I can't get all my Flaming Pear plug-ins to install in Photoshop CS6 on Mountain Lion. Can anyone help me? I also get crashes on the ones that did install. Whats the problem?

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I can't get all my Flaming Pear plug-ins to install in Photoshop CS6 on Mountain Lion. Can anyone help me? I also get crashes on the ones that did install. Whats the problem?

I cannot get all the Flaming Pear plug-ins to work. I have dragged them into my Photoshop CS6 plug-ins folder but they do not show up under "filters". Also among the ones that do show up and that do work, I am having crashing problems. I chatted with Adobe (they do not answer their phone) and they said "You cannot use any plug-ins with Photoshop-uninstall them right away". When I said, "Then what's the use of Photoshop?" the guy ended my chat session!?!?!?!

Flaming Pear does not reply. What is the problem with the plug-ins?

MacBook Pro (17-inch Late 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Nov 8, 2012 10:19 AM

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Nov 8, 2012 10:54 AM in response to kreplach

You need to contact the maker of the plugin for support.

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Nov 8, 2012 11:02 AM in response to Templeton Peck

Thank you for reply. The maker does not respond. I was thinking of installing my old version of PS CS4 on Mountain Lion and using the plug ins on it. Do you think that would work, or is there Mountain Lion conflict?

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Nov 8, 2012 11:04 AM in response to kreplach

I had no problems with the plug ins on CS4 on Snow Leopard on my old computer.

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Nov 8, 2012 11:08 AM in response to kreplach

Did you verify that the plug-ins that you downloaded are compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS6?

Did you try Flaming Pears FAQ page? http://www.flamingpear.com/faq.html

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Nov 8, 2012 11:18 AM in response to kreplach

kreplach wrote:

I had no problems with the plug ins on CS4 on Snow Leopard on my old computer.

You changed 3 major variables there. I have ML and CS6 point me towards the exact plugin you are trying to use and I will test to see if its ML or CS6 related.

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Nov 8, 2012 11:43 AM in response to sidonsoft

Oh Thank you. I am so frustrated. I am not a computer genius. I love these filters and need them desperately. I bought this new MacBook Pro for this purpose and can't make it work.

Under this first link try "Creative Pack" and "Designer Sextet". I can drag these into Ps CS6 plug ins folder but they wont show up under "filters".

http://flamingpear.com/older.html

ALso here try "Flexify 2". I can install it ok but It keeps crashing on me.

http:/http://flamingpear.com/download.html

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Nov 8, 2012 11:47 AM in response to kreplach

I am sorry the second link doesnt work. You can find "Flexify 2" on the same website as the first link, under "Downloads."

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Nov 8, 2012 11:57 AM in response to JShimazaki

Dear jShimazake,

Yes I have viewed the website and they say they are compatible. Sadly, the company does not respond. I love these plug-ins. They are absolutely brilliant and I am addicted to them. They are the core of my art. I've thought of uninstalling Ps CS6 and installing Ps CS4 instead because I had no problems with CS4 on Snow Leopard. Can I assume that CS4 on Mountain Lion would not give me problems and my plan would work?

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Nov 8, 2012 12:13 PM in response to kreplach

Kreplach,

Open CS6 > Preferences > Plug-ins

in the preferences menu > select plugins on the left column > and check the box additional plugins folder

choose > location of a plugins folder (make one or use the mounted volume of the dmg I downloaded from pear site)

You need to close Photoshop CS6 and reopen it for the plugin to load:

Enjoy,

Sidonsoft

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Nov 8, 2012 1:11 PM in response to kreplach

kreplach wrote:

Flaming Pear does not reply. What is the problem with the plug-ins?

I don't know much about those plug-ins, but one big thing that changed is that Photoshop went all 64-bit in CS6, so a lot of older plug-ins that are still 32-bit only no longer work. I wonder if that's part of the problem, if you don't have the latest version of the plug-ins.

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Nov 8, 2012 1:25 PM in response to sidonsoft

Dear Sidonsoft,

I tried what you said with "Creative Pack" and I relocated the Creative Pack plug-in folder to be next to the Adobe plug in folder located inside Photoshop. This however still did not allow it to show up under "filters". (Flexify 2 already does work-just crashes). (I am also having problems with Photoshop freezing).

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