3dpartdesign Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 I`ve read that feature: Quote Big plugin support improvements Experience the power of a range of plugins in Affinity Photo, including support for Nik Collection 2.5 by DxO. and I almost cried like baby. I`m a 3d designer and I use Photoshop only for Cryptomatte support (Vray, Cycles, Redshift, Octane, Mantra and many other renderers are producing it). It`s a huge time saver for 3d artist. EXR-IO it`s best tool for handling cryptomatte support inside photoshop. It`s also free. You may look here to understand what it is if you don`t know it: It`s not EXR mattes. It`s matte for every object, every material and every part of item you like with alpha information combined together. It even handles selection from DOF blurred images, motion blurred images and under items with transparency. It`s much faster than pure mattes. It generates almost with few clicks without assigning every part of scene to individual matte. It`s automatic solution if you don`t know what you will need before working on image during post. It`s wonderfull tool and Affinity Photo needs that IMHO. I dream about delete Photoshop from my comp. I`ve tried to install Photoshop Plugin EXR-IO (it`s free) in newest Affinity Photo 1.8.0 It`s possible to download it from this site: https://www.exr-io.com/ I`ve tried 32bit and 64bit version without success. Why this doesn`t work in Affinity? What about other 16bit/32bit plugins? What that new feature in 1.8.0 really means? (is it handling only NIK plugin??) Please help me. How to make cryptomatte support happen on Affinity Photo. I think it would be ground shaking news for all 3d artists. Cheers!!! Alex_M, ThatMikeGuy and mariomanganelli 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 I’m not at my Mac at the mo but if this doesn’t install to photoshop filters menu it’s likely more of an extension than a plugin, so it adds a feature to the photoshop GUI. Unfortunately if it does this it will not work in affinity. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dpartdesign Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 It`s an Exr-IO.8bi file only (32 and 64bits). There is nothing more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 There is a list of PS plugin types at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoshop_plugin. Affinity Photo only supports Filter (.8bf) plugins, which apply changes to images. As the Wikipedia Host applications section mentions, like most other non-Adobe hosts AP does not even support all of them. I am just guessing but I think the "big" plugin support improvements are limited to better support for more .8bf filter plugins than in 1.7.3. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dpartdesign Posted March 6, 2020 Author Share Posted March 6, 2020 Thanks a lot. This is more clear to me now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 FWIW, from https://affinityspotlight.com/article/5-things-you-should-know-about-affinity-photo-18/: Quote Another feature new to Affinity Photo 1.8 is one a lot of you have asked for—improved plugin support, especially for the new Nik collection, where you can now work with wide colour spaces and enjoy full functionality with 16-bit precision documents. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joschi Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 This would be soo cool, if Affinity Photo would support Cryptomatte. I think for that to happen, Affinity would somehow have to work together with the guys who developed the EXR-IO Plugin. By the way: Why does Affnity not have tutorials on how to develop add-ons /Plug-ins specific for the Affinity Apps? They could make a profit from that + they don't have to develop all those Add-ons/Plug-ins themselves. 🤔 ThatMikeGuy and Alex_M 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatMikeGuy Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 I want to add my voice to requesting full EXR and Cryptomatte support in Affinity Photo. I too want to leave Photoshop behind but this will be one obstacle. Alex_M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Bailey Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Please please add support for cryptomattte in affinity. Its a must have these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudonym Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 I am trying to transition away from photoshop and would also love to see cryptomatte support in Affinity Photo... Alex_M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Parsons Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Multilayer EXR's are currently supported but not crypto's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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