

To use it, open any image and select an area. Now choose the folder that contains the plug-in. Click "Add." If you are using PSP 8 or 9, click "Browse".

In the dialog box that appears, choose Plug-ins from the list. From the menus, choose Effects->Plug-in Filters->Flaming Pear->Flood.Ĭhoose the menu File-> Preferences-> File Locations. Use one of the "Browse" buttons to choose the folder that contains the plug-in. If you have Paint Shop Pro: you have to create a new folder, put the plug-in filter into it, and then tell PSP to look there.Ĭhoose the menu File-> Preferences-> File Locations. Most other paint programs follow a similar scheme. It will appear in the menus as Filters->Flaming Pear-> Flood. You must restart Photoshop before it will notice the new plug-in. If you have Photoshop, the folder is Photoshop:Plugins:Filters or Photoshop:Plug-ins. Just put the plug-in filter into the folder where your paint program expects to find it. To use this software, you need a paint program which accepts standard Photoshop 3.02 plugins.

Illustrated installation instructions are online. Although it's a 2-D effect, with a little effort it can produce convincing results with a 3-D look. It provides control over waves, a radiating ripple, the perspective and color of the water, and the clarity of reflections. Flood creates bodies of lying water in pictures.
