Photoshop PlugIn compatibility

Can anyone confirm, that Photoshop PlugIns are not compatible w/Aperture and cannot be used? My main PlugIn set is Nik's Multimedia Color Efex Pro 2.0 and was unable to find the answer. If it was already discussed, sorry for bringing it up again.
BTW - those lovely sounds which are demoed in Aperture's QTs - all those menu sounds - are there for real or these are just System Xsounds from the user?
Thx, Mike

Aperture currently doesn't support plug-ins at all. Presumably any plug-ins for future versions would have to be written for Core Image - PS plug-ins are never likely to be supported.
Interface sounds - those must be system sounds, there's certainly nothing like that built-in, and to be honest they would drive me nuts!
Ian

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looking at this, you will need to contact the software developer of the plugin for assistance as your Photoshop fails to function when it is installed.
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http://telegraphics.com.au/sw/
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I am a TD working in 3D computer graphics for architectural visualisation.
First off I really like Pixel Bender and the power it has. Amongst other things we use Photoshop and AE in our workflow. Photoshop for still compositing and AE for Animations. I already have some Pixel Bender tools coded for normal map relighting, toon lines for normal passes and a screen space ambient occlusion shader.
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