Free Software Install

MEDIA PLAYERS

2009-07-17T04:14:00.000-07:00

AUDIO PLAYERS

2009-07-17T01:55:00.000-07:00

PowerMp3_Installer.exe CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5645682/PowerMp3_Installer.exe.html

agfreesetup.exe CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5645733/agfreesetup.exe.html

setup.exe CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5645784/setup.exe.html

TYPING TUTORS

2009-07-17T01:43:00.000-07:00

Mario typing tutor CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5645233/MarioTypingTutor.zip.html

Speed Typing Test CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5645253/Install.exe.html

Talking Typing Tutor CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5645277/TalkingTypingTutor.zip.html

Typing Tutor 6 CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5645347/TypingTutor6.zip.html

PROGRAMING

2009-07-17T01:30:00.000-07:00

FOXPRO26.zip CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5645105/FOXPRO26.zip.html

MICROSOFTC-7.zip CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5645148/MICROSOFTC-7.zip.html

INTERNET UTILITIES CHILD LOCK

2009-07-17T01:23:00.001-07:00

Child lock CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5645057/child.zip.html

OFFICE 2003

2009-07-17T01:15:00.000-07:00

Office 2003 CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5644965/SETUP.EXE.html
Key
GWH28-DGCMP-P6RC4-6J4MT-3HFDY

Microsoft Office 2003 ReadMe File: General Information
© 2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
This document provides late-breaking information about the Microsoft® Office 2003. The Contents section lists all of the information contained in this file; for late breaking information specific to an individual Office system product, see the Readme file for that product.
Product
Filename
Word 2003
WDREADME.HTM
Excel 2003
XLREADME.HTM
Outlook 2003
OLREADME.HTM
PowerPoint 2003
PPREADME.HTM
PowerPoint Viewer 2003
PVREADME.HTM
Access 2003
ACREADME.HTM
FrontPage 2003
FPREADME.HTM
InfoPath 2003
INREADME.HTM
OneNote 2003
ONREADME.HTM
Publisher 2003
PBREADME.HTM
How to use this document
To view the ReadMe file on the screen, maximize the browser window. To print the ReadMe file, click the Print button on the toolbar.
Readme file locations
Before installation, the Readme files are located on CD1 in FILES\PFILES\MSOFFICE\OFFICE11\LCID, where LCID is the number for the language of your product. After installation, these files are located on your hard disk in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\LCID, where LCID is the number for the language of your product.
Language
LCID
Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
1025
Bulgarian
1026
Chinese (Hong Kong SAR)
3076
Chinese (PRC)
2052
Chinese (Taiwan)
1028
Croatian
1050
Czech
1029
Danish
1030
Dutch (Netherlands)
1043
English (United States)
1033
Estonian
1061
Finnish
1035
French (France)
1036
German (Germany)
1031
Greek
1032
Hebrew
1037
Hindi
1081
Hungarian
1038
Italian (Italy)
1040
Japanese
1041
Korean
1042
Latvian
1062
Lithuanian
1063
Norwegian (Bokmal)
1044
Polish
1045
Portuguese (Brazil)
1046
Portuguese (Portugal)
2070
Romanian
1048
Russian
1049
Serbian (Latin)
2074
Slovak
1051
Slovenian
1060
Spanish (Modern Sort)
3082
Swedish
1053
Thai
1054
Turkish
1055
Ukrainian
1058
System requirements
All Microsoft Office editions in the 2003 release have approximately the same minimum system requirements.
Processor
Pentium 233 Mhz or higher processor; Pentium III recommended
Operating system
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or later, or Windows XP or later (recommended)
Memory
64 MB RAM (minimum);128 MB RAM (recommended)
Disk space
245 MB, including 115 MB of available space on the hard disk that contains the operating system. Hard-disk space usage varies depending up the configuration. A local installation source requires approximately 2 GB of hard-disk space during the installation; the local installation source that remains on users' computers requires as much as 240 MB of hard-disk space beyond that required for Office.
Monitor
Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution with 256 colors
Disk drive
CD-ROM drive
Pointing device
Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse®, or compatible pointing device
Note None of the Microsoft Office editions in the 2003 release runs on the Microsoft Windows Me, Windows 98, or Windows NT operating systems. If any client computers are currently running one of these operating systems, you must upgrade the operating system before installing Microsoft Office.
Certain programs in the Microsoft Office System require additional items or services:
Speech recognition requires a Pentium II 400 Mhz or higher processor.
Microsoft Office InfoPath™ 2003 requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater.
Handwritten notes in Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 require Tablet PC pen input for capturing digital ink.
Advanced collaboration features in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 may require Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.
Internet functionality requires separate dial-up or broadband Internet access.

OFFICE 2007

2009-07-17T01:11:00.000-07:00

Office 2007 CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5644872/setup.exe.html
Key
DDWJC-VFGHJ-7GFK6-9QK3D-PFTHW

OFFICE 2002

2009-07-17T01:06:00.000-07:00

Office 2000 CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5644784/SETUP.EXE.html
Key
GC6J3-GTQ62-FP876-94FBR-D3DX8.TXT

Microsoft Office 2000 Readme File
June 1999
(c) 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

This Readme file tells you where to find late breaking information for each of the
products in the Office box.

For late breaking or other information relevant to all the Microsoft Office 2000 products, see the Ofread.txt file. This file is located on CD1 in PFFILES\MSOFFICE\OFFICE or on your hard disk in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\1033\ after you install Office.

For late breaking information specific to an individual Office 2000 product, see the Readme file for that product. For Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, and FrontPage, these files are located on CD 1 in PFFILES\MSOFFICE\OFFICE. For Publisher and Small Business Tools, the file is located at the root of CD2. For PhotoDraw, the file is located at the root of CD3.

After installation, Readme files for Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, and FrontPage are also stored on your hard disk in the path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\1033\. For PhotoDraw, the path is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Setup\PhotoDraw.

The file names are:

· WdRead9.txt (Microsoft Word 2000)

· XlRead9.txt (Microsoft Excel 2000)

· OlRead9.txt (Microsoft Outlook 2000)

· PpRead9.txt (Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, included in Microsoft Office 2000 Standard, Professional, and Premium)

· AcRead9.txt (Microsoft Access 2000, included in Microsoft Office 2000 Professional and Premium)

· FpRead9.txt and Fpsread.txt (Microsoft FrontPage 2000, included in Microsoft Office 2000 Premium)

· Readme.hlp (Microsoft Publisher 2000 and Microsoft Small Business Tools, both included in Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business, Professional, and Premium)

· Readme.wri (Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000, included in Microsoft Office 2000 Premium).

ANTIVIRUS NORTON 2009 V16.0.0.125 FINAL

2009-07-16T12:41:00.000-07:00

CLICK THIS LINK
NAV2009_16.0.0.125_OEM90_crack.exe
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5637078/NAV2009_16.0.0.125_OEM90_crack.exe.html

NAV2009_16.0.0.125_OEM90_setup.exe
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5637064/NAV2009_16.0.0.125_OEM90_setup.exe.html

Installation notes Norton_TrialReset_1.5V:
******************************************
This program requires that .NET Framework 3.5 be installed.
Download .NET Framework 3.5:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=333325FD-AE52-4E35-B531-508D977D32A6&displaylang=en
Use the link below to download the latest 15-Day Trial version of Norton.
http://shop.symantecstore.com/store/symnahho/en_US/ContentTheme/ThemeID.106300/pbPage.Trialware_en_US
This crack resets the trial period every time you start your computer.
It was tested on WinXP (x86) & Vista (x86/x64).
Installation:
1- Install Norton Internet Security 2009 or Norton Antivirus 2009.
* If already installed then skip to step 2.
2- Execute the crack. (For VISTA, select "Run as administrator.")
2a. Select (A) if your Norton 2009 has expired. Also select (A) if you just
want to install the Trial Reset (15 / 90-Day).
2b. Select (B) if your Norton has not expired and you want to convert your
Norton 2009 (15-Day Trial) into a (90-Day Trial). Before you can convert,
you need to do the following:
For Windows x86 only. You must turn OFF the "Norton Product Tamper Protection".
To disable this feature, open Norton, select , ,
, , and switch it OFF, click
, and . IF you are still having problems, try installing this program
in Safe Mode (F8) using an Administrator account.
3- Restart your PC and update Norton.
4- Turn ON the "Norton Product Tamper Protection". (For Windows x86 only)
5- To uninstall, just select "Remove Norton Trial Reset". The uninstall will not
convert your 90-Day Trial back into a 15-Day Trial.
<--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
*NOTE: In general it's recommended to install & register apps offline
if possible, and block apps connecting to internet if not needed!
*NOTE about AV Progs:
To avoid AV progs removing clean cracks: exclude the crack, the path to, or the
folder of the the crack in the AV its settings (auto-protect & scanning-path).

If an AV prog removed a clean crack usually it can be restored (if it's not in
Quarantaine then look at History or something similar).
*To avoid any risk when using cracks also a so called Sandboxie can be used:
http://www.sandboxie.com/
<--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
<--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
Original install notes:
***********************
This program requires that .NET Framework 3.5 be installed. Use the link below to download.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=333325FD-AE52-4E35-B531-508D977D32A6&displaylang=en
Use the link below to download the latest 15-Day Trial version of Norton.
http://shop.symantecstore.com/store/symnahho/en_US/ContentTheme/ThemeID.106300/pbPage.Trialware_en_US
This crack is for Norton Internet Security 2009 & Norton AntiVirus 2009 version 16.0.0.125. It doesn't work
on version before 16.0.0.125. This crack also works on Norton 2009 (15-Day & 90-Day Trial). It just resets
the trial period every time you start your computer. It was tested on WinXP (x86) & Vista (x86/x64).
There is a "nag" screen when you open up Norton 2009 (15-Day Trial version).
Installation:
1- Install Norton Internet Security or Antivirus 2009 (it's recommended to disconnect internet).
* If already installed then skip to step 2.
2- Execute the crack. (For VISTA, select "Run as administrator.")
2a. Select (A) if your Norton 2009 has expired. Also select (A) if you just want
to install the Trial Reset (15 / 90-Day).
2b. Select (B) if your Norton has not expired and you want to convert your
Norton 2009 (15-Day Trial) into a (90-Day Trial). Before you can convert,
you need to do the following:
For Windows x86 only. You must turn OFF the "Norton Product Tamper Protection".
To disable this feature, open Norton, select , , ,
, and switch it OFF, click , and . IF you are still having
problems, try installing this program in Safe Mode (F8) using an Administrator account.
3- Restart your PC and update Norton.
4- Turn ON the "Norton Product Tamper Protection". (For Windows x86 only)
5- To uninstall, just select "Remove Norton Trial Reset". The uninstall will not convert your 90-Day Trial
back into a 15-Day Trial.

ANTIVIRUS AVAST 4.8 PROFESSIONAL 1335+SERIAL+37 SKINS UPDATE 14.04.2009

2009-07-16T06:02:00.000-07:00

CLICK THIS LINKS

setupengpro.exe
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5632760/setupengpro.exe.html

Skins.rar
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5632799/Skins.rar.html

vpsupd.exe
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5632870/vpsupd.exe.html

--------------------------------------------------------avast! 4.8.1195----------------------------------------------------------------------
PRO LICENZIJA:
W1730092R9966A0912-LAZW1CDU
W8995426R9964A0910-TJU7V9CH
W5302421R9968A0910-RT27DBS9
W2796978R9964A0912-RUJPPL2T
W9461686R9975A0912-JKCFTJK0
W5894409R9971A0910-XHWLJ9TP
W01150507R9983F1147-DUF54YYU
W65969262R9983N1147-FRA2BWCL
W9623783R8800A1106-9MVRTKH8
W9220690R8800K1106-WBHYT9W3
W8684029R8800W1106-ED9LBRXC
W7321627R8800X1106-1WRJYHYZ
W8301083R9900D1199-U0WWYJ3V
W3763548R9900D1199-K9R2KVTJ
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OEM LICENZIJA:
W4529611M9991D1199-YHT0CFNY
W2518465M9998G1186-ZE2S4P0U
W9701509M9981Z1179-8V0KY6EX
W6936370M9996N1162-PCHJVVAE
W3181423M9987Z1181-LVUB0X6X
W8327728M9993Q1148-U0C2FRFP
W33576796M9900B6089-V1ZXFFR3
C32838505M9900V7184-281193W6
W74385271M9900T7189-R65KY1MS
S45630947M9900A8389-CV2YF059
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HOME LICENZIJA:
W04053650H9900A5770-TP39K0TE
C26918786H9900B5357-YJ58CVXV
C84622354H9900C1445-52HAHS63
C14206086H9900G0655-M2P707X9
S10649574H9900A7754-NMC46H3J
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SCHOOL LICENZIJA:
C78329824E9900J8454-EAX3PZ4H
C59249769E9900N1595-ENS7ULJH
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STANDART LICENZIJA:
S26677102R9900F9381-MW88RC3X
S83950243R9900W3566-P8D2995S
S0427399R9997V1157-6HRNF88N
S6077955R9993J1187-3J5XJFA6
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SERVER LICENZIJA:
S5643421R9968A0910-A525UZHL
S9398587R9944A0912-P0KLBFN8
S0843942R9991Y1151-65PCBBMH
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CLIENT LICENZIJA:
C9064110R9956A0911-3HS6C0CP
C1501491R9951A0910-1AAZJX2W
C0311884R9991H1157-RUV34PYP
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ANTIVIRUS TEMP.RISING

2009-07-16T05:35:00.000-07:00

CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5632507/RISING.EXE.html

ANTIVIRUS AVG75FREE_503A1171

2009-07-16T05:34:00.000-07:00

avg75free_503a1171.exe CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5632184/avg75free_503a1171.exe.html

ANTIVIRUS AVGANTIVIRUS8.OINCLUDINGSERIALLICENSE

2009-07-16T05:32:00.000-07:00

avgantivirus8.0includingseriallicense.zip CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5632037/avgantivirus8.0includingseriallicense.zip.html

ANTIVIRUS AVG_FREE_STF_EN_8_138A1332

2009-07-16T05:31:00.000-07:00

avg_free_stf_en_8_138a1332.exe CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5631834/avg_free_stf_en_8_138a1332.exe.html

ANTIVIRUS AVIRA ANTIVIR 6.35.00.243

2009-07-16T05:29:00.000-07:00

AviraAntiVir6.35.00.243.exe CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5631658/AviraAntiVir6.35.00.243.exe.html

ANTIVIRUS NOD 32

2009-07-16T05:28:00.000-07:00

ess_nt32_ENU.msi CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5631611/ess_nt32_ENU.msi.html

ANTIVIRUS McAFEE.VIRUS SCAN 8.5

2009-07-16T05:26:00.000-07:00

McAfee.VirusScan.Enterprise.v8.5.zip CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5631561/McAfee.VirusScan.Enterprise.v8.5.zip.html

ANTIVIRUS SPYING20

2009-07-16T05:25:00.000-07:00

spyino20.zip CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5631498/spyino20.zip.html

CYBER LINK POWER DVD 8.3 (MEDIA PLAYER)

2009-07-16T00:58:00.000-07:00

power dvd 8.3CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5629555/setup.exe.html

[Info]Name=INTLVersion=1.00.000DiskSpace=8000 ;DiskSpace requirement in KB
[Startup]CmdLine=SuppressWrongOS=NScriptDriven=1ScriptVer=12.0.0.58851DotNetOptionalInstallIfSilent=NOnUpgrade=1RequireExactLangMatch=0404,0804Product=PowerDirectorPackageName=PowerDirector.msiEnableLangDlg=YLogResults=NUI=1000DoMaintenance=YProductCode={CB099890-1D5F-11D5-9EA9-0050BAE317E1}ProductVersion=7.00.0000Skin=setup.isnLauncherName=setup.exePackageCode={D488B92F-346A-447F-93EA-888ED81B3E8C}
[MsiVersion]2.0.2600.0=SupportOS
[SupportOSMsi11] ;Supported platforms for MSI 1.1Win95=1Win98=1WinNT4SP3=1
[SupportOSMsi12] ;Supported platforms for MSI 1.2Win95=1Win98=1WinME=1WinNT4SP3=1
[SupportOS] ;Supported platforms for MSI 2.0Win95=1Win98=1WinME=1WinNT4SP6=1Win2K=1
[SupportOSMsi30] ;Supported platforms for MSI 3.0Win2KSP3=1WinXP=1Win2003Server=1
[Win95]MajorVer=4MinorVer=0MinorVerMax=1BuildNo=950PlatformId=1
[Win98]MajorVer=4MinorVer=10MinorVerMax=11BuildNo=1998PlatformId=1
[WinME]MajorVer=4MinorVer=90MinorVerMax=91BuildNo=3000PlatformId=1
[WinNT4SP3]MajorVer=4MinorVer=0MinorVerMax=1BuildNo=1381PlatformId=2ServicePack=768
[WinNT4SP6]MajorVer=4MinorVer=0MinorVerMax=1BuildNo=1381PlatformId=2ServicePack=1536
[Win2K]MajorVer=5MinorVer=0MinorVerMax=1BuildNo=2195PlatformId=2
[Win2KSP3]MajorVer=5MinorVer=0MinorVerMax=1BuildNo=2195PlatformId=2ServicePack=768
[WinXP]MajorVer=5MinorVer=1MinorVerMax=2BuildNo=2600PlatformId=2
[Win2003Server]MajorVer=5MinorVer=2MinorVerMax=3BuildNo=2600PlatformId=2

[Languages]count=9default=409key0=409key1=804key2=404key3=40ckey4=407key5=410key6=411key7=412key8=40a[PowerDirector.msi]Type=0Location=PowerDirector.msi[Setup.bmp]Type=0

CYBER LINK POWER DVD 5.0 (MEDIA PLAYER)

2009-07-15T11:33:00.000-07:00

CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5622151/CyberLinkPowerDVD5.zip.html

WINAMP _ KEYGEN

2009-07-15T11:29:00.000-07:00

CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5622038/winamp_keygen.rar.html

REAL ONE PLAYER V2GOLD

2009-07-15T11:21:00.000-07:00

CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5622013/RealOnePlayerV2GOLD.exe.html

MP PLAYER 10

2009-07-15T11:19:00.000-07:00

CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5621950/mp10setup.exe.html

WIN ZIP SOFTWARES

2009-07-15T10:27:00.000-07:00

CLICK THE LINKS
WRP3.80.rar
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5621444/WRP3.80.rar.html

winzip110.exe
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5621403/winzip110.exe.html

wace269i.exe
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5621342/wace269i.exe.html

wace265i.exe
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5621301/wace265i.exe.html

SKYPE

2009-07-15T07:08:00.000-07:00

CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5619051/SkypeSetup.exe.html

NERO EXPRESS 9

2009-07-15T06:30:00.000-07:00

CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5618912/NeroExpress9.exe.html

NERO BURNING 551035

2009-07-15T06:18:00.000-07:00

Nero burningCLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5618447/nero551035.exe.html

MESSENGER LIVE

2009-07-15T05:02:00.000-07:00

CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5618243/MSNMESSENGERLIVEwlsetup-all.exe.html

MESSENGER

2009-07-15T04:50:00.000-07:00

CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5617497/Install_Messenger.exe.html

YAHOO MESSENGER 9

2009-07-15T04:35:00.000-07:00

CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5617263/yahoo9us.exe.html

YAHOO MESSENGER 7

2009-07-15T04:26:00.000-07:00

CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5617081/ymsgr7us.exe.html

YAHOO MESSENGER 8

2009-07-15T04:15:00.000-07:00

CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5616899/ymsgr8us.exe.html

NOKIA PC SUITE 68

2009-07-15T04:11:00.000-07:00

CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5616787/Nokia_PC_Suite_68_rel_22_eng_web.msi.html

ADOBEPHOTOSHOP 8 CS

2009-07-15T04:01:00.000-07:00

Adobephotoshop 8 csCLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5615505/setup.exe.html

serial 1045-1756-2071-0999-3438-3575
must set the date (year to 2003) before using serial!
copy the emu.dll to photoshop directory first.
Copy Test.exe to Photoshop Folder.run itand do as Directed.

ADOBEPHOTOSHOP 7

2009-07-15T02:28:00.000-07:00

Adobephotoshop 7 CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5615463/Setup.exe.html

ADOBE® PHOTOSHOP® 7.0
Enter Serial # when required 1045-1209-6738-4668-7696-2783

ADOBEPHOTOSHOP 6

2009-07-15T02:24:00.000-07:00

Adobephotoshop 6CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5615381/Setup.exe.html

Serial No.1PWW600R7105467-948
Serial No.2EXX600R5123025-666-626

ADOBEPHOTOSHOP 5.5

2009-07-15T02:17:00.000-07:00

Adobephotoshop 5.5CLICK THIS LINK
http://www.ziddu.com/download/5615286/Setup.exe.html

ADOBE® PHOTOSHOP® 5.5 READ ME
This file contains last-minute product information, updates to the Adobe Photoshop documentation, and troubleshooting tips. Please refer to the user guide for installation instructions. For further troubleshooting and performance information, see the user guide or online Help. This file also covers the Adobe ImageReady component.
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An Important Note about Color!
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Adobe Photoshop 5.5 features new color management features which will ensure that you get accurate color reproduction from scanning through printing and when sharing files across platforms and systems. When you first install Photoshop, a wizard appears to help you establish appropriate color settings. It is recommended that you follow the steps in this wizard to take advantage of Photoshop 5.5 color management. This wizard can also be accessed at any time through the Help menu.
For additional information on Color Management please refer to the Photoshop Color Management.pdf file on the application CD-ROM.
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Important: Please complete your registration card and mail it today or use the on-line registration software provided with Adobe Photoshop software to register your copy. You must register to receive technical support and important product update information.
Serial Numbers
You can find the serial number on the registration card or on the inside cover of your cd holder. Use this number to install the program.
If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Adobe Photoshop, use the original serial number that came with that version. The seven-digit number that appears on your Upgrade Registration Card (e.g. PWW501V) is for reporting purposes only; you cannot use this number to install the application.
If you are upgrading from Adobe Photoshop LE software, your old serial number will not work; please use the serial number included in your upgrade package. If your serial number does not work or you did not receive a full version serial number with your Photoshop LE upgrade package, please contact the reseller from whom you purchased the upgrade, or contact Adobe Systems at 206-675-6131
Initialization and Preferences Files
Adobe Photoshop software's initialization file (photos55.ini) is located in the Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Settings folder under the directory where Photoshop is installed. The preferences file (Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Prefs.PSP) is also located in the same Prefs directory. Versions 3.0.4 and earlier of Photoshop installed these files under the Windows® directory.
ImageReady 2.0 installs ImageReady Swatches.aco and several new sub-folders in the Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Settings folder. Color Tables, Gradients, ImageReady Actions, Optimize, Patterns and Styles all contain important files used to populate various palettes in ImageReady.
Installation Requirements
When installing Photoshop to a hard drive other than your system or boot drive (usually C:), you will still need to have at least 16MB free on your system drive to proceed with installation, regardless of how much space is on your installation drive.
Using the Tour and Training CD-ROM
The Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Tour and Training CD-ROM includes version 3.0.2 of Apple's QuickTime™ for Windows. QuickTime for Windows is required to run the interactive movies on the Adobe Photoshop Tour and Training CD-ROM. QuickTime 3.0.2 may be found in the QuickTime folder at the root level of the Photoshop 5.5 Tour and Training CD-ROM. To install QuickTime, follow the instructions in the Read Me file in the QuickTime folder, or contact Apple Computer for QuickTime support at www.apple.com.

Undocumented Photoshop Features
The following features are incorrectly or incompletely documented elsewhere in the Photoshop User Guide and/or Quick Reference card.
Save for Web
It is important to record a Close as part of an action that includes the new Save for Web feature. If the close is not recorded, you will get two copies of the batched files.
Guides
Guides snap to the edges of current selections and to the 50% boundaries of alpha channels. The 50% boundary of an alpha channel is the border that encloses all pixels lighter than 50% gray. Guides also maintain their relative positions to the image contents when you resize the image or resize, rotate, or flip the work canvas.
Layers
You can use the following shortcuts when working with layers in Adobe Photoshop 5.5:
To display the context menu listing the layers in the image at the current pointer location, press Ctrl and click with the right mouse button in the image.
To move a selected layer one level up in the Layers palette, press Ctrl+]. To move one level down, press Ctrl+[.
To duplicate an existing layer mask on the selected layer, click on the layer where you want to add the duplicate layer mask to make it the active layer. Then drag the layer mask thumbnail you want to duplicate to the New Layer Mask button at the bottom of the Layers palette. To duplicate the layer mask and reverse the hidden and revealed areas, press Alt as you drag the layer mask thumbnail.
Insert Path Command
The Insert Path command, found in the Actions palette pop-up menu, allows you to record the addition of any path to an image. You can use the Insert Path command whether or not you are currently in Record mode for an Action. To record the addition of a path:
1. Draw a path using any of the path tools, or select an existing path from the Paths palette.
2. Select the Insert Path command from the Actions palette pop-up menu.
A Set Work Path command will be added to the current action. When the Action is played back, the recorded path will be added as a work path to the target document. (If the Insert Path command is used with a blank path, then the Clear Work Path command is recorded instead.)
If more than one Set Work Path command is added to a single action, then each path added to the document will replace the previous one. If you would like for all paths to remain in the document, then you should record a Save Path command using the Paths palette after the use of the Insert Path command.
The Insert Path command can require significant amounts of memory when used with very complex paths. If you encounter problems inserting complex paths, try increasing the amount of memory available to Photoshop.
Changes to the Crop Tool: Cropping Outside the Canvas and Snapping to the Canvas Edges
In Photoshop 5.5, the Crop border can be resized to extend outside of the canvas boundaries. When the image is cropped, any layer information that originally fell outside the canvas boundaries will be revealed. Formerly undefined areas of the layers will be filled with the background color if it is a background layer, or with transparent pixels if it is a regular layer.
To ensure that you do not accidentally create a crop border larger than the original document, the crop border will automatically snap to the edges of the original canvas. If you need to crop very close to the original canvas edge, then you will want to override this snapping behavior. After you begin resizing the crop border, hold down the Ctrl key to override snapping.
Converting RGB Images to Multichannel Mode
When converting images to Multichannel mode, the original channels are converted to spot color channels, where applicable. When RGB files are converted to Multichannel, the red, green, and blue channels are treated as cyan, magenta, and yellow spot channels. The actual pixel values in each of the channels are not changed. Treating the additive colors of RGB as the subtractive colors of CMY allows for the on-screen and on-press appearance to roughly approximate how the image looked prior to conversion.
Changes to the Rubber Stamp Tool
In Photoshop 4.0 software, the Rubber Stamp tool would always clone from the current contents of the image. If your clone source was set very close to your painting location, you would risk cloning the area you had just painted, creating a repetitive, striped pattern.
In Photoshop 5.5, the Rubber Stamp tool always clones from the image as it appeared before the last paint stroke began.
Resetting the Duotone dialog
When you open the Duotone dialog, it will always show you the last settings that were used for duotones. If you would like to reset the dialog to a Monotone with a single black ink, hold down the Alt key and press the Reset button in the dialog. If you use this shortcut once you have begun editing the settings in the Duotone dialog, it will instead reset to the settings that appeared when the dialog was first opened.
Undo in Palette Text Fields
Palette text fields in Photoshop 5.5 support undo. If the Undo command is invoked when editing a palette text field, the palette text field will take precedence over the image for undo. Pressing return will cause a palette text field to stop editing and will allow you to use the Undo command for the image.
Using Curves with CMYK Images
When viewing the composite CMYK channel in the Curves dialog, clicking on the image will not cause a feedback circle to appear in the dialog, nor will Control-clicking cause a control point to be added to the Curve. This is because points on the composite CMYK channel do not directly correspond to individual pixels in the image. You can still view the feedback circle when viewing individual channel curves, and you can Shift-Control-click to add control points to the individual channels.
Batch processing
You cannot batch process a Windows shortcut. You must place the actual file in the batch folder in order for it to be processed.
Viewing
To zoom in or zoom out on an image without resizing the window, press Ctrl+(+) or Ctrl+(-), respectively. Using the shortcut keys Ctrl+Alt+(+) or Ctrl+Alt+(-) will resize the window when you zoom. There are no shortcuts for zooming in to the maximum magnification or zooming out to the minimum magnification.
Adobe Online
Adobe Online is a link to the Adobe site on the World Wide Web. You can access the Adobe Online dialog by clicking on the Photoshop icon at the top of the toolbar, or by selecting File > Adobe Online. Within the dialog are hot spots that can launch your Web browser and take you to specific locations on the Adobe Web site where you will be able to access product-specific support, file updates, tips and more.
Using the Adobe Online feature requires an internet connection, capable of accessing the World Wide Web, and a web browser application, e.g., Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer.
The contents of the Adobe Online dialog can be updated, based on new information from the Adobe Web site, when you click on the Update button. By clicking the Configure button, you can choose to configure Adobe Online to update itself automatically either daily, weekly, or monthly. You can also customize any proxy settings as necessary.
Using Precise Cursors with the Magnetic Lasso and Magnetic Pen Tools
When you use the Precise Cursors setting with the Magnetic Lasso and Magnetic Pen tools, the cursor will appear as a circle that indicates the Lasso Width value in the Options palette. The magnetic tools will only snap to edges that fall within the bounds of this circle. (Note: Precise Cursors can be enabled by depressing the Caps Lock key on the keyboard.)
Resetting the Timer
To reset the timer in the Timing display, hold down Alt, position the pointer over the triangle at the bottom of the program window, hold down the mouse button, and choose Timing from the menu.
Opening PDF Files With Security
Photoshop cannot open Acrobat PDF files that contain any security settings. In order to open these files in Photoshop, they need to be re-saved from Acrobat Exchange by a user with the access rights to disable the security settings.
Changes to the Emboss Filter
The Emboss filter found in the Filters>Stylize menu has been changed slightly compared to the version included with Photoshop 4.0.1. The new version will maintain some of the color information from the original image. If you want to create an effect that is more similar to what the Emboss filter in Photoshop 4.0.1 would create, you can use the Image>Adjust>Desaturate command after applying the Emboss filter.
Color Samplers
You can access the Color Sampler tool within color adjustment dialogs (e.g. Hue/Saturation, Levels, Curves, etc) by holding down the Shift key while over the image. The Eyedropper tool will change to the Color Sampler tool.
Measure Tool
If you use the Measure tool immediately before choosing the Edit>Transform>Numeric or Image>Rotate Canvas>Arbitrary commands, the angle measurement from the Measure tool will automatically be added to the Angle field in the dialog.
Insert Menu Item Command
When you use the Insert Menu Item command in the Actions palette pop-up menu to add a command that requires a dialog, the modal control icon will appear grayed out next to the command in the action. This grayed out icon indicates that you cannot disable the dialog for this command.
Horizontal and Vertical Type Tools
Normally, the Type tools display a cursor consisting of an I-beam with a selection box. However, when you hold the Type tool cursor over any portion of a type layer with 50% opacity or greater, it turns into a plain I-beam. Clicking the Type tool at that location will open the Type Tool dialog for the associated type layer and allow you to edit the existing text.
Pen Tool
While drawing a path with the Pen tool, the Pen tool will turn into the Add Anchor Point tool if held over an existing path segment, or the Delete Anchor Point tool if held over an existing point. If you would like to override this behavior, hold down the Shift key.
Double Byte PDF Import
To import Chinese, Japanese or Korean pdf files, you must install the appropriate cmap files through the custom install.
Photoshop Function Key Defaults
F1 - Help
F2 - Cut
F3 - Copy
F4 - Paste
F5 - Show/Hide Brushes Palette
F6 - Show/Hide Colors Palette
F7 - Show/Hide Layers Palette
F8 - Show/Hide Info Palette
F9 - Show/Hide Actions Palette
F12 - Revert
Shift-F5 - Fill
Shift-F6 - Feather
Shift-F7 - Select > Inverse
Undocumented ImageReady Features
Update HTML Command
This command can be used when re-saving optimized files in ImageReady. You are first asked to locate the original HTML file. ImageReady then locates and replaces its code using special comments, leaving other code in the file untouched. This allows you to update changes after you have placed the ImageReady code into a larger HTML file. To use this feature, it is essential that you do not remove or modify the ImageReady comments, and the Include Comments checkbox must be checked in ImageReady's HTML Preferences dialog (this is checked by default on install).
Including Layer Effects in ImageReady Actions
When a layer effect is created or modified while an action is being recorded, the settings will not be stored into the action. In order to add a layer effect to an action, drag the layer effect (or style) icon from the Layers palette to the correct location in the Actions palette. This will add the layer effect and settings to the action.
Using Adobe Photoshop with Windows®
The following sections include useful information about using Adobe Photoshop 5.5 software with different versions of Windows. (Please note that Photoshop 5.5 does not support Windows 3.1.x.)
Shared Files
Many files installed by Photoshop - such as TWAIN, Kodak® Photo CD™ support files and MSVCRT*.* files (Microsoft runtime files) are shared with other programs. When you install or uninstall other programs that use these shared files, the file versions used by Photoshop may be overwritten or deleted. If you experience problems with features that depend on shared files, reinstall Photoshop.
Windows 95
If you are using Windows 95 and experience memory errors or errors when saving an Adobe Photoshop document, change the minimum and maximum virtual memory settings in Windows 95 to 2 times the amount of RAM on your system. For example, if your system has 32 MB of RAM, navigate to Control Panel > System > Performance > Virtual Memory>Let me specify my own virtual memory settings, and set the minimum and maximum virtual memory values to 64. Setting the virtual memory to these fixed values enables Photoshop to control use of the hard drive space for its scratch disk for the best performance, rather than letting Windows 95 manage it. For optimum performance, make sure that Photoshop software's primary scratch disk is assigned to a partition or hard drive that is not the same partition or hard drive Windows 95 uses for its virtual memory. For more information, see "Assigning scratch disks" on page 364 of the user guide or see the same section in online Help.
Windows NT
Adobe Photoshop 5.5 can be run under Windows NT® for Intel-based systems only. It will not run under other types of Windows NT such as Windows NT for DEC Alpha or Windows NT for PowerPC®.
Running Adobe Photoshop under Windows NT with dual processors can improve by 80% the program's performance on mathematical or computational-intensive operations (such as converting a document from RGB mode to CMYK); by 20% to 30% for less intensive operations; and by 10% for screen redrawing.
Some third-party plug-in modules may not work with Adobe Photoshop under Windows NT because they are 16-bit modules. Windows NT does not provide any backwards compatibility for 16-bit applications.
Changing Monitor Bit Depth in Windows
When using Adobe Photoshop with Windows, do not attempt to change bit depth while running Adobe Photoshop. If you need to change your monitor's bit depth, Quit Photoshop. Change your monitor's bit depth, then relaunch Photoshop.
File Associations
New to the Photoshop 5.5 installer is the opportunity to associate file types with either application, Photoshop or ImageReady. When you associate a file type with an application, you specify which application will open when a file of that type is double-clicked on the desktop or in the Windows Explorer. Windows allows all its applications to associate themselves to various file types. If you choose the defaults in the Photoshop installer, you may find that Photoshop or ImageReady will open instead of another application when you double click on certain files. The Photoshop installer allows you to turn off this association with Photoshop or ImageReady if you prefer. To do so, click on each file type you do not want to associate and, for each type, choose "Do not change".
If you wish to change your file associations after installing Photoshop, please refer to document number 315812, "How to Change File Associations in Windows 95, 98, and NT 4.0" in the Adobe Systems Technical Solutions Database on the Adobe website, at this location: http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/custsupport/database.html. Search for the document number to locate this document.
OS/2 Warp
Adobe Photoshop 5.5 is not designed (nor was it tested) to be run under the IBM® OS/2® Warp operating system.
Running Adobe Photoshop Over a Network
Adobe Photoshop 5.5 is not designed (nor was it tested) to be run when Windows is multi-launched over a network. If you want to run Adobe Photoshop on multiple Windows systems, make sure that each system has its own copy of Windows and Adobe Photoshop installed on the hard drive.
Improving Performance and Troubleshooting
The following sections describe how to improve your system's performance when working with Adobe Photoshop 5.5, and how to correct some common problems which may occur. For up to date information on optimizing Photoshop performance, refer to document #318243 in Adobe's Technical Solutions Database, "Optimizing Performance in Photoshop for Windows", available online at http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/custsupport/database.html.

Fonts and Application Startup Time
Upon startup, Photoshop must initialize all of the fonts that will be available for the Type tools. If you have a large number of fonts installed on your system, this can cause Photoshop to take longer to startup. If you find the startup time for Photoshop 5.5 to be too long, you should remove any unnecessary fonts from your system.
Compressed Drives and Virtual Memory
Adobe Systems recommends that you do not set either the Windows swap file or Adobe Photoshop's scratch disk to a compressed disk drive. For more information, see the user guide.
Redrawing Images
When your video driver is set to 256 colors, Photoshop does not redraw an open image in the background when the foreground image is edited. To have Adobe Photoshop redraw every open image when a palette change occurs in 256-color mode, add the following line to your photos55.ini file:
REDRAWBKDOCS=1
Enabling Asynchronous I/O for Virtual Memory
When asynchronous I/O is enabled for Photoshop's virtual memory, it allows multiple virtual memory operations to be overlapped. In some cases, this can make Photoshop seem to be more responsive, but it can also cause slower overall performance on some systems. In Photoshop 3.0, asynchronous I/O for virtual memory was enabled by default. In Photoshop 4.0 and later, asynchronous I/O is disabled by default.
You can enable asynchronous I/O yourself in order to find out whether it improves Photoshop's performance on your system. Simply add the following line, exactly as it appears, to your photos55.ini file:
VMASYNCIO=1
If you find that performance is degraded with asynchronous I/O enabled, you can turn it off simply by deleting the line above from your photos55.ini file.
Multiprocessor Extension
The MThread.8bx plug-in installed with Photoshop 5.5 provides support for systems with multiple processors. If you are experiencing problems running on a multiprocessor machine, ensure that you have only one copy of this plug-in in your Plug-Ins folder.
Actions Incorporating the Lighting Effects Plug-in
Any actions recorded in Adobe Photoshop 4.0.1 that incorporated the Lighting Effects filter may not work properly in Photoshop 5.5. You should re-record the action in Photoshop 5.5.
Painting on Layers That Have Layer Effects
The use of layer effects can increase the time it takes to display layer information to the screen. If you experience slow response times when painting on a layer that includes layer effects, you may want to temporarily disable the effects. Use the Layer>Effects>Hide All Effects command to disable the effects. The Layer>Effects>Show All Effects command can be used to reveal the effects after you are finished painting.
Detecting Watermarks When Opening Files
The Digimarc Detect Watermark plug-in (digiopen.8be) automatically searches files when opened or scanned to determine whether they contain a watermark with copyright information. When the Detect Watermark plug-in is activated, you'll notice a Detect Watermark status message appear in the Photoshop status bar. In most cases, this automatic search will have a minimal impact on file open times. If you find that the plug-in is having an unacceptable impact on your file open speeds, you can remove the plug-in from your Plug-Ins folder. You will still be able to search for watermarks manually using the Filter>Digimarc>Read Watermark command.

Compatibility Issues
Extensis PhotoTools
The PhotoBars plug-in included with Extensis PhotoTools exploits features that are unique to earlier versions of Photoshop and does not strictly adhere to Photoshop's plug-in specification. As such, it is incompatible with Photoshop 5.5. However, other plug-ins included as part of the Extensis PhotoTools package should continue to function correctly with Photoshop 5.5.
Kai's Power Tools (KPT) in ImageReady
You must be using version 5.0.1 of Kai's Power Tools in ImageReady 2.0. The update is available at http://www.metacreations.com
Xaos Tools Typecaster 1.15
It has been found that Xaos Tools Typecaster 1.15 can cause Photoshop 5.5 to crash under some circumstances. If you encounter this problem, contact Xaos Tools for an update to Typecaster.
PANTONE® HexWrench
When Hexachrome files saved in DCS 2.0 format from the PANTONE HexWrench plug-in are opened in Photoshop 5.5, they will appear in multichannel mode.
Processing Files Via ImageReady Droplets
Due to the method used to transfer file names to a droplet during a drag and drop operation, the combined length of all file names is limited to 202 characters. To process a large group of images, first drag the files into a new folder and then drag the folder onto the droplet.
Creating Shortcuts for the Preview In Helpers folder
While installing Photoshop 5.5, your disk will be scanned for browsers to include in the Preview In feature of Photoshop's Save for Web and ImageReady. To add a new browser, simply create a shortcut to the application and copy it into the Helpers\Preview In folder in the Photoshop 5.5 Folder. Because The Internet icon on the Windows desktop is not a standard shortcut, do not copy this to the helpers folder. Instead, locate the actual Microsoft Internet Explorer application and create a shortcut.
Opening Photoshop 5.5 Format Files in Photoshop 5.0.2
You can open Photoshop 5.5 format files in earlier versions of Photoshop, but unsupported features will be ignored in the file. Unsupported features include Layer Effects as well as Channel Mixer and Hue/Saturation adjustment layers, Slicing and JavaScript Information and faux type styles. Type layers will appear correctly in Photoshop 4.0, but they will no longer be editable as type. All of these unsupported features will be lost if you save the file from the earlier version of Photoshop.
Opening Photoshop 5.5 Type in earlier Photoshop versions
Photoshop 5.5 offers 3 new anti-aliasing options and an improved algorithm from version 5.0.2. When working with small type, it is possible that you will see slight changes in the anti-aliasing; however, these changes will only appear once you edit the text or transform the layer.
Importing Photoshop Files into Adobe Illustrator®
Adobe Illustrator software will not support all of the newest features of Adobe Photoshop 5.5 files. To ensure that all version 5.0 features, such as layer effects, are displayed properly in Adobe Illustrator, you should enable the "Include composited image with layered files" checkbox in the File>Preferences>Saving Files… dialog.
Using Photoshop 5.5 Files in Non-Adobe Applications
Some non-Adobe applications that import native Photoshop files do not correctly open Photoshop 5.5 files. To share Photoshop files with these applications, you should save the file in another format that is shared by both applications. Most likely, this will need to be a flattened file format such as TIFF.
Umax® VistaScan or MagicScan
Umax VistaScan v1.04 and MagisScan v3.13 install older versions of some of the same Kodak color management files that are installed by Adobe Photoshop. These older files can prevent Photoshop from launching. If you experience this problem after installing Umax scanner software, simply re-install Photoshop to rectify the problem.
Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 660C and 720C Printers
The Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 660C and 760C Printers do not support printing borders around images using the Borders option in the Page Setup dialog
Matrox Millennium® Graphics Board
If you notice slow screen redraw speeds on a system using the Matrox Millennium graphics board, make sure that you are using the latest version of the video driver for this board. Alternatively, adding the following line to your photos55.ini file may improve performance:
INVERTDIB=1
Diamond Stealth 64 Graphics Board
There are several known display anomalies that can occur when using Adobe Photoshop on a system with the Diamond Stealth 64 graphics card. These anomalies include:
Incorrect display of image when using the Free Transform function in full-screen display mode.
Color Samplers may still appear displayed in the image after they have been deleted. (This problem can be corrected by forcing the image window to redraw.
Failure to remove Free Transform border when canceling out of Free Transform command without modifying the image.
The center point for the Free Transform function can appear invisible when dragged outside the canvas boundaries.
It is quite possible that these minor problems will be corrected with future drivers for these graphics cards. If you are using a Diamond graphics card, and notice these or other anomalies on your system, it is recommended that you ensure that you are using the latest drivers available.
Other Graphics Card Issues
A variety of other graphics card drivers are known to provide intermittent cursor display problems. These problems can include flickering cursors, on-screen artifacts, and cursors that don't immediately update when a new tool or cursor type is chosen. None of these display issues will affect the functionality of Photoshop. If you are experiencing any of these problems with your own graphics card, ensure that you have the latest driver for the card.
Pressure-sensitive Pens and Tablets
After restarting your computer, the tablet and stylus report a pressure level of zero. Click or drag once with the stylus on the tablet to reset the tablet's pressure sensitivity and to paint.
Adobe Photoshop 5.5 supports only pressure-sensitive digitizing tablets that are 100% compatible with the WinTab32 specification.
If the pen's highest pressure doesn't reach 100%, a problem exists in the driver software. For the latest driver software, contact the tablet manufacturer. The following are contact phone numbers for some of the leading manufacturers:
Wacom Technology Corporation: www.wacom.com Tel: 360-896-9833
ALTEK Corporation (Kurta tablets): Tel: 301-572-2552
CalComp: www.calcomp.com Tel: 800-225-2667 (800-CALCOMP)
Hitachi: 408-735-0577
QuickRes Utility and Color Depth
After changing the color depth of a Photoshop image using QuickRes, the color in the image may appear altered. (QuickRes is a Microsoft Powertoy utility that allows changing the color depth via a pop-up menu in the system tray.) To set the colors correctly, restart Adobe Photoshop.

New and Changed Files in Adobe Photoshop 5.5
There are a variety of changes to the locations and types of installed files in Adobe Photoshop 5.5. Included in this section of the readme are details on some of the files that users might need to find for troubleshooting or other purposes.
Photoshop and ImageReady share many files and folders. The following folders and the files contained within are shared by both applications:
\Adobe Photoshop 5.5 - contains program files for both applications
\Goodies\Brushes - contains brushes used by both applications
\Goodies\Color Swatches - contains color swatches used by both applications
\Goodies\Samples - contains sample files used by both applications
\Help - contains the help files for both applications
\Helpers - contains the shortcuts used by the new Jump-to and Preview-in features
\Plug-ins\Displacement maps - contains displacement maps used by various filters
\Plug-ins\Effects - contains special effects filters used by both applications
\Plug-ins\File Formats - contains file format plug-ins used by both applications
\Plug-ins\Filters - contains filters used by both applications
\Plug-ins\Import-Export - contains import/export plug-ins used by both applications
\Plug-ins\Parser - contains Illustrator and eps and pdf parsers
\Registration - contains Adobe registration files
\Required - required files for both applications
\Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Settings - contains Photoshop settings files and required ImageReady files
\Training - contains tutorial files for both applications
In some cases, there are Photoshop or ImageReady specific folders.
The following folders are designated Photoshop only:
\Goodies\Adobe Photoshop Only\Actions - contains actions for use in Photoshop only (actions are not compatible between Photoshop and ImageReady)
\Goodies\Adobe Photoshop Only\Color Swatches - contains color swatches for use in Photoshop only
\Goodies\Adobe Photoshop Only\Duotones - contains duotone presets for use in Photoshop only
\Goodies\Adobe Photoshop Only\Calibration - contains the shortcut to Adobe Gamma and other calibration files for use in Photoshop only
\Goodies\Adobe Photoshop Only\Patterns - contains patterns for use in Photoshop only
\Plug-ins\Adobe Photoshop Only\Import-Export - contains import/export plug-ins used by Photoshop
\Plug-ins\Adobe Photoshop Only\File Formats - contains file format plug-ins used by Photoshop
\Plug-ins\Adobe Photoshop Only\Extensions - contains performance enhancement plug-ins for Photoshop
\Plug-ins\Adobe Photoshop Only\Automate - contains automation plug-ins for use in Photoshop
\Plug-ins\Adobe Photoshop Only\Digimarc - contains Digimarc watermark reading and embedding plug-ins for use in Photoshop only
\Plug-ins\Adobe Photoshop Only\Filters - contains the new Extract filter used by Photoshop only
The following folders are designated ImageReady only:
\Goodies\Adobe ImageReady Only\Droplets - contains droplet files for use in ImageReady only
\Goodies\Samples\ImageReady Animations - contains sample animations for use in ImageReady only
\Plug-ins\Adobe ImageReady Only\File Formats - contains file format plug-ins used by ImageReady only
\Plug-ins\Adobe ImageReady Only\Import-Export - contains import/export plug-ins used by ImageReady only
\Plug-ins\Adobe ImageReady Only\Filters - contains filters for use in ImageReady only
\Plug-ins\Adobe ImageReady Only\Digimarc - contains Digimarc watermark reading and embedding plug-ins for use in Photoshop only
\Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Settings\ImageReady Actions - contains actions files for use in ImageReady only (ImageReady Actions are not compatible with Photoshop)
\Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Settings\Color Tables - contains Macintosh and Windows color tables for use in ImageReady only
\Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Settings\Gradients - contains the default gradient file used to populate the gradient layer effect palette in ImageReady
\Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Settings\Optimize - contains the optimize presets used in ImageReady
\Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Settings\Patterns - contains the pattern presets used in the pattern palette in ImageReady
\Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Settings\Styles - contains the styles presets used in the styles palette in ImageReady
The following new files and/or folders are installed with Photoshop 5.5:
Adobe Photoshop 5.5\Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Settings is the folder containing all preferences files for Photoshop. The Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Prefs.psp file contains information on user preferences, the Color Settings.psp file contains information on the user's color settings, and the Actions Palette.psp file stores the latest contents of the Actions palette. These 3 files are updated each time you close Photoshop. All other user preferences and settings are contained in the photos55.ini file.
ImageReady also installs several folders under Adobe Photoshop 5.5 Settings. The files installed here are used to populate various palettes throughout the application.
The Photoshop 5.5\Required folder contains several files necessary to run Photoshop 5.5
Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Web contains files needed for the Adobe Online feature that is accessible from the File menu. The files in this folder are self-updating.
Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Fonts contains fonts that are used by Adobe Photoshop and not necessarily available to other Windows applications.
Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\TypeSpt contains files necessary for supporting fonts within Photoshop.
The new Adobe Gamma control panel appears in the Windows Control Panels folder on Windows 95/98, and in the Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration folder on Windows NT. A shortcut to Adobe Gamma is also installed under Adobe Photoshop 5.5\Goodies\Adobe Photoshop Only\Calibration.
Photoshop 5.5\PSStrings.txt contains information for non-US versions of Photoshop.
The following plug-ins and extensions were updated in Photoshop 5.0 and are also in the Photoshop 5.5 release, under Photoshop 5.5\Plug-Ins\Photoshop Only:
Digimarc folder: All of the plug-ins in this folder have been updated.
Extensions folder : All of the extensions in this folder have been updated.
File Formats: The PNG and CompuServe® GIF plug-ins have been updated.
Import Export : The GIF89a Export plug-in has been updated.
Parser Folder: All files in this folder have been updated.
The Photoshop 5.5\Plug-ins\Photoshop Only\Automate folder contains several Automation plug-ins which are new to Photoshop 5.0. These plug-ins appear in the File>Automate menu and the Help menu.
Photoshop 5.0\Plug-ins\Filters\3-D Transform.8bf is the new 3-D transform plug-in
The following plug-ins were updated in Photoshop 5.0 and are shared by Photoshop and ImageReady in the 5.5 release. They are located under Photoshop 5.5\Plug-Ins:
Effects: The Stained Glass plug-in has been updated.
Filters: The Radial Blur plug-in has been updated.
File Formats: Kodak® Photo CD™ has been updated.
The following plug-ins and extensions have been updated in the 5.5 release of Adobe Photoshop. All are found within the Photoshop 5.5\Plug-Ins\Photoshop Only folder:
Extensions contains the MMXCore.8bX plug-in which provides accelerations for MMX enabled Pentium systems. It also contains the FastCore.8bX plug-in which provides accelerations for all Intel processors.
Automate contains several new Automation plug-ins which are new to Photoshop 5.5. These plug-ins appear in the File>Automate menu
Import-Export contains SaveforWeb.8be which is the new Save for Web plug-in found under the File Menu.
Filters contains Extract.8bf which is the new Extract plug-in, found under the Image menu.
Miscellaneous Installer Issues
The Flashpix file format plug-in is not installed by default. It can be accessed through the custom install.
On NT systems, it is recommended that only those with Admin privileges install Photoshop 5.5.
The following files were used by earlier versions of Adobe Photoshop, but they are not used by version 5.5 and may be deleted if present on your system:
Any "Extension" plug-ins (usually stored in the Photoshop\Plug-ins\Extensions folder) from previous versions of Photoshop will not work with Photoshop 5.5. This includes both extensions installed with earlier versions of the application and optional extensions found on previous Photoshop CD's. You should only use the extensions that were installed with Photoshop 5.5 or are found on the Photoshop 5.5 application CD.
Photoshop preferences files from previous versions of Photoshop will not work with Photoshop 5.5. If you want to use Actions from previous versions of Photoshop in Photoshop 5.5, then you should save these separately. Run the previous version of Photoshop, save your Actions to a file (use the Save Actions command on the Actions palette menu) and load that file into Photoshop 5.5 using Load Actions on the Actions palette menu.
PshpLink.htm and all files in the PshpGIFs directory in the Photoshop directory have been superceded by the Adobe Online feature in Photoshop 5.5 and are no longer needed.
Production Notes
Photoshop User Guide Supplement Credits
EyeWire (Ch. 2: Horse, Bison)
ImageReady Help Credits
CMCD, Inc. (Bike)
Photodisc, Inc. (Green Leaf)
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