Tell the user where to put it
ganego opened this issue · 7 comments
I downloaded this plugin for PS and the readme is not even remotely helpful:
Place GmicPlugin.8bf and gmic folder in the folder that your host application searches for filter plug-ins.
How should a normal user know where that is? So instead of having every user of this google the answer, just write it in the readme, so work has to be done only once.
The answer for PS is: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC\.
How should a normal user know where that is? So instead of having every user of this google the answer, just write it in the readme, so work has to be done only once.
I cannot put the host plugin folder in the readme because it would depend on what host application is being used and its installation location.
Photoshop, Affinity Photo, XnView and any other compatible hosts would each have their own default folders that are searched for plugins.
Photoshop, Affinity Photo, XnView and any other compatible hosts would each have their own default folders
Exactly. So it's like five extra lines of text to cover all the most-used programs.
@ganego , you are then welcome to contribute adding those lines in the README with the information you already know. That would be helpful indeed.
The answer for PS is:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC\.
On a 64-bit machine that path would only work for the 64-bit Adobe CC applications.
The 32-bit CC applications would have to use C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC\.
The CC portion of the path is also version specific, the CS6 suite uses CS6 etc.
Adobe uses Hard Drive\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\[Photoshop version number] on their Plug-In installation help page.
Affinity Photo uses the hidden folder C:\ProgramData\Affinity\Photo\1.0\Plugins.
The gmic-8bf project wiki now hosts installation instructions for several popular hosts.
Using the wiki allows for much more detailed instructions for each host than could be provided in the plug-in readme.