Installing PhotoKit Color on Macintosh

NOTE:  To automatically search and install PhotoKit Color 2.0, a U.S. or International English version of Photoshop CS or later must already be installed. PhotoKit Color 2.0 cannot be automatically installed in any non-English version of Photoshop CS or later. You will need to manually select the install location if you are installing in a non-English version of Photoshop.

Photoshop and PhotoKit Color Requirements for Macintosh Operating System:
PowerPC® processor
Mac OS X v.10.2.4-10.4.5 (or above)
192MB of RAM, 13MB of available hard-disk space

Color monitor capable of displaying thousands of colors at a resolution of 1024x768 or greater
CD-ROM drive

When installing PhotoKit Color 2.0 using the downloaded file, you will need to double-click on the installer .dmg package.

After you double-click on the installer, this will mount the following installer on the desktop:

The .dmg installer will open to reveal a folder containing the PK-Color-2-Installer_MAC VISE installer and a PKC-READ-ME-MAC.txt Read Me document. Double-click on the VISE installer to initiate the PhotoKit Color 2.0 installation on your computer.

When you run the PhotoKit Color 2.0 installer, you will be prompted by a splash screen, the PhotoKit Color End User License Agreement (EULA) and an installer Read Me.

 

The following warning informs you that you should not install PhotoKit Color 2.0 if Photoshop is already running, we suggest quitting the installer, quit Photoshop and re-launch the installer.

 

The next screen you will see will ask you if you wish to do an automatic search or manually locate the correct folder in which to install PhotoKit Color 2.0. We suggest an automatic search if your system and applications are all on one hard drive. If you have multiple hard drives with applications installed on a non-boot drive, or you are installing in a non-English version of Photoshop, you may need to manually locate the 'Automate' folder. If installing in a non-English version, you must select 'No' when asked about automatically searching.

The proper location, as shown below, is: Applications/ Adobe Photoshop / Plug-ins / Automate / Adobe Photoshop Only.

 

If you receive the above dialog box, it means that the PhotoKit Color 2.0 installer has found multiple locations where an 'Automate' folder has been found. Generally this would only happen if you have Photoshop installed in more than one location or different versions of Photoshop installed. Please select the specific location where you wish to install.

That's it. PhotoKit Color 2.0 should now be properly installed. If you received an Install Error, see below. After installing, launch Photoshop and read the next section on launching PhotoKit Color 2.0.

 

If you received the error above when installing, the odds are you do not have a U.S. or International English version of Photoshop CS or later installed correctly. The PhotoKit Color installer can only install automatically when a U.S or International English version of Photoshop can be found on your computer. If you have your Photoshop installer CD, please do an install prior to running the PhotoKit Color 2.0 installer. If you are installing in a non-English version of Photoshop, you will need to manually select the install location.