How To Use Photoshop Plugins On Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 12, 2010

“One of the complaints of Photoshop users is not being able to
work with its plugins in Linux. Photoshop has plugins for effects
and filters that enhance its functionality, expanding the capacity
of the program. On Linux, the Gimp has its own collection of
plugins and scripts, but to satisfy the folks who look down upon
Linux and Gimp, I will present not one but two ways to do the work
of Photoshop plugins in Linux.

“The Most Effective Way

“Everyone who has had contact with windows should know a little
program called Irfanview image viewer. This little program is a
true Swiss army knife for viewing images, and one of its most
remarkable features is to be able to make small edits on the
images. Within these features, you can use 8bf effect filters , the
format of Adobe Photoshop filters. And, this feature is what we’ll
use to run Photoshop plugins in Linux. To be able to run Irfanview
on Linux, we will need to install Wine.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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