Locked vs. Live Effects

'Old style' Adobe Photoshop® effects cannot be used as Live Effects, although they should work perfectly well as normal effects. i.e. you can apply them the same way to any part of your drawing, it's just that once applied the effect is locked in place and editing of the underlying shape is not possible. These are called locked effects. To edit an object that has had a locked effect applied, it is first necessary to remove the effect, edit the shape, and then re-apply the effect again.

'New style' Photoshop® effects, sometimes called 'scriptable' effects, can be used as real Live Effects where the underlying object remains editable.

You can find an up-to-date list of known compatible locked and live effects plug-ins from the Xara website.