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Last updated: 1999.08.19

Introduction

The information below was provided by Martin Stephens.

Testing Setup
PowerBook 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 don’t 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 wouldn’t be suprised if more of them caused crashes under rigorous testing.

Notes
A 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 Can’t 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 don’t work for me!

Adobe Photodeluxe
v1.0, 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 4
.

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



Adobe Photoshop 5 (Demo)
.

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 1 (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 2 (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



Aldus Gallery Effects Vol 3 (v1.5.1)
.

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



Alien Skin Black Box (v2.0)
.

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
.

Filter

Works?

Issues

ASI Velociraptor 1.1 Yes No Preview, Can only use "selection mode"



Andromeda Software Inc. Suite 1 (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



Andromeda Software Inc. Suite 2 (v1.2)
.

Filter

Works?

Issues

3D No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 3)



Apple Quick Take Filters (v2.0.1)
.

Filter

Works?

Issues

Adjust Brightness - Darken Yes None
Adjust Brightness - Lighten Yes None
Adjust for Fluorescent Lighting Yes None



DCI Software Labs (v1.0)
.

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



Eric Wenger (KPT Bryce creator)
.

Filter

Works?

Issues

Xtextures No Crashes Mac (Type 10)



Flaming Pear
.

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



Inklination Inc.
.

Filter

Works?

Issues

CrossHatching v1.11 No Crashes Computer (Type 10)



Kai's Power Tools (v1.0)
.

Filter

Works?

Issues

Convolver No Nothing happens



Kai's Power Tools (v2.1)
.

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)



Kai's Power Tools (v3.0)
.

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



Kas Thomas
.

Filter

Works?

Issues

Callisto v1.0 No Corrupts Picture



LaserSoft Prepress Colour Tools (v1.0.9)
.

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



Mike Reed and Brice Tebbs
.

Filter

Works?

Issues

Bump v1.0 No Needs and Alpha Channel



Rucker Design Group
.

Filter

Works?

Issues

DitherBox™ v1.0.5 No Crashes AppleWorks (Type 9)



Ring of Fire FotoMagic (v1.2)
.

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



Wall Art Software
.

Filter

Works?

Issues

Graphite v1.04 No Corrupts Picture



Wild River Sucking Fish Filters (v1.0.1)
.

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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