Plugins for Designer Pro 7

**RaptorMoonX** · 14 December 2011, 12:37 AM

Hello,

I just bought Designer Pro 7 and I was wondering if the following plugins will work with it and how do I get them into the program:

Alien Skin Xenofex 2
Eye Candy 4000

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm just learning the program (upgraded from Xtreme 5 Pro). Thanks! ^_^

**angelize** · 14 December 2011, 01:28 AM

Hello Raptor,

In my experience Alien Skin plug ins work well with DP7 I have Eye Candy 4000 and 6 and Snap Art, and they work quite well. I don't have the Xenofex plugin but it should work. As for getting them into the program, you need to install them into the plug ins folder which is located in program files> Xara> Designer pro 7> xara picture editor> PS plugins. Once you do that they should appear in the plug ins list when you select the live effects tool.

Edit: If you already have these plugins installed in Xtreme 5 you can point DP7 to the plug ins folder in Xtreme 5 using the plug ins /effects tab on the options dialogue. Click the set up button and type in the path to the Xtreme 5 plug in folder.

**gwpriester** · 14 December 2011, 01:39 AM

Or, you can copy the files and paste them to DP7 in the Xara Designer Pro 7 Xara Picture > PSplug-ins folder.

**amoore** · 14 December 2011, 02:27 PM

Or, you can install your plugins in a central folder and point all your plugin-using applications to that folder.

Pointing to plugins folder: Utilities | Options | Effects & Plugins tab | Setup button

**ODdOnLifeItself** · 14 December 2011, 02:56 PM

Hello

This is just a follow up to what Frances (Angelize) said...

Xenofex 2 does work fine with Designer Pro 7.

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**RaptorMoonX** · 16 December 2011, 01:16 PM

Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you. I'm in the middle of finals. Yay....@_@ I followed Frances instructions and everything works. ^_^ Thanks again!

**angelize** · 16 December 2011, 07:34 PM

You are very welcome Raptor, I'm glad I was able to help.

**allwaysjudee** · 01 January 2012, 09:45 AM

Hi,

I would like to add a question here - if I have Photoshop and use plugins with it that are in a different place, do I need to place them in the Xara folder. I know Live Effects allows me to setup a file path, but if I setup a file path to my PS plugins folder, will this then annul the current Xara plugins? Or will they still be accessable in the menu?

Thanks.

**Albacore** · 01 January 2012, 10:11 AM

I have 2 plugin folders and both work in Live Effects. What I would say is don't link to many plugins in Xara cos I did and it slowed down Xara drastically.

**handrawn** · 01 January 2012, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by allwaysjudee

Hi,

I would like to add a question here - if I have Photoshop and use plugins with it that are in a different place, do I need to place them in the Xara folder. I know Live Effects allows me to setup a file path, but if I setup a file path to my PS plugins folder, will this then annul the current Xara plugins? Or will they still be accessable in the menu?

Thanks.

setting up a path will not affect the xara default plugins

be aware not all PShop plugins work with xara