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Inspiring
May 27, 2012
Not Prioritized

P: Please support PixelBender in CS6/CC

  • May 27, 2012
  • 211 replies
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Why pn earth would Adobe drop this hugely successful and uniqe set of plug-ins/filters! I know a lot of people are very unhappy about this. I really hope Adobe changes its mind and comes out with an upgrade/patch to fix this problem.

211 replies

Inspiring
November 1, 2012
Glad I read all of these. I was thinking of upgrading to CS6, but I use pixel bender on multiple photos. I don't want to lose that plug-in. May consider upgrading if the plug-in is available or the "oil paint" filter in CS6 gets upgraded to the satisfaction of pixel bender users.
Inspiring
October 22, 2012
Worked well with CS5 and upgraded to CS6 and lost the capability. Please consider adding it to the CS6 product.

Inspiring
September 10, 2012
Just realised myself that it's missing. And like many others have stated, that "sucks".
Inspiring
September 9, 2012
I was afraid that this is what had happened to Pixel Bender, since they had sort of put the Oil Paint operator in CS6.
It is too bad, some of the effects were silly but several besides oil paint had definite potential.
Perhaps if this topic stays alive they will reconsider but for now I am off to look into the standalone version before re-installing CS5.
Inspiring
September 2, 2012
I spent all this money upgrading to cs6 just to find out I need to re-install cs 5 This sucks!
Inspiring
August 20, 2012
i need the droste effect!
Inspiring
August 8, 2012
please disdiscontinue it!
Inspiring
August 7, 2012
Can the droste effect plugin be installed and used on photoshop cs6? it requires the pixle bender plugin but adobe no longer supports this?

Inspiring
July 29, 2012
Yes, I agree, make it happen. People love it
-Kerry
Inspiring
July 18, 2012
I just purchased a copy of Photoshop CS6 to understand the technology behind Imaging and Photography. I tried writing Photoshop plugins but you have to stand on your head to get them working with Xcode 4.3 (which is what we all should use and not Xcode 4.5 which we all will use next month). Writing Photoshop plugins is not for the faint hearted. The Dissolve Plugin sample does not compile out of the box unless you make some changes to the source basically commenting out header files.
I got experimenting with Pixel Bender and was extremely pleased at how easy it is to create filters. Then I learnt that I cannot use it under CS6.
I see no reason why Adobe cannot support Pixel Bender as just from the training perspective it is the best tool I have found so far to write Pixel Benders.
My question is what is the next best choice for writing Pixel Filters from the perspective of understanding digital imaging and photography.