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In article <4a89i9pvildu3b57pouada2a6q3o02b356@4ax.com>, Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com>wrote:

there is no approval needed to write photoshop plug-ins. period. end. of. story.

Tony Cooper
I didn't say there is any approval needed to *write* a plugin. Don't lie. You're evading the question or, as you say, "twisting".

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you said this: In article <hgn8i9pp0requhve7bt09eubvstel0ig44@4ax.com>, Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com>wrote:

Tony Cooper
Right. Only Adobe can call plug-in an "Adobe Plugin", but they can approve vendors as suppliers of plugins for Photoshop. The plugins on that page are evidently plugins that Adobe has approved for use with Photoshop. Strange that some of the most-used plugins are not listed.

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adobe does not need to approve a damned thing.

they might want to help market some plug-ins, particularly if the plug-in helps market photoshop itself, but that has nothing to do with being approved as a 'supplier of plugins for photoshop.'

Tony Cooper
I'm saying that Adobe can approve a vendor's plugins. Do you understand the difference?

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once again, adobe doesn't need to approve anything.

download the sdk, write a plug-in and sell it.

been there done that, more than once.

getting the word out is not that simple for smaller companies, but not impossible.

showcasing the plug-in on adobe's web site is *not* required to sell a plug-in. that's something entirely separate.