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installation

please place the GX_Gothic.8bf file in the plugins path of the host application as well as all the ini files (a sub folder perhaps is best such as

c:\program files\Adobe\Photoshop CS\plug-ins\GXgothic\...

c:\program files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 2\plug-ins\GXgothic\...

c:\program files\Jasc Software\Paint Shop Pro 8\plugins\GXgothic\...

de-install

remove the GX_Gothic.8bf and the GX_... ini files

Company

Abneil software ltd

Plugin type

Freebie

Description

Create dark / gothic like grainy image effects

plugin home site

http://www.graphicxtras.com

support e-mail

support (at) graphicxtras.com

applications

PC only - Photoshop, bryce, painter, canvas, photodraw, paint shop pro and many others

color modes

RGB 8bit by default but also cmyk lab grey 16bit as well

Menu

appears as gothic1 in the menu under GX graphicxtras freebies

works best with

if a pic is very dark to start with.. you will just get dark dark..

quick start

click the "Xtreme" (alt-X) randomisation button to tryout a range of previewed effects click the "Tweak" button (alt-T) once you have settled on a rough idea for the effect, this randomises a limited range of the sliders - the best results from this slider are probably created using the Tweak and not the Xtrm as the Xtrm randomises virtually everything and some of the extreme settings of the RGB sliders at the bottom of the dialog will be very 'ungothic' like Or go through some of the presets

Categories

I have created a number of presets for all the categories, 'category' (basic), subtle etc but only 5 to 10 presets per category dropdown. 100 presets can be saved per category. To save to a category, set the category and click save and the preset will be saved to the 'next' preset slot available To recall, just select the category and select a preset from the preset list (there is no identifier at present.. but a quick way to go through the presets is to place the cursor on the dropdown and use the arrow keys to go through all the presets.. if the preview doesn't change, then there is no preset This is a quick presets setup, it will be tweaked and modified in the future to allow naming etc but that is not available at present. The preset files need to be placed in the same folder as plugin... You can delete the preset file if so desired and start saving from preset 0, ... they are purely text files, and have the name _subtle.ini and this relates to the category

version history

1.3 May 2004 Apply mode (this is not stored in the presets)

1.2 March 2004 Added new options + updated dialog

1.1 March 2004 Added categories and presets as well as extended the dialog size and sliders and added additional buttons to save + some renaming of buttons + you can now run the extreme button using alt-X or the tweak using alt-T etc.

1.0 November 2003 first version

sliders

x - blurring randomised grain (the greater the value, the greater the blurring) Threshold - the higher the value the darker the resulting image red mix 1/2/green mix 1/2 blue mix 1/2 - mixes the original color channels and effect change these settings to create a blue or green or .. color effect Bright - the higher the value the brighter the image.. red, green, blue.. - additional add or minus to the color channels. Up the red and the image will be redder.