[SOLVED] Editing image using Photoshop 7 in Wine

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Durhamwilly

Hi

Image Editor Problem ......

I have Scribus 1.6.1 installed on my Linux Mint 21.3 machine, and loving it!

I also am running Wine with Photoshop 7 installed in it, but I cannot figure out how to properly set up the External Tools image editor in Scribus to actually run the Wine installation of Photoshop as my Scribus image editor.

No matter what syntax I use, I can't get it to work.

Can anyone tell me what the "Name of Executable" should be in the External Tools image editor to run my Photoshop that's in Wine? I have tried "/home/MyUserName/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Adobe/Photoshop 7.0/Photoshop.exe" - it didn't work.

However, if I directly click on the Photoshop.exe file in this directory, Photoshop opens fine....

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks....

 

AdmFubar

there is a space in the path, you prolly need quotes around that path

"/home/MyUserName/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Adobe/Photoshop 7.0/Photoshop.exe"
Using Scribus 1.6.1, openSUSE 15.5
Advanced hobbyist

PatJr

I don't use wine
if it's similar to the flatpaks maybe something like
"wine start /home/MyUserName/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Adobe/Photoshop 7.0/Photoshop.exe"


Durhamwilly


AdmFubar

Using Scribus 1.6.1, openSUSE 15.5
Advanced hobbyist

Durhamwilly

Quote from: AdmFubar on May 20, 2024, 02:27:18 AMwhy the need for photoshop?

Of all the image editors out there, Photoshop seems to have the best Magic Wand. GIMP comes a close second with it's "magic wand", but not as smooth as photoshop.

AdmFubar

not as smooth is rather lacking in detail. from what i can see the magic wand selection have the same options in both gimp and photoshop 7. Can you be more specific about "smooth"?
Using Scribus 1.6.1, openSUSE 15.5
Advanced hobbyist

Durhamwilly

Quote from: Durhamwilly on May 13, 2024, 12:49:16 AMHi

Image Editor Problem ......

I have Scribus 1.6.1 installed on my Linux Mint 21.3 machine, and loving it!

I also am running Wine with Photoshop 7 installed in it, but I cannot figure out how to properly set up the External Tools image editor in Scribus to actually run the Wine installation of Photoshop as my Scribus image editor.

No matter what syntax I use, I can't get it to work.

Can anyone tell me what the "Name of Executable" should be in the External Tools image editor to run my Photoshop that's in Wine? I have tried "/home/MyUserName/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Adobe/Photoshop 7.0/Photoshop.exe" - it didn't work.

However, if I directly click on the Photoshop.exe file in this directory, Photoshop opens fine....

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks....

 

I got it working...... here's how I did it:

How to get Photoshop (V7) running properly under Wine in Linux Mint 21.3.

This works well, (at least for me!) and allows me to use Photoshop as my Image Processing Tool in Scribus.
(I like Photoshop for image editing - in my opinion, it has the best "Magic Wand" tool of all the editors out there. GIMP comes a close second).

1.) Install Photoshop into Wine. (This info assumes that you have Wine installed in your Linux Mint).

Once Photoshop is installed into Wine, make a note of the Photoshop.exe location by looking in the .wine folder for it. It's used below.
In my Wine installation, Photoshop is located in /home/MyUserName/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Adobe/Photoshop 7.0/Photoshop.exe

2.) Create a .sh script. I named mine "PHOTOSHOP-WINE-RUN-Official-Version.sh", and put it into my Utils directory which I created in my Home folder.

# bash script contents ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#!/bin/bash
PAR=`winepath -w "$*"`
# NOTE the quotes around the LOC string below. Quotes are needed as there are spaces in the installation directory string.
LOC=~/".wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Adobe/Photoshop 7.0//Photoshop.exe"
wine "$LOC" "$PAR"
exit 0
# end of bash script contents ///////////////////////////////////////////

*** Set the script's File Permissions to "Allow this file to run as a program"


3.) Create a Launcher on your  Desktop - you can name it whatever you want, and assign any Icon to it.....
I named mine Photoshop 7_0_official_version.desktop

# Desktop Launcher File contents ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Photoshop 7.0 OFFICIAL
Comment=
Exec=/home/YourUserName/Utils/PHOTOSHOP-WINE-RUN-Official-Version.sh
Icon=E288_Photoshop.0
Path=
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
# end of Desktop Launcher File contents ///////////////////////////////////////////

*** Set it's File Permissions to "Allow this file to run as a program"

4.) To use Photoshop 7 as your image editor in Scribus 1.6.1, (and likely other versions also):
Open Scribus, go to Preferences, External Tools, Name of Executable and enter the location of your .sh script. In my case, it's
/home/MyUserName/Utils/PHOTOSHOP-WINE-RUN-Official-Version.sh

That's it.... thanks much from other Scribus users for their input !!



Durhamwilly

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Quote from: AdmFubar on May 24, 2024, 07:27:41 PMnot as smooth is rather lacking in detail. from what i can see the magic wand selection have the same options in both gimp and photoshop 7. Can you be more specific about "smooth"?

When selecting areas of an image in Photoshop, it's only a case of tracing what you want to select. It doesn't involve a lot of mouse clicking, Having said that, I have been using Photoshop ever since V1, way, way back 30 years ago. So I guess I'm biased. I just find it more intuitive and easier to use. As I said, I'm biased !