PHOTO: G'MIC-Plugin doesn't work

[iconoclast]

1 minute ago, Gnobelix said:

There is also another way, to open the Windows App folder,without editing the registry file.

if interested, more Information.

 

Cheers

 

If it helps anyway to get G'MIC working in Affinity Photo without ruining my system, I am interested verry much.

[Gnobelix]

38 minutes ago, iconoclast said:

If it helps anyway to get G'MIC working in Affinity Photo without ruining my system, I am interested verry much.

Keep in mind I do not assume any liability.

1. search the folder "WindowsApps"
2. click on it with the right mouse button and select "Properties".
3. a switch from the folder properties to the "Security" tab.
4. click on the "Advanced" button. (This will open the Advanced Security Settings)
5. in the Owner dialog box, select the "Trustedinstaller" and click on change.
6. another dialog box opens, enter your user name in the white field.
   If you use a Microsoft account, this is usually your email address.

You have made yourself the owner of the "WindowsApps" folder.
Double-click to see the installed store apps. Most apps don't just use one folder,
they use several.

 

Cheers

 

 

 

[iconoclast]

The only "WindowsApps"-folder I can find is under Users\myName\AppData\local\Microsoft. I can open the folder, but there isn't anything in it that I can faithfuly ascribe to Affinity Photo (screenshot_3).

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[Gnobelix]

Open the explorer
enable View in the menu bar
on the right side click on folder options
a dialog box opens
enable view
there you can activate or deactivate the view for hidden folders

Cheers

[iconoclast]

@ Gnobelix

Thanks for your help, but this option for hidden folders is already activated.

 

[Gnobelix]

I would use the Windows search function.
Activate drive letter.
Shortcut CTRL + F
Input "WindowsApps" in the opened dialog box.
At me, the app folder in the main directory  is on drive D.

 

Cheers  

[Mignolyx]

The colour transfer doesn't works.
NO way to let it run if you select two layers (as requested by GMIC)

Have you some solutions?

Or i must surrender to use it to have match colour function?

[iconoclast]

13 hours ago, Mignolyx said:

The colour transfer doesn't works.
NO way to let it run if you select two layers (as requested by GMIC)

Have you some solutions?

Or i must surrender to use it to have match colour function?

Hi Mignolyx!

I can't test it at the moment, because my Desktop-PC broke down and must be repaired, but if this feature really doesn't work correctly, you should better report it to the G'MIC developers, I think. I already found a feature in G'MIC too, that didn't work as it should. But it is a marvelous plugin anyway. The 8bf-version of G'MIC is relative new. So there still may be some bugs in it.

But before you report it, check the colour depth of the image you tried this feature on. As far as I know, G'MIC only works with maximum 16 Bits in Affinity Photo.

[walt.farrell]

31 minutes ago, iconoclast said:

but if this feature really doesn't work correctly,

In my brief experimenting, I have found that if I must have exactly one pixel layer selected. If I have no layer selected, or more than one pixel layer, then Filters > Plugins > GMIC > G'MIC Qt is grayed out in the Photo menu, and not available at all.

If I have exactly one layer selected, the plugin is usable, but the Color Transfer function insists on having multiple layers, and won't work.

It may simply be a function that is not usable in Affinity Photo.

[Mignolyx]

Same advise walt.farrel.

But it's a sin cannpt use it...

[David in Яuislip]

OK, this is where I am with 2 layer effects

Change the Input/Output settings so GMIC uses the clipboard for the second layer

In the plugin window change the input layer option

This uses a simple 1 layer image of a park with green grass, green trees and blue skies, the clipboard image was a circle with a rainbow gradient

NB Ok ing the plugin does not update the image in Photo, png files are written to the output folder

[Mignolyx]

THank you so much, it can be a workaround to let it work