The Photoshop version of Clari-Fi Pro is a Creative Cloud plug-in, which should work on both Mac and Windows versions of Photoshop. In order to install this, you will need to have both Photoshop and Adobe Creative Cloud (which is free).
The Clari-Fi Photoshop plug-in is downloaded as a zip file. This zip file also includes a separate plug-in for measuring the contrast difference between foreground and background, using the Accessible Perceptual Contrast Algorithm. Find out more about APCA.
The current version of the Clari-Fi Photoshop plug-in is 1-2. See version history
The APCA plug-in is free to use and does not require a licence key. The Clari-Fi plug-in will initially run in ‘free demo’ mode, which will add watermarks to the images. These watermarks can be removed by entering a licence key, which can be purchased by contacting software@enterprise.cam.ac.uk (prices are shown opposite).
A PowerPoint version of Clari-Fi Pro is also available, and this uses the same licence key.
How to install
- Download zip file that contains the plug-in from the link below.
- Extract the zip file that you just downloaded.
- Double click on the .ccx file to begin the automatic loading process (provided Adobe Creative Cloud is already installed).
- A pop-up box will notify you that the plug-in cannot be verified. On Windows, it looks like this:
- Click the 'Install locally' button to continue the process.
- Another pop-up box notifies you about the access permissions that the plug-in is requesting. On Windows, it looks like this:
- Permissions to 'Read and write files' and 'Access any devices' are necessary for loading image files and managing licence keys. The permission to make requests enables the plug-in to include hyperlinks to websites in its instructions.
- Click 'OK' to continue. You may be asked to enter an administrator password. After that, you should get a pop-up that looks like this:
The plug-in can now be accessed from within the plug-ins menu in photoshop, and is also visible in the plug-ins tab in Adobe Creative Cloud.
Version history
- V1-2 was released in May 2023. The functionality to assess display ads was improved, such that display ads could be assessed for any pixel size. Also, a bug was fixed that previously caused the background of the simulated image to be a colour other than white.
- V1-1 was released in January 2023. The functionality to assess display ads was added.
- V1-0 was launched in December 2023.
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