AP - How To Order NIK FX Plugins [SOLVED]

[justinpbrown71]

I have just installed AP on a new machine and am setting up my preferences.

Previously I installed the NIK FX plugins in the specific order I wanted them to show in the dropdown menu. I just installed the entire NIK folder as one and they appeared in the dropdown menu in alphabetical order. So, I removed them (though they weren't actually removed after restarting AP until I restarted my machine), and installed them one-by-one in my preferred order (as I remembered doing on my previous machine). However, they have re-ordered themselves alphabetically. Has AP remembered and applied the order from the initial installation? How can I get around this?

The reason I want them ordered is because I use the Silver FX plugin a lot, but the others infrequently, and it's towards the bottom of the list.

Thanks.

[David in Яuislip]

You could try editing status.json into the order you need,  it is here

%UserProfile%\.affinity\Photo\2.0\Plugins

but work on a copy and don't blame me if your clocks start running backwards

[justinpbrown71]

9 hours ago, David in Яuislip said:

You could try editing status.json into the order you need,  it is here

%UserProfile%\.affinity\Photo\2.0\Plugins

but work on a copy and don't blame me if your clocks start running backwards

Thanks David, but this method didn't work.

[David in Яuislip]

Ok, plan b

If you add a sort letter to the folder names then it presents in that order, is this what you're after?

I've only added a z to Analog Efex as a trial but it all works ok

[Petar Petrenko]

1 hour ago, David in Яuislip said:

If you add a sort letter to the folder names then it presents in that order, is this what you're after?

You can add ! or - or space instead of a letter.

[justinpbrown71]

2 hours ago, David in Яuislip said:

Ok, plan b

If you add a sort letter to the folder names then it presents in that order, is this what you're after?

I've only added a z to Analog Efex as a trial but it all works ok

Thanks David. An obvious solution I overlooked. It does the job