PatrickTheCop Loc: Spartanburg, SC

OK a while back I came across a nifty little plugin for Photoshop called Wireworm. It makes removing power lines, etc. a breeze. I loved that little plugin.

Now for my problem. I have PS CC (2014) the most recent version. I just bought a new laptop because my old one was worn out. I got PS up and running no problem and I re-downloaded the wireworm plug-in on the new laptop but I can't seem to install it so that PS recognizes it now. I know it is a manual installation and I am extracting the file to my C:\Computer\program\adobe\plug-ins\ folder I have even tried putting it in several other places all to no avail. Can anyone help a fellow out and tell me what I am doing wrong? Oh yeah, the new computer is Windows 8 (I really dislike windows 8)!

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

Did it work on PS CC 2014 on your old machine?

Jim Plogger Loc: East Tennessee

I believe that wireworm is a 32 bit plugin and it won't work in Photoshop 64 bit. However, you have practically the same tool in CC2014. The healing tool will do the same thing as wire worm.

Searcher Loc: Kent, England

I think the problem is more likely the new HTML5 platform that PS CC 2014 is written on.

Older programs were written in Flash Panels which are not compatible with HTML5.

There is a reference to this on the Wireworm site, but it is not clearly stated if Wireworm will or will not work on the new incarnation of PS.

Hundreds of old established PS plug ins will no longer work and need rewriting.

My thanks are extended to Adobe for once again ignoring the wishes and requirements of your customers.

GaryS1964 Loc: Northern California

I also used Wireworm with mixed results. The toughest wire problem I have ever faced is the wires that extend from the top of the Matterhorn into Frontier Land crossing behind the castle at Disneyland. Every technique I have tried, including Wireworm, left a slightly discolored trail across the blue sky. I only recently upgraded to 2014 and haven't tried the upgraded Content Aware Fill yet but I have high hope based on the videos I have seen.

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

Because Photoshop's healing tool is content aware of the pixels on both sides of the selection, you should be able to just take a swipe along the wire (just a little bit wider than the wire itself) across the sky and see a miracle happen. If the miracle isn't perfect, but it usually is, CTRL-Z it and do it again. The tool somehow remembers and will "re-think" what it did the last time and do it slightly differently which many times will be even better. I do it on real estate pictures all the time with blue skies, blue skies with white clouds, and every other kind of sky. You don't even notice that healing tool affected the clouds the wire was passing in front of. Most times, even across a house roof or a brick front, it even will not affect the tile pattern. In the rare cases that it does, I use the clone tool to clone a tile or brick from right beside it over the affected one.

Jim Plogger Loc: East Tennessee

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PatrickTheCop Loc: Spartanburg, SC

Thank you all for the advice and comments! I'm sure I can accomplish the same easily enough with the healing brush but I sure did have a much easier time with wire worm when there were many wires that could not be avoided. Thanks again y'all!