Installation

Below you will find instructions on how to install the program in Windows and in Macintosh.
We took the AKVIS Noise Buster (Win) and AKVIS Coloriage (Mac) installation as an example.

Attention! You must have administrator rights to install the program on your computer.

Before installing the AKVIS Plugin, please make sure that the photo editor where you want to install the plugin, is closed.

Follow the instructions to install AKVIS Noise Buster in Windows.

• Start the setup file akvis-noise-buster-setup.exe.
• Select your language and press the OK button to launch the installation process.
• To continue the installation process you have to read and accept the License Agreement.

  Activate the check box "I accept the terms in the license agreement", and press Next.

  
• To install the Plugin you should select your photo editor(s) from the list.

  If your photo editor is not in the list, activate the component Custom Plugins Directory and choose the folder where you keep all plugins and filters, for example, C:\My Plugins. In this case you should set this folder as the plugins folder in the settings of your photo editor.

  To install the Standalone version, make sure that the check-box Standalone is activated.
  To create a shortcut for the program on desktop, activate the component Shortcut on Desktop.

  Press the button Next.

  
• Press the button Install.
  
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• Press Finish to exit Setup.

After installation of the standalone version of Noise Buster, you will see a new line in the Start menu: AKVIS - Noise Buster and a shortcut on desktop, if during installation the component Shortcut on Desktop was enabled.

After installation of the Noise Buster plugin you will see a new item in the Filter/Effects menu of your photo editor. For example in Photoshop: Filter -> AKVIS –> Noise Buster. Please use this command to launch the plugin in the editor.

Note: You can launch almost all AKVIS plugins from the menu Filter, except AKVIS Magnifier.
To call the Magnifier plugin in Photoshop please use the command File -> Automate -> AKVIS Magnifier, in Photoshop Elements: File -> Automation Tools -> AKVIS Magnifier. The plugin does not work with other image editors. Unlike other AKVIS plugins, to make the Magnifier plugin work you must have two files in the Plug-Ins folder: Magnifier_Automation.8li and Magnifier_Filter.8bf.

Attention!
If the plugin does not appear in the Filter, copy the 8bf file from the AKVIS folder (C:\Program Files\AKVIS\Noise Buster\Noise Buster.8bf) into the Plugins folder of your image editor. Consult the tips on how to install plug-ins into Photoshop (read the installation troubleshooting guide), or into Paint Shop Pro Photo, or PhotoImpact. Read how to work with our plugins in GIMP or Xara Xtreme. If you still have problems, please write to our support team.

Follow the instructions to install AKVIS Coloriage in Macintosh:

• Open the virtual disk dmg
  - akvis-coloriage-plugin.dmg if you use Photoshop CS3-CS5, Photoshop Elements 6-9
  - akvis-coloriage-legacy.dmg for older versions of Photoshop and Photoshop Elements
  - akvis-coloriage-app.dmg to install the standalone edition of AKVIS Coloriage.

  You will see a dialog box with the License Agreement.

  
• Read the License Agreement and press Agree, if you agree with the conditions.
• Finder will open with AKVIS Coloriage application or AKVIS Coloriage PlugIn inside.
  
• To install the standalone version just drag the AKVIS Coloriage application into the folder Applications (or any other place you like).

  To install the plugin drag the entire AKVIS Coloriage PlugIn folder into the Plug-Ins folder of your graphic editor.

  For example, if you use Photoshop CS3 you should move the AKVIS Coloriage Plugin folder into: Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS3/Plug-Ins.

  

After installation of the Coloriage plugin, you will see a new item in the Filter/Effects menu of your photo editor: AKVIS -> Coloriage. Please use this command to launch the plugin in the editor. For example, in Photoshop select in menu: Filter - AKVIS - Coloriage.

Note: You can launch almost all AKVIS plugins from the menu Filter, except AKVIS Magnifier. To call the Magnifier plugin in Photoshop please use the command File -> Automate -> AKVIS Magnifier, in Photoshop Elements: File -> Automation tools -> AKVIS Magnifier. The plugin does not work with other image editors.

The standalone version is run by double-click on the application.

Other AKVIS programs are installed in the same manner.