Can you transfer plug-ins to new programs?

[Fireball]

I'm looking at buying some plug-ins for my Photoshop Elements 6 but am going to buy CS2 or 3 pretty soon. When I upload the new program, will my plug-ins automatically transfer over? Or is that something I will have to do manually?

[Rson]

I do not believe that plug ins are the same from PSE to PS CS3. PS uses Actions and PSE 7 was the first to use actions

[The Loft Studios]

You'll have to load the Plug-Ins into your current App (say like Elements as you mentioned), then when you upgrade to PhotoShop, you'll also have to again load the Plug-Ins into that App.

[pcoursey]

Charrie
I use CS2, PSE, and Paint Shop Pro...so I have a single folder where I put all my plugins. You just need to tell each programs where that folder is...in the programs preferences menu. Some plugins will not work on all programs, but I put them all in the same folder and let the program decide.
Pat

[texkam]

Forget CS2. Go with CS3 at least. You might try GIMP too (free).

[Fireball]

Yeah, I've decided on CS3, especially since our local vo-tech is having a class next month. Perfect timing! Appreciate everyone's help!

[srwatters]

The proper answer is (as almost always is the case)...

It depends.

There are some plug-ins that are shared between editing programs, some which are fixed for a single application, and some that can be coerced into multiplicity.

The safest way would be to re-install each plug-in for your new editing application.

At least that's my $.02 worth... YMMV.

[jstevensphoto]

My hard drive recently crashed on my iMac and I had to reinstall Aperture. Fortunately, I had saved the code for my HDR plug-in. I just typed it in and it worked. Good luck.