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Installing Filters & Plug-ins
This tutorial covers the basics of installing plug-ins and filters in Paint Shop Pro. This can be a bit confusing to those that are new to PSP. Hopefully, this will help you to understand a little more.
1. If this is your first time installing plug-ins, you will need to first download these two .dll files. These are required in order for some plug-ins to work properly. Unzip these files and place them in the appropriate folder depending on your operating system.
 MSVCRT.DLL
PLUGIN.DLL
Windows 98 - C:/Windows/System folder
Windows ME - The Plugin.dll goes in C:/Windows folder and in your plugins folder.
The Msvcrt10.dll in C:/Windows/System folder
Windows 2000 - C:/WINNT/System folder
Windows XP - C:/Windows/System32 folder
2. You will find that most Paint Shop Pro compatible plug-ins are in .8BF format. There are some, such as the Filter Factory collections and Andrews collection that come in a different format and will need to be converted to .8BF format. To convert these plug-ins, you will need the Plug-in Commander (PiCo) (freeware version available). You will find an excellent tutorial for converting the files HERE.
3. Now I'll bet you're asking "where do I put the plugins?" I have tons of different plugins installed; some I use regularly, some not so often. But I have found that having too many in one directory causes PSP to run slowly and even crash. So what I did was to create folders inside my "My Documents" folder and named them "plugins 1", "plugins 2", etc. In "plugins 1", I have the ones that I use most. When I get ready to install a new plugin, I create a new folder inside "plugins 1" and name it whatever the plugin is (for example - Eye Candy). Then I install that plugin to that folder. Here is a screen shot that will give you an idea of what I'm talking about:
4. Okay, now that you have the plugins installed, we need to tell PSP where to find them. First open Paint Shop Pro. In PSP 6, go to File - Preferences - General Program Preferences (see below). In PSP 7, go to File - Preferences - File Locations (see below).
5. First open Paint Shop Pro. As shown above, click on the Plug-in Filters tab. Then click on the Browse buttons to locate your plugins folder. When you locate it, click on it to highlight it and click OK. Then click OK on your preferences box.
6. Close Paint Shop Pro then re-open it. Open an image of your choice (this needs to be in 16 million colors such as a .jpg).
7. In PSP 6, go to Image - Plug-in Filters. In PSP 7, go to Effects - Plug-in Filters. You will see a list of all of the plug-ins that you have installed (see below). Select the one that you want to use.
Now that wasn't so hard, was it?
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