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Can't Download Ron's Clearwater

colinmac2colinmac2 Posts: 407
edited October 2016 in New Users

I'm TRYING to download Ron's Clearwater, but Download Installer keeps giving me a message saying, "Make sure that a path for this application is present on the "Application" page of the "Settings Dialogue"

.  Ok, so where the heck IS the Settings Dialogue?  Is it in DAZ or Photoshop?  And how do I set the path for it?  HELP

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  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001

    Itr should be the DIM settings...

    The little gear in the upper right corner of DIM.  Then, in the Applications tab, set the path to Photoshop...

     

  • colinmac2colinmac2 Posts: 407

    Thanks, but it's still fighting me!  How do I set the path to Photoshop?

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,613

    In Settings click on the Application tab (last one), click the + sign in the lower left, select Photoshop for the software, add the version, bit depth, and path to the main executable.

  • dracorndracorn Posts: 2,345

    I have always manually downloaded Ron's Brushes and put them in my own directory separate from Daz Studio.  I then can install them in my Photoshop Brushes folder from there. 

    I just hide them in DIM after I install them. 

  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019

    I'd also recommend downloading the vrushes manually, and install manually. Especially if you are using Gimp, or use Elements instead of CS

  • colinmac2colinmac2 Posts: 407

    Thank you all, but what path should I use for Photoshop?

  • 3Ddreamer3Ddreamer Posts: 1,318
    edited October 2016

    It isn't DIM that is the problem, but the way the brushes are packaged - if it doesn't include the version of of Phoroshop you use in the name and manifest file it wont come down. I reported one and after discussion got it fixed, the last one I found like that I edited the manifest file and the zip name myself and it downloaded

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  • MelanieLMelanieL Posts: 7,496
    edited October 2016
    colinmac2 said:

    Thank you all, but what path should I use for Photoshop?

    Wherever you have the photoshop.exe file - typically in C:/Program Files/Adobe/Photoshop... (whatever release)

    ETA: This assumes you have Photoshop installed. I only have PS Elements, which doesn't have a file called photoshop.exe - I still use DIM to install and simply created a 0KB file called photoshop.exe in the directory I wanted to install to. This allows me to set up that directory as PS CS6, and PS CS5 and PC CC to cover all the likely tags in the manifest files - DIM doesn't care as long as it finds an exe file with the right name in that directory.

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,931
    MelanieL said:
    colinmac2 said:

    Thank you all, but what path should I use for Photoshop?

    Wherever you have the photoshop.exe file - typically in C:/Program Files/Adobe/Photoshop... (whatever release)

    Though if you like you can just set it to an arbitrary folder, if you wantt o browse to your brushes (or use them in a different application). Of course a non-application path wil fail for isntalling actual plug-ins, such as the Photoshop Bridge for DS.

  • dracorndracorn Posts: 2,345
    edited October 2016

    Mine are located here:

    C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2015.5\Presets\Brushes

    I created a shortcut to the Presets folder so I can get back to it easily.

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  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,613
    MelanieL said:
    colinmac2 said:

    Thank you all, but what path should I use for Photoshop?

    Wherever you have the photoshop.exe file - typically in C:/Program Files/Adobe/Photoshop... (whatever release)

    ETA: This assumes you have Photoshop installed. I only have PS Elements, which doesn't have a file called photoshop.exe - I still use DIM to install and simply created a 0KB file called photoshop.exe in the directory I wanted to install to. This allows me to set up that directory as PS CS6, and PS CS5 and PC CC to cover all the likely tags in the manifest files - DIM doesn't care as long as it finds an exe file with the right name in that directory.

    You don't even need a dummy .exe file, just provide a path to wherever you want it installed and it will be installed to [your path]\presets\brushes

  • IceDragonArtIceDragonArt Posts: 12,548

    I download mine manually and install directly into my brushes directory in photoshop.  This works for elements and CC.  And is the quickest and easiest way to do it honestly.  And then I just hide it in DIM like Dracorn says.  Its literally half a minute to drag and drop them where they gp

  • ToborTobor Posts: 2,300

    It's generally not a good idea to put user files in the program directory. While PS allows for this, it hasn't been recommended practice for years. For one thing, they're usually wiped out if you ever need to do a reinstall. Many people don't realize that Photoshop has long accepted an alternative method, putting those same user files in the user settings folder -- App Data, Roaming, Adobe... The Presets subfolders are layed out exactly the same way as in the program path.

    But even that's not necessary, or even desirable if you want to share your presets among different software or PS versions. Photoshop is perfectly happy if you put those presets *anywhere*, and just load them when needed. This also has the distinct advantage of allowing PS to load faster at startup, because it's not loading a bunch of brushes and other files that you probably won't use in that session anyway. This has become even more important with later versions of Photoshop CC, which is getting fairly bloated, and for many users runs more slowly than the older versions did.

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