If you work with digital photography, you undoubtedly came across OnOne software’s various plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop. So did I and unfortunately for me I decided to try some of the “goodness”. After all, I do like to simplify certain tasks. And I genuinely trust Mr David Huss of the Photoshop User Magazine (sarcasm)….
And Mr. Gavin Seim continues down the same path. Quote: “Sometimes you just want to add a sloppy border, acid burn, or other creative edge. PhotoFrame is the best I’ve found. There are loads of options available and the new interface makes it easy to mix match and decide what works.”
Don’t get me wrong – PhotoFrame is actually quite useful for those who haven’t learned to create own actions or install abundance of free pre-made ones. And there are plenty of freebies on the net. One particular springs to mind – Action Central. Until now I personally used 3-4 actions I created in 10 minutes or so. And that is without any particular advanced knowledge of Photoshop.
Here I wanted a particular edge effect and simply used a custom brush. Free of charge, of course.
Furthermore, if you use Photoshop simply to resize the images this plug-in is absolutely for you. I feel that the “Professional Edition” in the title is quite misleading. There is absolutely nothing professional about it. If you look at one of the tad more obscure products on the market – Graphicxtras Frames Collection (unfortunately no longer available), the latter actually did offer so much more. What was especially appealing about Graphicxtras collections is that instead of a plug-in, you were using basic Photoshop (alternatively PainShopPro) tools in order to achieve the look you want. Something that gave one knowledge of and something which one undoubtedly benefited from. Alternatively, there are tons of free shapes, actions, and scripts online which can be used to frame your images.
Let us first take a look at system requirements. OnOne’s PhotoFrame 4.5 requires following:
Pentium 4 or equivalent
- 2GB RAM
- 3GB of hard drive space
- OpenGL 2.0 capable video card with 256MB VRAM running at 1024×768 or higher
Additional requirements – Internet connection for auto-updates, activation, and video tutorials and Adobe Flash Player 10. Integration with Adobe Lightroom requires full version of Photoshop (CS2, CS3 or CS4). OnOne claims compatibility with recently released CS5, but I personally wouldn’t take it for granted. Last but not least, software is available in English only.
I am not sure if you do, but I find it a bit too juicy for my liking.
Well, what are requirements for Graphicxtras Frame Collection then? Roughly 290Mb of HD space and that’s all.
There is a certain trade-off for everything. Perhaps PhotoFrame 4.5 is taking a lot of workload off my plate? Let’s try then…
So there it goes. My Photoshop CS2 is effectively dead after the installation of the OnOne PhotoFrame Pro 4.5. Removing it does not resolve the issue, and I fear I will have to re-install all my CS2 applications.
Additionally, the uninstaller leaves behind a lot of orphaned files and entries in the registry. Very poor.
Most unfortunate in this case is perhaps the fact that I didn’t bother to create a restore point (Windows user, yes), thinking that I am quite likely to be safe. I was solely mistaken. Not least due to the fact that I actually thought PhotoframePro 4.5 could ACTUALLY offer anything of use.…
Perhaps just a final tip to resolve the R6025 – PureVirtual Function call Runtime Error:
Should you get the error message, browse to your Adobe Photoshop plugin directory (default and usual one is C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CSx\Plug-Ins) and remove the onOne Library.acel.8bx and onOne Library.dll files. Accidentally, these files are orphanned during the uninstall process so if you believe you can resolve the issue by uninstalling PhotoFrame 4.5, you are in for a surprise.
With the help of the files mentioned above, OnOne attempts to create a dedicated menu in Photoshop – quite an ego trip one would think. And unnecessary one at that. Once you remove these files, the plugin will be accessible from the “Automation” menu within Photoshop instead.
Though, I personally skip it…
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