topcat_1966 Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Hi, hope someone can help me please. I have Affinity 1.9.3 and I can't get any PS plugins to launch. I have enabled them in preferences (see screenshot) and they show in plugins under filters. When I try to apply to a duplicated layer (checked pixel layer) none of the plugins will activate. Have Nik Collection (version 3) and Luminar AI. Both work fine in Photoshop. Neither work. Running on M1 Mac running Big Sur 11.3. I have App Store version of Affinity so thought it might be sandboxing but trial version downloaded from Serif website behaves in exactly same way. Completely stumped any guidance much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Hello @topcat_1966, and welcome to the forums. There could be many reasons for these plugins not working. The first that springs to mind is that most do not work with 32-bit images. Some only work with 8-bit images. If this does not solve your problem, perhaps you could supply a recording or screenshot of what happens when you try a plugin. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat_1966 Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 Thank you for your reply John. Attached video of what happens, which isn't a lot. File in this case is JPG so definitely 8 bit. Have tried 8 bit TIFF with same result. Nothing happens. Plugins launch fine from Photoshop/Lightroom Classic. pluginfail.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Lee D Posted June 10, 2021 Staff Share Posted June 10, 2021 @topcat_1966It may relate to this FAQ article regarding plugins, on M1 based systems. It's worth checking just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mach49 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 What's good Fam, Newbiest of newbs here. I'm have a similar problem. Is there a vid about how to load plugins? I'm a bonehead and can't figure out root directories, etc. The help menu is kinda confusing. I got them to show up in Filters. Luminar AI said it was opening, but never did, and Topaz crashed AP. I'm quite envious that Topcat_1966 actually got some to say "Working". MBP, Catalina 10.15.7, 500GB, 16 ram. I was going to try Filter Forge next, I've read that there is some success using it, but my head hurts too much right now. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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