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> On 23 Oct 2017, at 5:54 am, Mr. Eric D. Kirk <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote: > > I've yet to fully even move to CC 2015, let alone CC2017 because it is such an immense pain to copy or reinstall the dozens of plug-in's and while it sounds like it's just a simple copy and paste, that's never the case. I don't gripe too much but this one has always annoyed me. It’s not necessarily Adobe’s fault, it’s actually up to the developer (I think). The way I understand it, there are two potential locations for plugins. Traditionally there’s the “plugins” folder which is inside the Application folder. However there’s also the one inside the Adobe “Common” folder - a more convoluted file path that is different on Mac & Windows. Any plugins that install to the “Common” folder can be migrated to newer versions of the software / upgrades. I think it’s a preference when you install, can’t remember. I think that Trapcode, Red Giant, Sapphire and a few others that live here WILL be automatically included in an upgrade. It is plugins that still use the original location inside the application folder that don’t get moved over. I just had a look and this is where the Video CoPilot ones live. Yes I guess Adobe should migrate plugins from both folders, and not just the one, but if developers set their installers to use the Common folder then it would also solve the problem. -Chris PS. But I do wish upgrades would also migrate scripts! |
