PSP 2020 Particle Shop?

[ehume]

Looking over my past orders, Painter Essentials came with PSP 2018 and along with that was Painter Essentials and a free particleshop 5 brush starter pack .

If you never got the Particle Shop install file, there may be another way if you own PSPX7.
For some reason Corel made an update patch for PSPX7 in 2017 and in that update included Particle Shop with 5 brushes.

https://www.paintshoppro.com/en/support ... ion-tab_4=

Interesting. I have SP4 for PSPx7. On the off chance I had not installed it, I ran it again. It said the app did not need updating. So still no Particle Shop 5 brushes.

[ehume]

Curiouser and curiouser. I uninstalled PSPx7, reinstalled it, it tried to update and saw nothing. I then ran PSPx7 Update 4. That ran, but no ParticleShop as promised.

[patara]

That's strange. I did that update when it was released in 2017.
Can't remember my steps now or how/where Particle Shop appeared.
I just remember finding it and was able to copy over the files to my other computer.

I don't have that version installed at present, so cannot check, but see that update is supposed to add the new Welcome Workspace. Check under that and see if there is a link to download it.
I have a feeling that is where I got it.

New Welcome workspace packed with learning materials, free and premium plugins, applications, scripts, brushes, and more

[Ken Berry]

Back in October 2016, Corel advertised Particle Shop ESD for something like US$16, and a few of us here bought it. I had hard drive trouble in 2018 and had to reload everything, and somehow or other I could not find the Particle Shop download. It was also too late to use the fact that I registered it on my Corel account, to retrieve it.

I also recall that in 2018 the Corel sales campaign on Amazon for (I assume) PSP 2018 (or maybe it was PSP 2019) also included Particle Shop as well as Painter Essentials 6. It was only available if you bought from Amazon. As I already had versions of PSP up to the latest, I wasn't going to buy the whole thing again, so left it. I do, however, have Painter Essentials 5 and 6 on this computer, and oddly enough a copy of Particle Shop ESD on a now rather old laptop where I loaded it when still using that laptop. But I no longer use it for anything, and still can't load Particle Shop on my current computer... unless I buy it again.

I don't recall seeing any other free version of Particle Shop.

[LeviFiction]

What version of PSP did you buy it with? Have you tried the "restore my purchases" option to see if it shows up in your library?

EDIT: As a quick test I went to Help -> Restore My Purchases and after entering my email address it brought in my ParticalShop purchase. Had to restart PSP before I could see it, but it was in the list of restored purchases.

[Ken Berry]

Unfortunately, my "Restore Purchases" is greyed out. I suspect that is because the purchase of Particle Shop in 2016 was made independent of PSP. I've also checked in Painter Essentials 6 because Particle Shop is more usually associated with Painter. But that said I had not made any previous purchases. Painter Essentials 5 does not have a "Restore Purchases"...

[ehume]

Unfortunately, my "Restore Purchases" is greyed out. I suspect that is because the purchase of Particle Shop in 2016 was made independent of PSP. I've also checked in Painter Essentials 6 because Particle Shop is more usually associated with Painter. But that said I had not made any previous purchases. Painter Essentials 5 does not have a "Restore Purchases"...

Worse, in PSPx7 I do not have Help > Restore My Purchases at all, not even greyed out.

Edit: I just looked at my recorded registrations. They go back to 2007 and PSP9. I found a PSPx7 registration, but no ParticleShop registration.

[Ken Berry]

I've started up two more of my old computers and found both had Particle Shop among the plug-ins for PSP x9 64bit. X9 of course came out in 2016, and as I mentioned before, that is when I bought Particle Shop ESD.

The program files for it are not in C:\Program Files\Corel where you might think they would be. They're in C:\Users\[Your Name]\AppData\Roaming\Corel... Both these computers are a lot more recent than the other one I mentioned, so at least I have a fallback option for Particle Shop.

[Ken Berry]

Worse, in PSPx7 I do not have Help > Restore My Purchases at all, not even greyed out.

Edit: I just looked at my recorded registrations. They go back to 2007 and PSP9. I found a PSPx7 registration, but no ParticleShop registration.

The Recent Purchases item only came in PSP X8. Oddly enough, I just tried it in X8 on one of my older computers, and it came up with Particle Shop!

As for registration, I certainly registered my Particle Shop and it still shows among my registered products.

Now if I could only get it to work on this computer!! It seems rather strange that on this computer "Recent Purchases" is greyed out, but not on the older one...

[ehume]

What is the plugin called in the plugin directory?

[patara]

Under Effects Plugins, it shows under Painter/ParticleShop.
It only works with PSP 64 bit but I've used it via an edited Nik script with PSP 32 bit.
Mine installed into Program Files/Corel and I have directed Plugins file locations to that.

I found my old notes for PSP X7 Particle Shop install.
I did the 4th Patch install [in March 2017] and on opening a new Welcome Screen appeared and under the Get More Tab was the option to get Particle Shop for free.
I then copied the Particle Shop folder over to my PC but it required an msi file to install. I found that on the old Laptop in AppData/Temp folder, brought it over to PC, installed and then Particle Shop worked on the PC.

Today I reinstalled X7 onto the laptop to test the steps [it had been removed during clean Win 10 install] and I ran the 4th Patch, but this time on opening PSP there was no new Welcome screen.
I checked and it was the correct version, 17.4.0.11
The only difference from before was that this time I only installed the 64 bit version and last time I had only installed the 32 bit version.
The Corel Patch page still shows that Particle Shop along with new Welcome screen and other extras come with the 4th Patch, but perhaps they have now removed those options from appearing.
If that is the case I'm pleased I saved those files back in 2017.

The webpage states
Service Pack 4 is now available for Corel PaintShop Pro X7. We’ve worked hard to bring you an update that includes:
*New Welcome workspace packed with learning materials, free and premium plugins, applications, scripts, brushes, and more
* RAW support for 29 new cameras
* FREE Corel ParticleShop plugin with 5 amazing brushes

[ehume]

Under Effects Plugins, it shows under Painter/ParticleShop.
It only works with PSP 64 bit but I've used it via an edited Nik script with PSP 32 bit.
Mine installed into Program Files/Corel and I have directed Plugins file locations to that.

I found my old notes for PSP X7 Particle Shop install.
I did the 4th Patch install [in March 2017] and on opening a new Welcome Screen appeared and under the Get More Tab was the option to get Particle Shop for free.
I then copied the Particle Shop folder over to my PC but it required an msi file to install. I found that on the old Laptop in AppData/Temp folder, brought it over to PC, installed and then Particle Shop worked on the PC.

Today I reinstalled X7 onto the laptop to test the steps [it had been removed during clean Win 10 install] and I ran the 4th Patch, but this time on opening PSP there was no new Welcome screen.
I checked and it was the correct version, 17.4.0.11
The only difference from before was that this time I only installed the 64 bit version and last time I had only installed the 32 bit version.
The Corel Patch page still shows that Particle Shop along with new Welcome screen and other extras come with the 4th Patch, but perhaps they have now removed those options from appearing.
If that is the case I'm pleased I saved those files back in 2017.

The webpage states
Service Pack 4 is now available for Corel PaintShop Pro X7. We’ve worked hard to bring you an update that includes:
*New Welcome workspace packed with learning materials, free and premium plugins, applications, scripts, brushes, and more
* RAW support for 29 new cameras
* FREE Corel ParticleShop plugin with 5 amazing brushes

Lucky you saved the stuff. By the time I downloaded the 4th update, the Particle/Shop plugin was gone. My version is 17.4.0.11, like yours. Unlike your experience, I get the Welcome tab, which is not present in PSPx8 or PSPx9.

[ehume]

Worse, in PSPx7 I do not have Help > Restore My Purchases at all, not even greyed out.

Edit: I just looked at my recorded registrations. They go back to 2007 and PSP9. I found a PSPx7 registration, but no ParticleShop registration.

The Recent Purchases item only came in PSP X8. Oddly enough, I just tried it in X8 on one of my older computers, and it came up with Particle Shop!

As for registration, I certainly registered my Particle Shop and it still shows among my registered products.

Now if I could only get it to work on this computer!! It seems rather strange that on this computer "Recent Purchases" is greyed out, but not on the older one...

Interesting what differing experiences you have -- between computers. I do not even get a greyed-out Restore Purchases in PSPx8, but there it is in PSPx9. The only trouble is: when I invoke it, it says there are no products having that address. But when I go through www.corel.com there my products are -- registered to the address I was told they are not registered to. At least we know the trouble lies with Corel, not us. As for ParticleShop. it is a $49.99 download in PSP 2018's Welcome tab. Sigh. I guess I'll never get to play with it.

[LeviFiction]

For me I apparently bought it under a different email address than my main account. My Corel account uses my Yahoo address. And ParticleShop is registered with this email. But I bought it under my Gmail address. So when I restore, I have to use my Gmail address.

[patara]

Lucky you saved the stuff. By the time I downloaded the 4th update, the Particle/Shop plugin was gone. My version is 17.4.0.11, like yours. Unlike your experience, I get the Welcome tab, which is not present in PSPx8 or PSPx9.

I always poke around in AppData and Program Data after any Corel updates and installs, to grab any of the install or download files. That way I know I have them for the future in case I can't get online.

I rebooted Laptop and the new Home Tab appeared in X7.
I can confirm that the Particle Shop download offer does not show up anymore under Welcome.
The only free item I found under Get More was a pack of brushes.

Looks like the offer was time limited or stopped once support stopped for X7.