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User’s Guide

Windows Lucis Pro 6.1.1

Plug-in for Photoshop® and

Photoshop® Elements

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Windows Lucis Pro 6 Plug-in User’s Guide 3 Microtechnics

Table of Contents

System Requirements .............................................................. 4

Installation and Troubleshooting Installation ............................. 5

Backup ..................................................................................... 7

Lucis Processing Overview ...................................................... 8

Single Channel mode versus Split Channel mode .................... 9

Getting Started ....................................................................... 11

The Lucis Pro User Interface .................................................. 12

Using the Enhance Detail and Smooth Detail Sliders ............. 19

Single Channel Mode ........................................................ 19

Using the Enhance Detail Slider .................................... 19

Using the Smooth Detail Slider ..................................... 20

Using Both Sliders......................................................... 21

Optimum Values for Sliders ........................................... 22

Split Channel Mode ........................................................... 23

Using the Enhance Detail Slider .................................... 23

Using the Smooth Detail Slider ..................................... 28


Using Both Sliders......................................................... 29

Tie Together ...................................................................... 30

Scan Lines ............................................................................. 32

The Shadow Artifact ............................................................... 36

Mix With Original Image Slider ............................................... 37

Assign Original Image Color Slider ......................................... 40

Display Composite Image ...................................................... 42

Channel Weight ...................................................................... 43

User-Defined Presets ............................................................. 44

Memory Tiling ........................................................................ 46

System Requirements

WINDOWS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: A 64-bit Windows 7,

Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 computer with at least 4 GB RAM

and Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 –CC and/or Adobe® Photoshop®

Elements 6-11.


Installation and Troubleshooting Installation

Run setup.exe to install the Windows 64-bit version of Lucis Pro

6 into windows 64-bit versions of Photoshop and Photoshop

Elements.

During the installation process you select a host application. The available host applications are on the left.

One by one you select a host application and click to move it to

the right.

The only potential exception to this is Photoshop CC. If Photoshop CC shows up under available host applications but

will not install, please select “Other” and then navigate to and

select the plug-ins folder of Photoshop CC.

For most people, installing the Lucis plug-in is straightforward.

You just follow the screens. If you do run into any trouble,

please look at the detailed troubleshooting instructions below.

If the installation quits, then just read and follow the instructions

below. If Lucis did install but when you open Photoshop you

can’t find it, please use Add/Remove programs to uninstall

Lucis and then start over. You can double check the installation

by using Control Panel/Programs and Features—LucisPro will

show up in the list if it did successfully install. The other way is


to run Photoshop and use the Help/About plug-ins and see if

LucisPro is there. If it is, it did install and the About box will

display the current version, user name and email address.

Lucis has to match the version of Photoshop it's being installed

into. When you download the installer file, this is only for

Windows 64-bit Lucis.

Photoshop Elements. If you select your version of Photoshop

Elements as the host application and the installation is

unsuccessful, please try re-installing Lucis and select Other as

the host application. This means that you do not select your

version of Photoshop Elements. Then navigate to and select

the plug-ins folder of Photoshop Elements.

With Photoshop Elements it’s very important to check whether it

is Windows 32-bit or Windows 64-bit software. The old versions

of Windows Photoshop Elements are 32-bit. The current

LucisPro version is 64-bit only.

If you get an installation error like this:

Then install the setup.exe file using Run as Administrator. Right

click on the setup.exe file and left click on Run as Administrator.


Updating Photoshop CC

If you update Photoshop CC and Lucis Pro 6 disappears,

please reinstall Lucis Pro 6.

Backup

It is important to backup your software and serial number on a

storage device that is separate from your computer in case you

need to reinstall the software.

Your Presets are saved in a file that you should back up

(com.lucis.LucisPro.xml). Please note that if you uninstall

Lucis your preset file remains. Thus, you can reinstall Lucis and

still have your presets. Lucis Preset File Locations:

Windows 10: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Lucis


Windows 8.1: C:\Documents and

Settings\<username>\Application Data\Lucis


Lucis Processing Overview

Images often contain hundreds or thousands of contrast levels.

Our eyes can only differentiate 32 levels of contrast. Therefore

fine contrast variations are only partially recognized as textures

our eyes can't resolve.

Lucis enhances the image contrast variations that you choose

and would like to view.

As a first step, Lucis compares each pixel to every other pixel

along hundreds of radial lines in two directions to map out

contrast variances. That is why Lucis is very computationally

intensive and uses a lot of RAM. Then use the Enhance Detail

slider and the Smooth Detail slider to select the range of

contrast variances you wish to view. Contrast variances within

the selected range are enhanced and contrast variances

outside the range are diminished. The relative emphasis of

contrast information is shifted, but information is not thrown

away. Lucis easily and accurately reveals detail that other

image-processing methods can’t.

The Enhance and Smooth Detail sliders are two of the most

powerful tools available for enhancing image detail and image

information. Typically, it is best to find the optimum Enhance

and Smooth Detail slider values before proceeding with using

the other Lucis Pro features. For most scientific applications,


the Enhance Detail slider is the only feature needed because

the primary interest is to accurately view image detail.

Single Channel mode versus Split Channel mode

The Lucis algorithm modifies image intensity information.

Grayscale images are processed perfectly. For color images,

how the image is processed in terms of color shifts depends on

whether you are in Single Channel mode or Split Channel

mode.

Many times any color shifts are welcome. They are a desired

part of the processing. However, the software does have the

Assign Original Image Color slider that allows you to diminish or

remove any color shifts. You can also diminish color shifts by

using the Mix with Original Image slider.

If you need details how Lucis handles color, this is described

below.

In Single Channel mode, Lucis converts the RGB (Red, Green,

Blue) information to HSL (Hue Saturation Luminance). Lucis

processes the Luminance information, and then combines the

new Luminance (L') with the unaltered Hue and Saturation. The

HSL' information is converted back to RGB. Therefore, some


color images will experience color shifts as Lucis extracts the

image detail. This typically occurs in patches of the image, such

as orange and gray areas in shadows or brighter patches of

blue or red. These color shifts are easily corrected using the

Assign Original Image Color slider.

With Split Channel mode you can select and individually

enhance the intensity information in each color channel

separately. So dramatic color shifts can result. Split Channel

mode only applies to color images. It is disabled for grayscale

images.

Enhancing image detail using split Channel mode is not

numerically accurate unless the intensity information in each

channel is a separate data set. Therefore, for scientific and

medical applications Split Channel mode is only used for

images with data sets in the individual color channels, such as

fluorescence microscopy images.

In photography and artistic applications, Split Channel mode is

very powerful and can be used in a variety of ways. For

example, a photograph may have most of the intensity

information in one color channel centered on an object that you

wish to make more powerful. Slightly enhancing that channel

more than the other two will make the object pop off the page.

Or you can enhance each channel differently to achieve a

variety of color and detail shifts in the image. Another method is


to drastically shift the intensity levels in each channel, then use

the Assign Original Image Color slider to remove the color

shifts, leaving you with just the overall intensity shifts.

There are many ways to use Lucis Pro in photography and

artistic applications. Please visit the Usage Tips web page at

www.lucispro.com to learn more.

Getting Started

To open Lucis Pro after you have selected your image in Adobe

Photoshop:

On the Filter menu, click Lucis. Select Lucis Pro 6.0 on the

submenu

Figure 1: Opening the Lucis Pro user interface (UI)

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The Lucis Pro User Interface

Single Channel mode


Table 1: Single Channel mode Feature Description

1 Enhance Detail

slider

Move the slider to the left to increasingly reveal

image detail/features. The slider value is

displayed at the right end of the slider. You may

also type in slider values. Slider values must be

an odd number and the value of the Enhance

Detail slider must be higher than the Smooth

Detail slider value.

When the image is first opened the Enhance

Detail slider value equals the range of intensity

values in the image (the highest intensity minus

the lowest intensity), rounded to make it odd.

For 8-bit images the maximum value is 257

For 16-bit images the maximum value is 65,537


Feature Description

2 Smooth Detail

slider

Move the Smooth Detail slider to the right to

increasingly smooth image detail/features. The

slider value is displayed at the right end of the

slider. You may also type in slider values. Slider

values must be an odd number and the value of

the Smooth Detail slider must be less than the

Enhance Detail slider value.

When the image is first opened, the Smooth

Detail slider value is always 1.

3 Preview Scan

Lines

Enter the number of Scan Lines used by the

Lucis processing displayed in the Preview

Window here. Increase the number of Scan Lines

to remove any radial image artifacts; decrease it

to create radial artifacts in the image. This value

affects only the Preview window, not the final

image processing.

4 Processing

Scan Lines

Enter the number of Scan Lines for the final

Lucis processing here. Increase to remove any

radial image artifacts; decrease it to create radial

artifacts in the image. This value has no effect on

the image displayed in the Preview window.


Feature Description

5 Mix with

Original Image

Use this slider to mix the processed image with a

percentage of the original image.

6 Assign Original

Image Color

slider

Lucis processing may brighten or shift colors in

patches of the image. Use this slider to assign all

or a percentage of the colors of the original

image to the Lucis image.

7 Preset This menu contains all user-defined presets that

have been saved. The Save New button saves

the current settings as a new preset, and the

Manage… button displays a dialog that allows

you to delete or rename existing presets.

8 Preview When checked, the Preview window displays the

image as it will appear after Lucis processing.

Uncheck this box to view the original image. See

Preview Window for more information.

9 Tie Together Check this box to keep the difference between

the Smooth Detail slider value and the Enhance

Detail slider value constant. When you move one

slider, the other slider moves by the same

amount.


Feature Description

10 Channel List

When the Split Channels check box is

unchecked, the Lucis Pro UI is in Single

Channel mode. Only one color channel is

displayed, labeled “Single.”


Split Channel mode


Table 2: Split Channel mode Window

Feature

Description

10 Channel List

By checking the Split Channels box you

change from Single Channel mode to Split

Channel mode. In Split Channel mode, each

color channel can be selected and enhanced

separately. Split Channel mode is only enabled

for color images.

11 Display

Composite

Image

This control is enabled in Split Channel mode

only. When checked, the Preview window

displays the full image with all color channels.

Otherwise, the Preview window displays only

the selected color channel as a grayscale

image.


Window

Feature

Description

12 Weight This column controls the amount of the

channel’s data that is included in the

processed image, from 0% (channel is

disabled) to 100% (channel is fully visible).

Using the Enhance Detail and Smooth Detail Sliders

Single Channel Mode

Using the Enhance Detail Slider

When the image is first opened, the Enhance Detail slider value

equals the range of intensity values in the image (the highest

intensity minus the lowest intensity), rounded to make it odd.

The Enhance Detail slider value can be changed in two ways:

1. By moving the slider “thumb” left or right.

2. By changing the value in the text box to the right of the

slider. Enter a new value and press keyboard Enter.

Moving the Enhance Detail slider to the left enhances image

detail.


Using the Smooth Detail Slider

When the image is first opened, the Smooth Detail slider value

is always 1. The Smooth Detail slider value can be changed in

two ways:

3. By moving the slider “thumb” right or left.

4. By changing the value in the text box to the right of the

slider. Enter a new value and press keyboard Enter.

Moving the Smooth Detail slider to the right will smooth the

image detail.

Original (unprocessed) image

Enhance Detail slider applied

Enhance: 43, Smooth: 1


Using Both Sliders

By moving the Smooth Detail slider to the right and moving the

Enhance Detail slider to the left you are diminishing the

smallest image detail and the largest image features. This

enhances mid-range contrast patterns in the image.

Smooth Detail slider applied




Optimum Values for Sliders

Moving the Enhance Detail slider and observing the changes to

the image will help you get familiar with how detail is revealed.

This, plus the Assign Original Image Color slider (when

processing color images), is all you need to enhance images for

most scientific image processing applications.

Next, move the Smooth Detail slider and observe how the detail

is smoothed. If you are both enhancing and smoothing the

image and you think you are close to what you want the slider

values can be tied together (see Tie Together, below) to make

it easier to adjust the image processing.

Both sliders applied



Split Channel Mode

Using the Enhance Detail Slider

In Split Channel mode you can select each of the color

channels and enhance them separately. The Enhance Detail

and Smooth Detail sliders will process the intensity information

in the selected color channel only.

Below is the Single Channel mode image of a fish (8-bits per

channel). The Enhance Detail slider value is 187, which means

that the range of intensity values in the image is 187 out of a

possible 257. This image is underexposed because of the way

water disperses light and has reduced red information.

Original (unprocessed) image in Single Channel mode


The image below shows the same image with Split Channel

mode selected, no Lucis processing. You can see that the

maximum Enhance Detail sliders for the Red, Green, and Blue

channels are 207, 167, and 187 respectively. Since these slider

values equal the intensity range in each channel, it is clear that

the image is underexposed, especially in the Green channel.

Whenever an image is opened in Split Channel mode, the

intensity values in each channel are stretched to use the entire

range of intensity values. So, just by opening the image in Split

Channel mode, Lucis has improved the image by enhancing the

low-contrast channels.

Original (unprocessed) image in Split Channel mode

Red


The image below shows the image after the Red channel is

selected, and the Display Composite Image check box is

unchecked. This displays just the intensity information in the

red channel, as a grayscale image. Then the next image shows

the effect of moving the Enhance Detail slider to the left,

causing the intensity information in the Red channel to be

enhanced.

The next image (left) shows the effect of selecting the Green

channel. The image on the right shows the effect of moving the

Enhance Detail slider to the left, causing the intensity

information in the Green channel to be enhanced, in this case

by the same amount as the Red channel.

Red channel only, unprocessed




Green channel only, unprocessed




The image below on the left shows the effect of selecting the

Blue channel. The image below on the right shows the effect of

moving the Enhance Detail slider to the left, causing the

intensity information in the Blue channel to be enhanced, in this

case by the same amount as the Red and Green channels.

Green channel only, unprocessed




The image below shows the effect of checking the Display

Composite Image box. This displays a preview of the image

that would result from processing the image with the slider

settings selected for each color channel.

Composite image, each channel processed with the Enhance Detail slider

Using the Smooth Detail Slider

The identical process using the Smooth Detail slider could be

used to smooth the intensity information in each channel. In

addition to smoothing image detail, this process frequently

results in dramatic color shifts. Therefore, this process is

primarily used for creating artistic effects.


Using Both Sliders

Using both sliders together can yield interesting results for

artistic applications. The image below shows the original image

and the image enhanced as follows:

Red Channel: Smooth Detail slider = 29, Enhance Detail slider

= 45

Green Channel: Smooth Detail slider = 25, Enhance Detail

slider = 55

Blue Channel: Smooth Detail slider = 27, Enhance Detail slider

= 45


Smooth Detail slider applied


Tie Together

The Tie Together feature makes it easy to explore the many

possibilities you image holds for artistic applications. This

feature allows you to set a fixed difference between the values

of the Enhance Detail and Smooth Detail sliders.

With the Tie Together box checked, moving one slider causes

the other slider to move by the same amount. Figure 24 shows

a picture of a moth. The difference between the two slider

values has been set to 20. The Enhance Detail slider is 243

and the Smooth Detail slider is 223.


Unprocessed

Both sliders applied



By checking Tie Together and moving one slider, you can view

all the possible image variations up and down the slider scale

that result from the difference between the two slider values

being equal to 20. One such variation is shown in Figure 25,

which has the Enhance Detail slider set to 37 and the Smooth

Detail slider set to 17.

Artistic image variation



Another artistic image variation

Enhance:37, Smooth: 17

Scan Lines

For the most part, Lucis users leave the Scan Lines alone. If

you reduce the number of Scan Lines, you start to create radial

artifacts. Setting the Scan Lines to 1-3 creates the most

dramatic effect. It can add interesting texture to your image.

There are two boxes for the Scan Lines. The Preview Scan

Lines value controls the Scan Lines used when creating the

image in the preview window. This lets you easily experiment.

But if you want the effect in the Lucis-processed image, you

must also change the number of Processing Scan Lines


If you drastically smooth an image, you may want to increase

the number of Scan Lines to remove radial artifacts that could

appear.

Below is a description of how Scan Lines work and how you

might want to change them.

Lucis operates by determining relative intensities, the intensity

variations between pixels. When measuring the intensity

differences between pixels Lucis compares each pixel to every

other pixel along hundreds of radial lines called scan lines.

Because pixels are a finite size and the number of scan lines is

not infinite, you can sometimes see radial artifacts in the image

depending on the Lucis processing parameters chosen.

Increasing the number of scan lines will eliminate these radial

artifacts if they are observed.

With Lucis Pro you can alter the number of Scan Lines that

Lucis uses to create the Preview Window image (the Preview

Scan Lines) and the number of Scan Lines that Lucis will use

when processing the image (the Processing Scan Lines). The

values entered for the Scan Lines results in Lucis processing

along 8 times that number of scan lines. The greater the

number of Scan Lines, the more computationally intensive the

image processing and the longer it will take. So, for example, if

you increase the number of Preview Scan Lines you may find

that the preview window changes too slowly when you change


Lucis UI parameters. This is why users sometimes choose to

look at the preview window with a lower number of Scan Lines

than that chosen for full Lucis processing.

Lucis Pro has a default value of 32 for both Preview and

Processing Scan Lines. This value is actually multiplied by 8

during processing, so this results in the algorithm processing

pixel contrast variations along 256 scan lines. This default value

is usually high enough to eliminate any visible radial artifacts in

the image.

Below is an image that shows just the top of a building and

some sky. If the Enhance Detail and Smooth Detail sliders are

very close together and the Smooth Detail slider value is high,

radial lines can be seen in the sky (next image).



Processed image, with radial artifacts: Enhance: 97, Smooth: 87, 8 Scan Lines

The number of Scan Lines can be set to very low values (1-3)

to deliberately create radial artifacts, as an artistic effect.

Please visit the Usage Tips page at www.lucispro.com for more

information.

If you see any faint radial lines in the Preview Window image

and you would like to eliminate these artifacts in the final

processed image, try setting the Processing Scan Lines to 40

before processing your image. The image below has the

Preview Scan Lines set to 40, which removes the radial line

artifacts.

However, note that this figure still shows some artifacts, notably

the shadowing around the edges of the roof. This artifact is

explained “The Shadow Artifact” section, below.

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Processed image, with Scan Lines increased to eliminate radial artifacts

Enhance: 97, Smooth: 87, 40 Scan Lines

The Shadow Artifact

The above image shows a shadowing artifact that, when it

occurs, can’t be removed by changing Lucis parameters. This

shadowing artifact is a result of the extreme slider values used

to produce this image, and the abrupt changes from light to

dark from the roof to the sky.

There is a light area in the sky near the dark parts of the roof

and there is a dark area in the sky near the white part of the

roof. This shadow artifact is a result of the relative nature of the

Lucis processing. In order to map out contrast variances each

pixel is being compared to every other pixel along hundreds of

radial lines in two directions. So, in the above image, a blue


pixel from the sky that is near a dark part of the roof is relatively

brighter than a blue pixel out in the middle of the sky

surrounded by similar blue pixels. Thus, the pixels near the

dark part of the roof are brightened, creating a bright “shadow”.

Similarly, a blue pixel from the sky that is near a bright part of

the roof is relatively darker than a blue pixel out in the middle of

the sky surrounded by similar blue pixels. Therefore, the pixels

near the bright part of the roof are darkened, creating a dark

shadow.

This type of artifact only occurs around discontinuities in the

image (abrupt changes in intensity) and usually when applying

the more extreme Lucis slider settings. For most images the

contrasts vary enough that this artifact is not observable or only

affects a small part of the image.

Mix With Original Image Slider

The Mix with Original Image slider lets you mix the processed

image with a percentage of the original image. The percentages

can be adjusted to control the proportions of the original and

processed image that are mixed to create the final image.

The image below shows an original image of some flowers.



The next image shows the same image where the detail is

greatly enhanced using the Enhance Detail slider.

Over-enhanced image- Enhance:27, Smooth: 1

The image below shows the image that is the result of mixing

25% of the processed image with 75% of the original image.


Mixed image Enhance: 27, Smooth: 1, Mixed 25%


Assign Original Image Color Slider

The Lucis algorithm modifies image intensity information.

Grayscale images are processed perfectly. For color images,

there can be color shifts.

The Assign Original Image Color slider allows you to assign all

or a percentage of the original image’s color to the processed

image. The image below shows an original image of an eye.


Unprocessed (Preview box unchecked)

The next image shows the same image with the detail

drastically enhanced using the Enhance Detail slider. There are

some areas with orange tones in the eyelid.


Processed image with some patches of orange color shifts in the skin tones (look at the eyelid at the top left corner.)


The image below is the same image, only the Assign Original

Image Color slider has been moved to the 100% Original

position. This assigns the original image’s colors to the

processed image and removes the color shifts caused by the

Lucis processing.


Processed image, color corrected using the Assign Original Image Color slider. Enhance: 51, Smooth: 1, Color Assigned 100%

Display Composite Image

The Display Composite Image check box is available only in

Split Channel mode.

When the Display Composite Image check box is checked (the

default condition), the Preview window shows the result of the

Lucis processing on all the color channels. Uncheck the Display

Composite Image box to view only the selected color channel

as a grayscale image, as shown below.


Red channel only (Display Composite Image unchecked)

Channel Weight

When in Split Channel mode you can alter the amount that

each channel will be weighed (count) towards the composite

Lucis-processed image by altering the weight number

associated with each channel. Click on the Weight column and

the value can be altered from 0% (the channel is disabled) to

100% (the color channel is fully enabled and counted when

calculating the composite image). The effect of altering the

channel weight is shown in the Preview Window. This feature is


particularly useful for Fluorescence Microscopy and for

developing new artistic effects.

User-Defined Presets

User-Defined Presets gives you the ability to save and apply up

to 300 user-defined presets. Lucis Pro 6 processes each image

differently; these presets will save editing time since you can

adjust the settings to ensure the desired result in Lucis.

This feature is easy to use. When you have the processed

image settings you would like, click the Save New button and

enter your Preset Name in the dialog.

Assign a name to a user-defined preset

Click OK to save your defined preset.


Saved preset

To view and manage the presets you have available, click the

“Manage…” button. A window opens which shows your presets.

You can rearrange them, delete them and move them up and

down the list.

Your Presets are saved in a file that you should back up

(com.lucis.LucisPro.xml). Please note that if you uninstall

Lucis your preset file remains. You can reinstall Lucis and still

have your presets. Lucis Preset File Locations:



Windows 8.1: C:\Documents and

Settings\<username>\Application Data\Lucis


User-defined preset manager

Memory Tiling

Because the Lucis algorithm processes the entire image at

once, it can consume very large amounts of memory when

used with a large image. In order to process images larger than

can fit into the available memory, Lucis will divide the image

into sections (“tiles”), process each section separately, and then

reassemble them into the final image. This allows processing of

images up to 4 GB in size. For users with at least 4 GB of RAM

(Random Access Memory), images no larger than 250 MB

(CS3) or 350 MB (CS4x64) should not require memory tiling.


Tiling is best avoided when possible. Processing an image in

tiles takes significantly longer than processing it as a single

piece and in some cases artifacts may appear at the edges of

the tiles in areas of the image where the contrasts do not vary

much, such as a clear blue sky. Because of the possibility of

these artifacts, you will be warned before processing any image

that is large enough to require tiling.

The image below shows the warning dialog that appears when

tiling is required.

Tiling warning


Thank you very much for your order. Here are some detailed instructions for working with different versions of Photoshop if necessary All the 0s are zeroes. The installation instructions are below and are also posted on the Support page of www.lucispro.com. Creative Cloud: Please note that if you are installing into Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud (CC) you may have to select "Other" as the host application and then navigate to and select the Plug-ins folder of CC during the installation 1. Turn off all versions of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements. 2. The software download is a .exe file with the Windows 64-bit version of Lucis Pro 6. 3. Double click on the .exe file to open the installer. 4. You will see the Welcome screen. Click the Next button. The End User License Agreement will be displayed. Indicate your acceptance of the Agreement by checking the "I accept the terms.." check box and then click the Next button. 5. The User Information screen will be displayed. Enter your name, the name of your organization (if applicable), and the serial number in the appropriate fields. Click the Next button. 6. The Choose Host Applications screen will be displayed. Select one of the listed host applications and click the Add button. If you would like to use the Lucis Pro 6 plug-in with multiple Photoshop applications, repeat this process with each such application from the list. If your application is not displayed in the list, select the "Other." entry and click the Add button. Creative Cloud (CC) may not show up as an option so you must choose "Other" if you are installing into CC. 7. Click the Next button. 8. If you selected the "Other." entry on the previous screen, the Destination Folder screen will be displayed. Enter the path to



your Photoshop software's Plug-ins folder and click the Next button. 9. The Ready to Install page will be displayed. Click the Install button. Start your Photoshop software and open an image. Lucis appears in the drop-down menu under Filters. 10. Backup your Lucis Pro 6 software by copying the setup file to a CD or flash drive and putting it with a printout of the e-mail with the installation instructions and Lucis Pro 6 serial number. You will need this backup in case you need to reinstall Lucis Pro 6 as a download link is not yet available after purchase. Your purchase comes with 4 months of free technical support, but time passes quickly.