marble51 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I have the Filter Forge plugin which is available in Photoshop. I notice that there is a menu item for it in Affinity but it is greyed out. I added the parent folder containing the plugin file and restarted but it is still greyed out. Any hints? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeFromMesa Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I have the Filter Forge plugin which is available in Photoshop. I notice that there is a menu item for it in Affinity but it is greyed out. I added the parent folder containing the plugin file and restarted but it is still greyed out. Any hints? Have you also added the Plugin Support Folder entry in that same dialog box (second set of entries in the windows)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marble51 Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 Have you also added the Plugin Support Folder entry in that same dialog box (second set of entries in the windows)? Sorry - I can see that box but have no idea what to put in there. I checked the help which describes opening the Library folder but then the description bears no relationship to what I see on my screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff acapstick Posted July 17, 2015 Staff Share Posted July 17, 2015 Hi marble51, The Using plugins help topic is saying click Add Folder, press shift+cmd+G to bring up the Go to the folder input box, type '/', then Go then OK. Then restart app. Not sure where you read about opening the Library folder but could you verify if possible as you may be reading some out of date info which needs to be zapped. Maybe let me know in response? Incidentally, if your plug-in name in Filters menu is greyed out it may indicate that you haven't got a pixel layer selected, but instead a mask, adjustment, live filter, shape, curve or text layer was selected. Might be worth looking at? Regards Andy Capstick Affinity Documentation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marble51 Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 Hi marble51, The Using plugins help topic is saying click Add Folder, press shift+cmd+G to bring up the Go to the folder input box, type '/', then Go then OK. Then restart app. Not sure where you read about opening the Library folder but could you verify if possible as you may be reading some out of date info which needs to be zapped. Maybe let me know in response? Incidentally, if your plug-in name in Filters menu is greyed out it may indicate that you haven't got a pixel layer selected, but instead a mask, adjustment, live filter, shape, curve or text layer was selected. Might be worth looking at? Regards Andy Capstick Affinity Documentation Hi. Shift+CMD+G does bring up the Library folder. Perhaps that is default on my Mac when I use "Go". But surely / is the root directory, not a Plugin Support folder? I didn't have an image in the window at all - I was just looking through the plugins and noticed Filter Forge and thought - that's handy, I have Filter Forge 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas14 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 ( sorry, is Google translator-english) Again the plugins folder general: In AP 1.3.4 there on the page where you select the plugins folder a menu item - plugins folder in the Finder open. Then a menu with the following content appears (s. Screenshot or User>Library>Container>com.seriflabs.affinityphoto>Data>Library>Application Support>Plugins) the last plugins folder but empty... is that right??? Joachim www.donath-photographie.eu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marble51 Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 I had not realised that an image is required in the workspace otherwise the plugin will remain greyed out. The Help instructions are indeed correct: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle808us Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I get this far but don't see any filters. I just bought FilterForge 5 but can't get it to work in Photo, I don't know what goes where. Very confused. Please help. Mac MacBook Pro 15 in. OS X 10.9.5, Mid 2012 456.77 GB Affinity Design and Photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 26, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 26, 2016 Hi uncle808us, Can you post a screen capture of your Photoshop Plugins's Preferences window please? A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle808us Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Absolutely : Mac MacBook Pro 15 in. OS X 10.9.5, Mid 2012 456.77 GB Affinity Design and Photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 26, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 26, 2016 Thanks. You have to change the Plugin Search Folders to: /Applications/ Filter Forge 5 (assuming you didn't change the default installation location) Take a look at the screenshot below: A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle808us Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Alright after I do that I have the first image in this post but I see no filters. Something must be wrong. Mac MacBook Pro 15 in. OS X 10.9.5, Mid 2012 456.77 GB Affinity Design and Photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 26, 2016 Staff Share Posted September 26, 2016 When you click the name of the Plug-in in the menu Filter Forge 5... it should run the plug-in (you must have a document opened). Are you sure you have the Plug-in configuration exactly like I have shown in the screenshot above and that you have installed the plugin in its default location (inside the Applications folder)? A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle808us Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I have a doc open but I see no filters. Mac MacBook Pro 15 in. OS X 10.9.5, Mid 2012 456.77 GB Affinity Design and Photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle808us Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I got it working not sure how... I forget what I did after setting it up a few times. Mac MacBook Pro 15 in. OS X 10.9.5, Mid 2012 456.77 GB Affinity Design and Photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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