First post, by Banshee
Hello! I'm new! And I have no idea what I'm doing. I know a bit about computers, but this is an entirely new subject for me. Think of me as the whale who is about to experience the ground, but who knows just enough to want to avoid it. I guess that's better than being Agrajag in plant form, though.
I have a small photo business. Of all of the programs/plugins for removing backgrounds that have ever been created, Knockout 2 is by far the best. It was released in 2006, and won't run on Photoshop CC. I recently switched to CC from CS6, which was the last version of PS that Knockout 2 worked with. I held out with CS6 for so long precisely because of Knockout 2.
It also has a stand-alone version. I can't get it to work on Windows 11 that way, though. Compatibility mode doesn't work. There is no updated version I can download, unlike the rest of my legacy plugins. I've hunted the internet for advice, but the program is so old that there isn't any. At least, none that works. I'm hoping that by using an emulator for Win 98, I can use the stand-alone program and get back to work. PS CC doesn't have the accuracy I need in a background removal tool. Knockout 2 retains strands of hair, transparencies like dragonfly wings, liquids, glass, lace, etc. and that's what I need.
Please forgive me if this subject has been covered elsewhere on this forum. I have done my best to search for it, before dropping my question here.
Thank you in advance for any advice you might have. If Vogons is the solution, I will give it a shot. (I can ignore the smelly bits of alien underwear, but I'm going to have to draw the line at the poetry. Even though I have it memorized.)
