All Plugins Greyed Out (Despite having the layer selected)

[JoshuaMeadows]

I just updated to 2.3.1 and all plugins are greyed out.  I had the .msix installer, tried the .exe installer.  Removed every plugin I don't use (although every plugin worked fine before updating).  I verified settings -> Photoshop Plugins -> Allow "Unknown plugins to be used was enabled.  I tried removing any possible duplicate listings.  

Win 11 Ver. 23H2 Build 22631.3007

 

[R C-R]

You are trying to use a Plugin filter on an Image layer. You need to convert it to a Pixel layer for the plugins to work.

[Komatös]

In other words, what @R C-R mean. in the menu bar navigate to Layer -> Rasterize... or make a right click on the image layer at the layer panel and choose Rasterize...

[firstdefence]

In order to understand what an image layer is: https://affinity.help/photo2/English.lproj/pages/Layers/layerImage.html and also what layers are and how you can identify them by the layer icons: https://affinity.help/photo2/English.lproj/pages/Layers/aboutLayers.html

 

[R C-R]

6 hours ago, firstdefence said:

In order to understand what an image layer is: https://affinity.help/photo2/English.lproj/pages/Layers/layerImage.html ...

FWIW, that is the same link as in my post above where I linked it to the text "image layer," except that mine is to the US English page rather than the British one.

[JoshuaMeadows]

Well Rasterization worked fine.  I've always opened images in plugins the same way for years now, I guess the images must have always been rasterized before now.

Thanks everyone!

[CRWillow]

I have Affinty Photo,Designer and Publisher 2. Working on PC. And I have the grayed out problem too but my image is already rasterized.I tried reinstalling the plugins and nothing said they wouldn't work because I'm using Af 2. Their showing up but and say they're working but not on the working screen. I'm sure it's something I'm not doing right but can't find out what it is.

Any ideas?

 

Small rant here, feel free to ignore- I don't use plugins much because it's always a hassle to figure out why they work occasionally and others like this grayed out not at all. I would like to get more familiar with their uses but not when I have to take hours search for why they are working this time.

[Old Bruce]

29 minutes ago, CRWillow said:

Any ideas?

It could be that you have a 32 bit file and the plug ins only work on 8 or 16 bit files. Some plug ins only work on 8 bit, and I'm sure that all plug ins need RGB files regardless of bit depth.

[R C-R]

2 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

It could be that you have a 32 bit file and the plug ins only work on 8 or 16 bit files. Some plug ins only work on 8 bit, and I'm sure that all plug ins nee RGB files regardless of bit depth.

This seems likely so @CRWillow if you open Document > Convert Format / ICC Profile, what does it say is the current file format?

[CRWillow]

Good news it's working , bad news don't know why. It's set for RGB/8. I checked that before, but forgot to say so. I inserted a shot of what the Convert window looks like. Honestly don't know what the highlighted sRGB is; it's just want it defaults to.  I had tried it on a stock photo from Pexel when my stuff didn't work and it was grayed out for it too. Maybe it's something in my PC because I restarted the computer this time not just AP and it stopped being gray, at least for the moment. I really don't know why this happens. But thank you. I'll probably have to bug you when it happens again - because it always does