Photoshop plug-ins in Gimp

If you need to run Adobe Photoshop plug-ins only and you're using Gimp in Linux I have pretty good luck using PSPI . Here's a screenshot .

Install Wine, should be in the package manager that came with your distribution, apt-get, urmpi, adept, etc... You can find Wine settings in the KDE settings, which will get you setup and working easily. I typically leave everything as is for plug-ins.

Next look for your Gimp directory under home eg, /home/*yourusername*/.gimp2/, will most likely be hidden so in you file manager under View select "show hidden". In this folder there will be the /plug-ins folder. If not make it. Note, you Gimp folder may look different, especially version number.

Once you locate the plug-in folder copy pspi and pspi.exe and your Photoshop plug-ins there. If you need to install the plug-in just point to that folder when the setup asks for the plug-in directory. When you fire up Gimp your plug-ins should be ready for use.

Keep in mind not everything will work, but my favs like Flood, Eye candy, Nik, and KPT work fine.

Using these plug-ins in Gimp on Windows works much better because they don't need to run in Wine and can run on Windows natively. Same basic idea as in Linux and I think Gimp for Windows still has the PSPI file you need included. Just copy your plug-ins into the Gimp plug-in folder and you should be all set.

Download PSPI