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Installation

To install PhotoTools, double-click the installer. You may have downloaded it from the onOne Software web site or if you have the boxed version you can find it on the provided DVD.

Macintosh

  • The default installtion installs all necessary files into all supported versions of Photoshop, Photoshop Lightroom and Aperture found during the installation process.
  • If the selected parent application contains a previous version of PhotoTools, it will be maintained.
  • The PhotoTools plug-in is installed in the Plug-Ins folder inside the Photoshop application folder.
  • The PhotoTools content and databases are installed into the general Application Support folder: /Library/Application Support/onOne Software/PhotoTools 2.5.
  • All other required files and documentation are installed in the PhotoTools folder in the user’s Applications directory.

Windows

  • PhotoTools will list all available versions of Photoshop when the installer is run. Select the version in which you wish to run PhotoTools.

  • The plug-in for Photoshop Lightroom will be installed automatically.
  • The installer will install into one version of Photoshop at a time. If you wish to install PhotoTools into multiple versions, simply run the installer a second time.

  • If the selected parent application contains a previous version of PhotoTools, it is maintained.

  • The PhotoTools plug-in is installed in the Plug-Ins folder inside the Photoshop application folder.
  • The PhotoTools content and databases are installed into the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\onOne Software\PhotoTools 2.5 directory. All other required files and documentation are installed in the PhotoTools 2.5 directory in the user’s Program Files. 

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