Advanced Techniques
Once you've mastered all the controls in Permanent Press and you're ready to take your designs to the next level, below are some advanced techniques you can apply as you work:

Image Scaling - One of the lesser known features of Permanent Press is its ability to process, clean-up and redraw an image at many times the original size from limited image information. Use this feature when you need to blow up a logo 600% or clean up some old artwork you need to use for printed applications.

To use, simply open any image, change the physical image size and dpi in the Image Size dialog and run the Permanent Press filter. You can control the detail of the image using the Image Details control in the Basic tabbed section. If you find you're picking up too many artifacts from up scaling, simply run a Gaussian Blur on the image before you run the Permanent Press filter.

More Ink Textures and Presets - While our plug-in comes with a host of fine textures and preset settings, there are many more we've developed that you can get via the Permanent Press plug-in.

To get 'em, simply click on the creme colored Permanent Press title at the top of the GUI over the green background. From there, you'll see a button that reads 'Updates' - Simply click this button and your web browser will launch and direct you to a page that features the latest version of the Permanent Press plug-in, new textures, and a host of new presets!

Download and extract these files as usual, then locate the Mister Retro folder inside the Photoshop Plug-ins > Filters folder and add the appropriate files to the folders clearly indicated within.

Make Your Own Textures - One of the most exciting aspects of Permanent Press is the manner which its able to texturize ink. While we hope you find plenty to choose from within our plug-in, if you decide to create your own, it's easy!

Start by creating an image or texture file no larger than 400 x 400 pixels at 72dpi and apply your texture design. Using the Offset feature, simply offset the image by the same horizontal and vertical amount and using the clone brush or smear tool, apply till the image tiles seamlessly.

Once you're satisfied with your result, simply change the image to Grayscale and save as a BMP file into the textures sub directory within the Mister Retro folder inside your Photoshop Plug-ins folder. Once you launch the plug-in, you'll see your new Ink Texture loaded automatically and available via the Ink Textures drop-down menu.

ActionScripting - Permanent Press is fully scriptable and allows you to create an unlimited about of automated settings for your work. Follow our guide below to create your own ActionScripts for Photoshop.

How to Write an Action with Permanent Press
  1. Open an image.

  2. In Photoshop's Actions pallette, press the button "Create New Action"

  3. In pop-up window, simply type the name of the new action and press the "Record" button.

  4. Select the menu item Filter > Mister Retro > Permanent Press to launch Permanent Press.

  5. Adjust the filter as desired.

  6. Press OK to apply the filter.

  7. In Photoshop's Actions pallette, press the button "Stop Playing/Recording"
How to Play the Action
  1. Open an image.

  2. In Photoshop's Actions pallette, select the desired action you just recorded.

  3. In this window press the "Play Selection" button and action will be applied to your image.
How to Install\Export a New Action.
  1. In Photoshop's Actions pallette menu, select the item "Load Actions" and a file chooser dialog will appear.

  2. Simply select the .atn file what you want to import in Photoshop and click OK.

  3. The new action will appear in Photoshop's Action pallette ready to play.

  4. Similarly, you can export any action as an .atn file by selecting the menu item "Save Action"

Problems with the installing, registering or using the plug-in? Visit our Troubleshooting Section . . .