SuperBladePro

The version number here is out of date! It's now at 1.9.4.

This is a great plugin. Been using it for as long as I remember back in classic Mac OS. The latest version does work with Photoshop 2015 and on 64-bit Macs.

AND my original registration still works. Like others have said, it hadn't worked in a while, and I no longer had it installed. So it was a pleasant surprise to see it's still registered. Same with their other plugins I had bought back in the day.

BladePro no longer works on 64 bit Macs. Yet Flaming Pear continues to sell it and say it works with "OS 10.3.9 OR LATER". Flaming Pear either needs to update their obsolete products or stop selling them to unwary customers. Besides, it's nothing but a Photoshop plugin. And now that you can only RENT Photoshop (which costs more than my monthly cable TV bill!), Photoshop plugins are simply a further waste of money. Fortunately, there are much better & much less expensive stand-alone FX apps available on MacUpdate, the AppStore & elsewhere. When I upgraded to 64 bit I started using ArtText, a stand-alone app that costs half as much, does way more than Blade Pro & is way easier to use. There is even a very useful free version available on the AppStore. Besides many amateur-level FX apps, there are also many more useful stand-alone FX collections, ranging from the very reasonably-priced JixiPix, to the very costly Filter Forge. Then, of course, there's always the amazing Gimp, the entirely free open-source alternative to Photoshop. Version 2.8 has even more available plugins than Photoshop (including many Ps doesn't have). Gimp continues to astonish me with all that it can do. As Photoshop gets more out of reach for most people (even many professionals), Gimp is becoming more popular, more powerful and easier to use. Finally, for high-level professional photographic editing, there are several choices, including two great free open-source apps that rival Aperture or Lightroom. My favorite is LightZone, which is not only quite powerful, but also fast, easy to use & very stable. Photivo allows a little finer control but is also a little harder to use.

I wish somebody would rescue this formerly wonderful plugin -- I haven't been able to get it working in ages -- is there any hope for its resuscitation?

Until SuperBladePro is upgraded for 64 bit compatibility in Photoshop CS5, an upgrade is just not feasible, in my opinion.

I used this software back in the 90s. It was quite good. It is hard not to think that it has grown somewhat stagnant. I mean, the website still has the same look that it did in the 90s. I would've expected an interface re-think by the time Photoshop 5 came out. If you're going to spend this much for a plugin, might as well get a full app like ArtText, which has a nice interface and better presets. Faming Pear really needs to come up with some new software.

Every file in this .dmg is dated 2010. Is this really the right download for March 2012? It doesn't show in my Photoshop Filter menu, either (gotta study about installation a bit more, but I just dragged it to the PS5.1 Plug-Ins folder, as the short instruction said).

Still 32-bit only...

Can anyone tell me whether SuperBladePro 1.8 will work with Photoshop Elements 8.0 ? I am on an Intel Core 2 Duo iMac, running MacOSX 10.5.8. Thanks.

Always liked Super Blade, but invoking the UB version on an Intel Mac under Photoshop CS3, sad to say, consistently causes Photoshop to crash.

Still Great!!! even seems a little snappier... and works great with Graphic Converter X.... (though, i still am on Jaguar... i can hear the black cat's footsteps....) 2 wishes..... CMYK option(support?) .......Cocoa version of the plug in

I've been using BladePro for some years, now. SuperBladePro has been a wonderful successor. I have been glad that they've moved to OS X! I've been very satisfied with the way these plug-ins work with Photoshop (even LE) and Graphic Converter (though i haven't gotten them to work with GC on X... :-( ). Good work guys :-)