
GE Accented Edges Yes Can't save settings GE Angled Strokes Yes Can't save settings GE Bas Relief Yes Can't save settings GE Colored Pencil Yes Can't save settings GE Diffuse Glow No Corrupts Picture GE Glowing Edges Yes Can't save settings GE Grain Yes Can't save settings GE Note Paper Yes Can't save settings GE Palette Knife Yes Can't save settings GE Patchwork Yes Can't save settings GE Photocopy Yes Can't save settings GE Plastic Wrap Sample Yes Can't save settings GE Sprayed Strokes Yes Can't save settings GE Stamp Yes Can't save settings GE Texturizer Yes Can't save settings GE Underpainting Yes Can't save settings GE Watercolor Sample Yes Can't save settings
Alien Skin Black Box (v2.0).
Filter
Works?
Issues
GE Conté Crayon Yes Can't save settings GE Crosshatch Yes Can't save settings GE Cutout Yes Can't save settings GE Glass Yes Can't save settings GE Halftone Screen Yes Can't save settings GE Ink Outlines Yes Can't save settings GE Neon Glow Yes Can't save settings GE Note Paper Sample Yes Can't save settings GE Paint Daubs Yes Can't save settings GE Plaster Yes Can't save settings GE Plastic Wrap Yes Can't save settings GE Reticulation Yes Can't save settings GE Sponge Yes Can't save settings GE Stained Glass Yes Can't save settings GE Sumi-e Yes Can't save settings GE Torn Edges Yes Can't save settings GE Water Paper Yes Can't save settings GE Watercolor Sample Yes Can't save settings
Andromeda Software Inc.
Filter
Works?
Issues
AS Glass 2.0 No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 3) AS Glow 2.0 No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 3) AS HSB Noise 2.0 No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 3) AS Inner Bevel 2.0 No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 3) AS Motion Trail 2.0 No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 3) AS Outer Bevel 2.0 No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 3) AS Swirl 2.0 No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 3) AS Drop Shadow 2.0 No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 3) AS Carve 2.0 No Crashes Mac (Type 10) AS Cutout 2.0 No Crashes Mac (Type 10)
Andromeda Software Inc. Suite 1 (v1.2).
Filter
Works?
Issues
ASI Velociraptor 1.1 Yes No Preview, Can only use "selection mode"
Andromeda Software Inc. Suite 2 (v1.2).
Filter
Works?
Issues
cMulti Yes None Designs Yes None Diffract Yes None Halo Yes None Prism Yes None Rainbow Yes None Reflection Yes None sMulti No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 3) Star Yes None Velocity Yes None
Apple Quick Take Filters (v2.0.1).
Filter
Works?
Issues
3D No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 3)
DCI Software Labs (v1.0).
Filter
Works?
Issues
Adjust Brightness - Darken Yes None Adjust Brightness - Lighten Yes None Adjust for Fluorescent Lighting Yes None
Eric Wenger (KPT Bryce creator).
Filter
Works?
Issues
DCI Average Yes None DCI Fade... Yes None DCI Log Yes None DCI Modulus Yes None DCI RGB Swap Yes None DCI Sepia Yes None DCI Solarize Yes None DCI Split 128 Yes None DCI Tiles... Yes None DCI Trig... No Crashes Mac (Type 10) DCI Wind... Yes None
Flaming Pear.
Filter
Works?
Issues
Xtextures No Crashes Mac (Type 10)
Inklination Inc..
Filter
Works?
Issues
Blade 1.4 Yes No Preview Blade 1.5 Yes No Preview Blade Pro 2.09 No Error: Not enough memory FeatherGIF 1.97 No Fills selection with foreground colour India Ink 1.47 Yes No Preview Tessalation 1.26 Yes No Preview
Kai's Power Tools (v1.0).
Filter
Works?
Issues
CrossHatching v1.11 No Crashes Computer (Type 10)
Kai's Power Tools (v2.1).
Filter
Works?
Issues
Convolver No Nothing happens
Kai's Power Tools (v3.0).
Filter
Works?
Issues
Find Edges Charcoal No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 1) Glass Lens Normal No Crashes Computer (Type 10) Page Curl Yes None Smudge Darken Left No Crashes Computer (Type 10) Vortex Tiling No Crashes Computer (Type 10)
Kas Thomas.
Filter
Works?
Issues
3D Stereo Noise No Corrupts Picture Glass Lens No Corrupts Picture Gradient Designer Yes Some settings won't work Interform No Corrupts Picture Lens f/x No Corrupts Picture Page Curl No Corrupts Picture Planar Tiling No Corrupts Picture Seamless Welder No Corrupts Picture Spheroid Designer No Corrupts Picture Texture Explorer No Corrupts Picture Twirl No Corrupts Picture Video Feedback No Corrupts Picture Vortex Tiling No Corrupts Picture
LaserSoft Prepress Colour Tools (v1.0.9).
Filter
Works?
Issues
Callisto v1.0 No Corrupts Picture
Mike Reed and Brice Tebbs.
Filter
Works?
Issues
PCT ColorSelect [k] No Error: Needs colorservices function PCT ColorSync [k] No Error: Needs colorservices function PCT UnsharpMask [k] No Error: Needs colorservices function PCT ColorSector [k] No Error: Needs colorservices function
Rucker Design Group.
Filter
Works?
Issues
Bump v1.0 No Needs and Alpha Channel
Ring of Fire FotoMagic (v1.2).
Filter
Works?
Issues
DitherBox v1.0.5 No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 9)
Wall Art Software.
Filter
Works?
Issues
ColorExpander Yes Can't save settings ColorFilters Yes Can't save settings ColorRanger Yes Can't save settings ColorRanger II Yes Can't save settings ColorReversal Yes Can't save settings ColorScaler Yes Can't save settings ColorShifter Yes Can't save settings ColorSwitcher Yes Can't save settings ColorNoise Yes Can't save settings
Wild River Sucking Fish Filters (v1.0.1).
Filter
Works?
Issues
Graphite v1.04 No Corrupts Picture
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Filter
Works?
Issues
DekoBoko Yes None FrameCurtain-1.01 Yes Can't save settings Inai2Bar No Corrupts Picture MagicalCurtain-1.01 Yes None MidnightsTV Yes None Mr.Sa^Kan-1.01 Yes None
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