Genuine Fractals 4 Quick Start

Genuine Fractals 4.0 Quick Start Installing Genuine Fractals 4.0 NOTE: If an earlier version of was previously installed, you must remove it before you install Genuine Fractals 4.0. 1. Insert the Genuine Fractals installation CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive, then double click the CD icon to display contents of the disk. 2. Run the program “genuinefractals.exe” (Windows) or “genuinefractals.pkg” (Mac) to automatically install Genuine Fractals into your Photoshop Plug-ins folder. 3. Verify the software installs to Adobe\Photoshop 7(or CS)\ Plugins\Adobe Photoshop Only\File Formats. The automatic installer walks you through a simple process. If it does not, click “Browse” and select this path. 4. If the installer removes a previous version, you must run the program again to install the new version. 5. (Optional) Copy the contents of the samples folder to your hard disk. You are now ready to open Adobe Photoshop and begin using Genuine Fractals 4.0. Launching Genuine Fractals Genuine Fractals’ cropping and scaling features are now independent of file format. This means you can scale files of any format supported by Adobe Photoshop – not just STN (or “Sting”) files – with Genuine Fractals. Also, fuller integration with Photoshop means that opening images with Genuine Fractals is easier than ever before. To open the Genuine Fractals Work Area: 1. Open any image in Adobe Photoshop. Note: If you are working with several images in the Photoshop interface, make sure the desired image window is active. 2. From the File menu, choose Automate, then choose Genuine Fractals…. The active image opens in the Genuine Fractals Work Area. Opening an Existing STN File To open an existing STN file: 1. In Photoshop, choose Open… from the File menu. The Open File dialog box appears. 2. Browse directories and select your file. 3. Click Open. Alternatively, drag and drop an STN file into Photoshop. To scale the .STN image in Genuine Fractals, make sure the image window is active and launch Genuine Fractals (see above). Page 1 of 1