Re: Reducing FF-made filters filesize...

["Harald Heim" <Harald.Heim@phil.stud.uni-erlangen.de>]

> > I made some tests with ASPack, too. FF plugins that were
> > compressed with it will only have the half the size, but won't be
> > recognized by any host, cause the PIPL ressoures are
> > compressed, too.
> 
> I think maybe the trick is that Photoshop remembers plugins (includes all
> the info into a kind of ini file so next launch it hasn't load plugin at
> startup to determine what is the category etc). If PS remembers plugins
> only by filename (not date/size), it might get confused seen my original
> plugins first. So then the compressed files with the same names appeared
> and were called, it launched them and they got decompressed.
> 
> Just a wild guess...
 
You're right, Ilya. Photoshop has uses a kind of chache to 
remember the plugins, otherwise it would take very long to start up. 
Adobe Premiere e.g. doesn't use this technique and takes quite long 
to start up.

If you give distribute the fully compressed plugins, Photoshop or any 
other host on other machines won't recognize them! 

Harry


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