Focal Blade 1.04 for Win and Photoshop CS3 beta

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Focal Blade 1.04 for Win and Photoshop CS3 beta

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I tried to install FocalBlade in Photoshop CS3 beta, but it doesn't work. How can I do?

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It works for me.

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I tried but I think the problem is Win Vista because it works with Win XP...did you try with Vista?

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Do you use the 32bit version or the 64bit version of Vista?

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HaraldHeim wrote:Do you use the 32bit version or the 64bit version of Vista?
I use Vista Ultimate Edition 64 bit. But I installed on Vista 64 bit both CS2 and CS3. Focal Blade works normally with CS2 but doesn't work with CS3 beta. I don't understand why it's ok just with CS2...

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Post by HaraldHeim »

What exactly do you mean with "it does not work"? Can you run FocalBlade in Photoshop CS3 under Vista 64bit? Do you get a blank dialog? Or does FocalBlade not appear on the Filter menu in Photoshop CS3.

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Focal Blade normally appears in the Filter menu in Photoshop CS3 under Vista 64 bit. But when I click on it in the Filter Menu, CS3 goes in crash and then I must close CS3 necessarily.

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Sounds serious. I will investigate it.

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Let me know something soon. Because CS3 beta is much faster than CS2 and I would like to use Focal Blade with CS3 too.

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Post by HaraldHeim »

Can you please switch off DEP for Photoshop CS3 and restart Photoshop. Here is explained how:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Window ... 11033.mspx

Please let me know if FocalBlade runs now.

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I tried. Nothing. Focal Blade doesn't run. I can't understand because it runs normally with CS2 and Vista 64 bit. And other plug-ins as Noise Ninja or Neat Image work fine with CS3 and Vista 64 bit. I have this problem just with Focal Blade.

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I just ran Photoshop CS3 under Vista Ultimate 64bit and had no problems using FocalBlade or any of the other PhotoWiz plugins.

So I can only conclude that your problems come from your specific system configuration or condition. I will send you a private email and will try to find out what your specific problem is.

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It could be that you have Data Execution Prevention (DEP) activated for all program under Vista. This causes a problem with FocalBlade at the moment. Please activate it only for the system programs.

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Post by 0alinda »

Haraldheim, thanks.

I have the same problem with Gianluke, and I can use FocalBlade in Photoshop now.

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