Problem with plugins

[Mouste63]

Good morning,
I just joined the Affinity community and super happy.
I wanted to install plugins that I had before on Photoshop but also G'MIC.
The installation went smoothly. It appears fine but when I click on it nothing happens... Nothing launches. I would like to point out that they are not grayed out. I don't understand. I am on Windows 10 and the latest versions of Affinity. I checked the unknown sources.
Thank you for your help.

 

[Pšenda]

Try search this: https://www.google.com/search?q=G'MIC+plugin+site:https://forum.affinity.serif.com

[walt.farrell]

Do you have a Pixel layer selected? My guess is no, but we can't tell, as you haven't shown the complete application window, with the Layers panel visible.

Also, what is the color format of your document?

[Mouste63]

Thank you for your answers.
I don't have this plugin, all my Photoshop plugins have the same problem.
Yes I rasterized the image and also chose RGB otherwise the plugin remains greyed out, but it does not launch there.

[walt.farrell]

4 minutes ago, Mouste63 said:

I don't have this plugin,

Which one don't you have?

4 minutes ago, Mouste63 said:

es I rasterized the image and also chose RGB otherwise the plugin remains greyed out, but it does not launch there.

Please show us a screenshot of the complete application window, with the View (hand) Tool active, and that layer selected in the Layers panel.

[Mouste63]

6 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Which one don't you have?

Please show us a screenshot of the complete application window, with the View (hand) Tool active, and that layer selected in the Layers panel.

Here is a capture.
I specify that I installed different version of this plugin but still the same problem. He doesn't comply.
The other plugins that I had in Photoshop and which work. They settle down but do the same thing. He doesn't launch.

[walt.farrell]

Thanks, but you've secured the Move Tool. The View Tool would be better for what I wanted to see. 

You might have installed the wrong G'Mic plugin. You need the one for X64 architecture.

[Mouste63]

Concerning,
No, I installed the correct version, x64. The problem is that all the plugins I install have the same behavior. They install correctly, but there is no way to get them to run. They are not grayed out, but when you click on them, nothing happens.

[Mouste63]

Good morning,
I've tried everything but I don't understand why the plugins aren't launching?
I reinstalled everything, even affinity, several versions of the plugins.
I don't understand

[NathanC]

Welcome to the forums @Mouste63,

After downloading the x64 ZIP version this has worked for me as expected on W11. Instead of following the plugin install instructions on the website verbatim I instead opted to extract the .ZIP file in my 'Documents' folder and then add it as a 'Plugin Search folder' in affinity, so it might be worth deleting the files in the default Photo plugins folder trying that.

I can also see that you appear to be using the .MSIX version of Photo 2, you could try uninstalling this version and then install the Photo via the unsandboxed .EXE installer file from the link below, be sure to press on the 'Also available: EXE' download button to download this version. Once it has been installed try adding the plugin search folder again.

https://store.serif.com/en-gb/update/windows/photo/2/

The fact that the plugin is not greyed out from your filters menu indicates to me that you have a valid RGB8/16 pixel layer selected that a plugin can be used on, so it would be worth checking Windows event viewer to see if the problem is on the plugin's side, in the application logs look for any faulting application errors logged at the time at which you attempted to launch the plugin.

[Mouste63]

4 hours ago, NathanC said:

Welcome to the forums @Mouste63,

Thank you and happy to join this beautiful community

After downloading the x64 ZIP version this has worked for me as expected on W11. Instead of following the plugin install instructions on the website verbatim I instead opted to extract the .ZIP file in my 'Documents' folder and then add it as a 'Plugin Search folder' in affinity, so it might be worth deleting the files in the default Photo plugins folder trying that.

Thank you, I had already tried doing it this way too, which I had seen on a French tutorial on YouTube. But I have the same thing. The installation is done perfectly but there is no way for it to run. I tried with other plugin and it does the same.

I can also see that you appear to be using the .MSIX version of Photo 2, you could try uninstalling this version and then install the Photo via the unsandboxed .EXE installer file from the link below, be sure to press on the 'Also available: EXE' download button to download this version. Once it has been installed try adding the plugin search folder again.

https://store.serif.com/en-gb/update/windows/photo/2/

I just installed this version and I encounter the same problems with the plugins to my great regret. Installation without problem but way to get it executed.

The fact that the plugin is not greyed out from your filters menu indicates to me that you have a valid RGB8/16 pixel layer selected that a plugin can be used on, so it would be worth checking Windows event viewer to see if the problem is on the plugin's side, in the application logs look for any faulting application errors logged at the time at which you attempted to launch the plugin.

Yes I checked everything to be sure. I have 8/16 bit RGB, I have pixelated the layer, etc... The action of the plugin is not grayed out but nothing happens when I click on it.
I checked in the Windows 10 event viewer between 6:05 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. that I opened finity photo and the plugin. I have no errors or problems.
Thank you for your help because I don't understand what's going on.

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The only error I found with affinity but I don't know if it has a link with the plugin.
Added 7:08 p.m.

Application : Photo.exe
Version du Framework : v4.0.30319
Description : le processus a été arrêté en raison d'une exception non gérée.
Informations sur l'exception : System.AccessViolationException
   à <Module>.Kernel.Counted<Kernel::Notification>.{dtor}(Kernel.Counted<Kernel::Notification>*)
   à <Module>.std._Func_impl_no_alloc<<lambda_5110c3db91a5586d308facaff1f9cbcb>,void>.__delDtor(std.?$_Func_impl_no_alloc@V<lambda_5110c3db91a5586d308facaff1f9cbcb>@@X$$V*, UInt32)
   à MS.Win32.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessage(System.Windows.Interop.MSG ByRef)
   à System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.PushFrameImpl(System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherFrame)
   à System.Windows.Application.RunDispatcher(System.Object)
   à System.Windows.Application.RunInternal(System.Windows.Window)
   à Photo.Application.Main(System.String[])

 

 

 

 

Edited December 19, 2023 by Mouste63

[Pšenda]

For information - it is not appropriate to respond directly to the quote of other forum users, thus passing off your opinions as theirs.
Regardless of the fact that it is often not obvious and readable for other users - what is actually a quote and what is really a reaction.

P.S. since the user should not have any reason to edit and correct the quotes of other users (it is always possible to completely delete an incorrectly inserted quote and insert only the desired and unmodified part), so in my opinion the forum shouldn't even allow it.

[Mouste63]

Good morning,
I'm sorry if I did something wrong.
I took the liberty of responding to the 3 specific points in bold to the staff members.
I see why I would make changes to his previous message. I only provided answers to the points he asked me to check.
Yours sincerely

[Pšenda]

Good evening.

5 minutes ago, Mouste63 said:

I only provided answers to the points he asked me to check.

But it is not a problem to answer as you have already answered before - i.e. quote + answer, quote + answer, ...

[Komatös]

@Mouste63 Did you download the plugin from the Github page or directly from gmic.eu?

If you downloadet from gmic.eu, the plugin does not work in Affinity Photo. Means the main part will not start.

[walt.farrell]

8 minutes ago, Komatös said:

If you downloadet from gmic.eu, the plugin does not work in Affinity Photo. Means the main part will not start.

If you use the correct download link from gmic.eu, it takes you to the github site to perform the download. You still need to choose the right download link there, however.

(Though, having said that, I recall seeing reports from users who are running Affinity Photo 2 on Win 11 using an Arm64 processor. And in that case perhaps the arm64_win11 file would be appropriate.)

 

[Mouste63]

Merci pour votre aide.
J'ai téléchargé depuis le bon site et pris le bon lien. J'ai tout essayé et j'ai même essayé la version 32 et 64 bits. Je précise que j'ai Windows 10. J'ai essayé quelques plugins que j'ai sur ma version de Photoshop et ils fonctionnent parfaitement. Sur Affinitity je peux les installer mais pas moyen de les lancer et ils ne sont pas gris.
Je ne comprends vraiment pas.
Merci en tout cas pour votre aide, c'est gentil.
Cordialement

Edited December 21, 2023 by Mouste63

[Komatös]

@Mouste63 Affinity Photo n'offre qu'une prise en charge limitée des plugins Photoshop. Cela n'est pas dû à Serif, mais au fait que les plugins accèdent à des fonctions de Photoshop qui n'existent pas dans Affinity Photo.
Les développeurs de plugins devraient mettre à disposition des plugins compatibles avec Affinity Photo.

[walt.farrell]

Strange. It works properly for me. I just put the .8bf file and the gmic folder into Affinity Photo's default plugin folder:

 

[Mouste63]

Thank you for this information but Gmic is clearly displayed as functional with Affinity. I have seen tutorials where users have installed it with Affinity.
Kind regards

[Mouste63]

Wait Farrell, yes I did the same thing, but no way to launch it. I uninstalled Phoyo....I tried many things but no way to get it to work.
I don't understand😔

Edited December 21, 2023 by Mouste63

[walt.farrell]

Can you give us a screenshot from File Explorer of the directory you installed the plugin into?

[Mouste63]

6 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Can you give us a screenshot from File Explorer of the directory you installed the plugin into?

Here are the captures.
I installed the files in the correct folder.
I even tried it by putting them with a link that points to my documents and a Gmic folder

[Komatös]

@Mouste63 

Your settings are correct. And according to the path, you have installed the MSIX version of Affinity Photo. That also fits.

Just one more time, for my understanding;
If you click on the "G'MIC-Qt..." entry in the Filters drop down list, the user interface of the plug-in does not open, right?
 

[Mouste63]

@Komatös Yes, nothing happens when I click to launch Gmic and I specify that it is not grayed out.