mach49

True that. It was just wishful thinking (venting) on my part that Apple would do its usual 2 or 3 updates in the first week. I love AP, it’s usually way stable. Actually, it gets better after about 20 minutes. All good….
Yeah, THAT would drive me nuts. I’m hoping my xp pen has the update by now.
Cheers, fam.

John, I see that you are on a Windows machine. However, that is NOT true, at least not on a Mac running Affinity Photo. As I explained in the other thread, on the Mac, unless you specify a selection, in either Photoshop or Affinity Photo, Filter Forge will apply the effect to the entire layer. You HAVE to use the select tool if you only want Filter Forge to apply the effect to part of the layer. This applies to both rasterized text layers, as well as to layers containing images. To reiterate, Filter Forge applies its effects to the entire layer, unless you specify otherwise with the select tool. Look at the images that FirstDefence posted in the other thread. It is as clear as day.

You just need to copy your selection onto a new layer and remove the marquee. It will work then. (Don't forget to deselect the marquee with Ctrl-D first.)
John