AITCH Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 Anybody know why this would happen? My Filter Forge still works in Version 1 Thank you in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 FF 9 works for me on my Mac with V2 but the final application of the filter is very, very slow. It can take up to a minute or so before it appears in the AP document, long enough that I thought the app had hanged. AITCH 1 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...
AITCH Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 Yes it's FF9 that I am using mate 🙂 (I don't use mac either) I tried the following, I took off Affinity V1 and reinstalled the trial of V2....Filter Forge still didn't work. I then uninstalled V2, put V1 back on and Filter Forge 9 works perfectly. If I didn't use FF9 I wouldn't really be too bothered but it's just my luck this is happening 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 https://filterforge.com/forum/read.php?FID=8&TID=16729&MID=161542 AITCH and Paul Mudditt 1 1 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...
AITCH Posted January 7, 2023 Author Share Posted January 7, 2023 10 hours ago, firstdefence said: https://filterforge.com/forum/read.php?FID=8&TID=16729&MID=161542 Looks like I will have to keep V1 too then for the time being in order to use FF9, thanks firstdefence 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmrecs01 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 16 hours ago, R C-R said: FF 9 works for me on my Mac with V2 but the final application of the filter is very, very slow. It can take up to a minute or so before it appears in the AP document, long enough that I thought the app had hanged. The same happens for me using FF10 in APh 2, Win 10. AITCH 1 Quote Win 10 Pro, i7 6700K, 32Gb RAM, NVidia GTX1660 Ti and Intel HD530 Graphics Long-time user of Serif products, chiefly PagePlus and PhotoPlus, but also WebPlus, CraftArtistProfessional and DrawPlus. Delighted to be using Affinity Designer, Photo, and now Publisher, version 1 and now version 2. iPad Pro (12.9") (iOS 17.4) running Affinity Photo and Designer version 1 and all three version 2 apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AITCH Posted January 7, 2023 Author Share Posted January 7, 2023 7 hours ago, N.P.M. said: No problem here with the old ff4 version. One needs to point to the x64 folder and maybe change the config file from false to true like; (copy the configfile out of the x64folder>change its text and save>copy it back into the x64 folder) Yeah I did that and it still doesn't work but thanks anyway mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy05 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 I didn't even know that there are problems with Photo and FilterForge (10). I just pointed the new Affinity V2 apps to the folder and everything worked out of the box. I have all my Photoshop compatible plugins (free and commercial ones) in a folder structure on a different drive (not system drive). Simply because I have several programs, which use these plugins. Works like a charm and I never had any issues with any of the apps which need to start those plugins. Maybe that's the culprit? Because Windows still restricts the access for some apps to some of the system folders here and there, inclusive user, programs and programs (x86) Quote »A designer's job is to improve the general quality of life. In fact, it's the only reason for our existence.«Paul Rand (1914-1996) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AITCH Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 I received this message this morning from Affinity regarding the FF Internal Error message: This is a result of us switching to MSIX installers I'm afraid as this installs the software as a Windows app which is sandboxed making the apps files hidden. This also means the app no longer uses a .EXE file so unfortunately at this point in time its not possible for it to be used as an external editor in other apps. We are working on providing a .EXE in the future to solve this problem, however at this time we don't have an ETA for when this will be available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AITCH Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 OK so Filter Forge 12 trial working in Affinity Photo 2 but there's not a cat in Hell's chance I'm forking out more money for upgrade frpm FF9 when it works perfectly well in Affinity V1, bloody ridiculous 👎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 On Mac, Filter Forge 9 works fine for me in Affinity Photo V2, I'm on Monterey 12.6.2 still a bit laggy applying the filter, maybe 25 -30 secs but at least it works. Girl in a boat.zip this contains the bump map, normal, diffuse and image exports just for sample really to show it works. 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...
R C-R Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, firstdefence said: On Mac, Filter Forge 9 works fine for me in Affinity Photo V2, I'm on Monterey 12.6.2 still a bit laggy applying the filter, maybe 25 -30 secs but at least it works. It also works, if slowly, on my Mac running Catalina. 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...
AITCH Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 How have you guys got FF9 working in Affinity V2? Fair play to you like but I just can't do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 24 minutes ago, AITCH said: How have you guys got FF9 working in Affinity V2? Fair play to you like but I just can't do it With the Mac version of AP V2, it just seems to work without me doing anything special. If you are running the Windows version, as you seem to be, then there may be some special procedure to get it working but I have no idea what that might be. AITCH 1 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...
AITCH Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 I think you have a good point RC-R, Mac users don't seem to be experiencing any problems. The special procedure for Windows users presently is to purchase Filter Forge 12, it's compatible with AP2 😏👎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 There is a @Filter Forge presence on this forum not sure if they can help for our windows brethren. AITCH 1 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...
AITCH Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, firstdefence said: There is a @Filter Forge presence on this forum not sure if they can help for our windows brethren. Thanks mate, I wasn't aware 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AITCH Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 I wasn't going to but I thought sod it and bought FF12 (60% discount) It works in AP2 but I definitely noticed a difference on my 8gb laptop in speed/performance when wanting the effects to be added. Ah well I guess there's worse things to worry about in the world lol Have a good day everyone 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint77 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 On 1/16/2023 at 8:45 AM, AITCH said: I wasn't going to but I thought sod it and bought FF12 (60% discount) It works in AP2 but I definitely noticed a difference on my 8gb laptop in speed/performance when wanting the effects to be added. Ah well I guess there's worse things to worry about in the world lol Have a good day everyone 👍 FF13 pro here (lifetime upgrades). Does not launch from affinity at all now, cant apply filters to layers which is the whole point. Really annoying since filterforge would be the only filter i need if it worked, since it has everything, thats why i bought it, and it worked fine under windows but ofcourse not on mac which is what im using now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint77 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Oh, and btw: I have the m2 pro (apple silicon), not sure if that has anything to do with it. Filterforge + affinity photo = Ability to create really stunning graphics and are the designer tool that in my view lifts affinity up to be on par with photoshop, if it only worked. And it should more than anything work on mac, which is THE platform for designers etc. What are the developers on filterforge doing, ignoring this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 1 hour ago, saint77 said: Oh, and btw: I have the m2 pro (apple silicon), not sure if that has anything to do with it. It probably does if the FF plugin has not been updated to run 'natively' on M-series Macs. To check, try launching AP after using Get Info to enable “Open using Rosetta,” as mentioned in this Apple help topic. 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...
saint77 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 10 minutes ago, R C-R said: It probably does if the FF plugin has not been updated to run 'natively' on M-series Macs. To check, try launching AP after using Get Info to enable “Open using Rosetta,” as mentioned in this Apple help topic. That helped (just heading to apps folder and open using rosetta), now i seem to be able to open layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint77 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Well ive been sitting with this for a while now testing things, things are a bit buggy but atleast it does the job somewhat. It has crashed, it is slow, things doesnt show up as they should etc, but it has some functionality in enough filters im not going to ask for a refund or something like that, its worth keeping and seeing how things develop ahead. Lets pray they get extremely good support for affinity since the two work together so well when they actually do work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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