However, the filters menu was again showing EyeCandy and it was working. Got an alert that an older copy of the Alien skin autolayer plugin was already loaded and to delete the older copy.
Then opened PSE 2021 and designated this folder as an additional plugins folder via the PSE 2021 preferences. I copied the Eye Candy plugins folder from PSE 14 into this directory. Created an new Optional Plug-ins folder in the PSE 2021 Support files directory. Update: Still have no idea why this is happening (and only to the EyeCandy plugins in PSE 2021, not PSE 14). Is there a file/setting I can clear which resets / causes plugins files to be rebuilt? Again, this all started after updating to 2021.1. Tried to do the uninstall and reinstall (of the latest EyeCandy update) but again, did no good. Immediately went to check PSE 14 and they were working in that version, so did my work in PSE 14. got that message once more that the EyeCandy plugins failed to load. Was doing some work in PSE and EyeCandy was working.
#DOES EYE CANDY 7 ONLY WORK WITH PHOTOSHOP UPDATE#
I installed the update and everything was working again. I was about to email Exposure Software, when I noticed that they had released an update to EyeCandy. Prior to contacting Exposure Software, I tried uninstalling the plugins and reinstalling. Funny thing is that the EyeCandy plugins were still working on my copy of PSE 14, which I also keep on is computer. Upon launch, Exposure Software / EyeCandy was not showing under Filters. Then got an alert that the EyeCandy plugins failed to load. Got the notice that an update to to PSE 2021.1 was available and let the PSE update to the new version. Have been using PSE 2021 on my Mac since it was released and had no problems using one of my favorite plugins.