Affinity-Inspiration Posted July 30, 2024 Posted July 30, 2024 I've tried installing it as per instructions but so far no luck. Anyone else have any luck? Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. My GoTo design platform. M2 Mac Mini. 24GB. LG 4K Monitor. + Samsung Monitor 2. Windows 10 Toshiba. Windows 11 Parallels on Mac. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS. FCP, DaVinci, CapCut, Luma Fusion. etc. @Affinity-Inspiration on YouTube.
walt.farrell Posted July 30, 2024 Posted July 30, 2024 Many of us are using it successfully. You need to make sure you've downloaded the correct version of the plug-in, and that you've put its files in the correct location, and that (as with all plugins) your image has the correct color format (RGB-8 or -16) and you've selected an RGB Pixel layer. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Affinity-Inspiration Posted July 30, 2024 Author Posted July 30, 2024 I’ll try again. Default location. RGB. Etc. but so far no joy. Oh, and correct plug-in. Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. My GoTo design platform. M2 Mac Mini. 24GB. LG 4K Monitor. + Samsung Monitor 2. Windows 10 Toshiba. Windows 11 Parallels on Mac. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS. FCP, DaVinci, CapCut, Luma Fusion. etc. @Affinity-Inspiration on YouTube.
Komatös Posted July 30, 2024 Posted July 30, 2024 1 hour ago, Affinity-Inspiration said: Anyone else have any luck? Have you downloaded from this site? https://github.com/0xC0000054/gmic-8bf/releases Did you download the x64 or the x86 version? If x86, this will not work with Affinity Photo. Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.5 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9060 XT 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4351) Windows 11 Pro on VMWare Virtual Machine (on Mac) Affinity Suite V 2.6.3 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF No backup, no pity.
Affinity-Inspiration Posted July 30, 2024 Author Posted July 30, 2024 x64. So I’m on M2 Mac mini on Parallels running Win11 Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. My GoTo design platform. M2 Mac Mini. 24GB. LG 4K Monitor. + Samsung Monitor 2. Windows 10 Toshiba. Windows 11 Parallels on Mac. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS. FCP, DaVinci, CapCut, Luma Fusion. etc. @Affinity-Inspiration on YouTube.
stuck Posted July 30, 2024 Posted July 30, 2024 @Affinity-Inspiration I've just installed the G'MIC plugin by downloading the x64 version using the link given by @Komatös and then following the instructions in the Readme.txt file that's in the zip file. No problem, the filters are available. Well, I say no problem but the filters are very sluggish and I'm using a fairly recent Win 11 laptop (13th gen core-i7 CPU with 16GB RAM). Quote
Affinity-Inspiration Posted July 30, 2024 Author Posted July 30, 2024 2 minutes ago, stuck said: @Affinity-Inspiration I've just installed the G'MIC plugin by downloading the x64 version using the link given by @Komatös and then following the instructions in the Readme.txt file that's in the zip file. No problem, the filters are available. Well, I say no problem but the filters are very sluggish and I'm using a fairly recent Win 11 laptop (13th gen core-i7 CPU with 16GB RAM). I think my problem is probably the Silicone Mac and Parallels. It was just an experiment so I’ll just forget it I think. thanks Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. My GoTo design platform. M2 Mac Mini. 24GB. LG 4K Monitor. + Samsung Monitor 2. Windows 10 Toshiba. Windows 11 Parallels on Mac. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS. FCP, DaVinci, CapCut, Luma Fusion. etc. @Affinity-Inspiration on YouTube.
stuck Posted July 30, 2024 Posted July 30, 2024 16 minutes ago, Affinity-Inspiration said: I think my problem is probably the Silicone Mac and Parallels. I know nothing about Macs but that sounds like a reasonable explanation for why it doesn't work for you. Quote
Komatös Posted July 30, 2024 Posted July 30, 2024 21 minutes ago, stuck said: I'm using a fairly recent Win 11 laptop (13th gen core-i7 Well, the iGPU is not exactly a computing monster. Especially because it uses the rather slow RAM Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.5 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9060 XT 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4351) Windows 11 Pro on VMWare Virtual Machine (on Mac) Affinity Suite V 2.6.3 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF No backup, no pity.
stuck Posted July 30, 2024 Posted July 30, 2024 7 minutes ago, Komatös said: the iGPU is not exactly a computing monster Sorry should have said, the laptop also has a RTX4050 GPU Quote
Komatös Posted July 30, 2024 Posted July 30, 2024 5 minutes ago, stuck said: Sorry should have said, the laptop also has a RTX4050 GPU Ok, have you installed the GameReady or the Studio drivers? In my experience, the Studio drivers perform better with graphics applications. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/studio/ Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.5 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9060 XT 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4351) Windows 11 Pro on VMWare Virtual Machine (on Mac) Affinity Suite V 2.6.3 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF No backup, no pity.
stuck Posted July 30, 2024 Posted July 30, 2024 2 hours ago, Komatös said: GameReady or the Studio drivers? Studio Quote
Staff DWright Posted July 31, 2024 Staff Posted July 31, 2024 Running Windows in Parallels on Apple Silicon runs Windows as the ARM version so you will need to use the ARM version of Affinity apps and the G'MIC plugin Quote
Affinity-Inspiration Posted July 31, 2024 Author Posted July 31, 2024 16 minutes ago, DWright said: Running Windows in Parallels on Apple Silicon runs Windows as the ARM version so you will need to use the ARM version of Affinity apps and the G'MIC plugin What are the various versions? And how do I tell? Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. My GoTo design platform. M2 Mac Mini. 24GB. LG 4K Monitor. + Samsung Monitor 2. Windows 10 Toshiba. Windows 11 Parallels on Mac. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS. FCP, DaVinci, CapCut, Luma Fusion. etc. @Affinity-Inspiration on YouTube.
stuck Posted July 31, 2024 Posted July 31, 2024 19 minutes ago, Affinity-Inspiration said: What are the various versions? And how do I tell? Follow the link to GitHub given by @Komatös and look under the heading 'Assets', the filenames are self explantory. Quote
Staff DWright Posted July 31, 2024 Staff Posted July 31, 2024 For Affinity Photo 2 select the MSI/EXE (ARM64) from the download section of your Affinity account Komatös 1 Quote
Affinity-Inspiration Posted July 31, 2024 Author Posted July 31, 2024 4 hours ago, DWright said: For Affinity Photo 2 select the MSI/EXE (ARM64) from the download section of your Affinity account I thought the Windows Store offered the correct version for the platform. So I should have the right one I thought. I’ll check. Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. My GoTo design platform. M2 Mac Mini. 24GB. LG 4K Monitor. + Samsung Monitor 2. Windows 10 Toshiba. Windows 11 Parallels on Mac. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS. FCP, DaVinci, CapCut, Luma Fusion. etc. @Affinity-Inspiration on YouTube.
walt.farrell Posted July 31, 2024 Posted July 31, 2024 3 minutes ago, Affinity-Inspiration said: I thought the Windows Store offered the correct version for the platform. So I should have the right one I thought. I’ll check. It may have. But then you also need the ARM64 version of G'Mic, and you said you got the X64 version. Also, you never said you'd installed Photo from the Microsoft Store, as far as I can see. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Affinity-Inspiration Posted July 31, 2024 Author Posted July 31, 2024 49 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: It may have. But then you also need the ARM64 version of G'Mic, and you said you got the X64 version. Also, you never said you'd installed Photo from the Microsoft Store, as far as I can see. Ok. I have Affinity Photo. Didn’t see the ARM64 version of gmic. If I get back to it I’ll look. But basically my days of hacking up dodgy GIT repos are long gone. Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. My GoTo design platform. M2 Mac Mini. 24GB. LG 4K Monitor. + Samsung Monitor 2. Windows 10 Toshiba. Windows 11 Parallels on Mac. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS. FCP, DaVinci, CapCut, Luma Fusion. etc. @Affinity-Inspiration on YouTube.
Affinity-Inspiration Posted July 31, 2024 Author Posted July 31, 2024 1 hour ago, walt.farrell said: It may have. But then you also need the ARM64 version of G'Mic, and you said you got the X64 version. Also, you never said you'd installed Photo from the Microsoft Store, as far as I can see. Ok. I have ARM64 for everything installed. The plug-in stuff is in the Affinity default directory as directed. I don’t have any Adobe stuff installed so don’t have the Adobe plugin folder. I have an RGB rasterised image loaded. But no filters showing. I see there is a JSON file in the plugins folder that has a list of compatible plugins but not gmic. Does it lock others out? Or just a check.? Anyway, that’s all I can do. It doesn’t work. Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. My GoTo design platform. M2 Mac Mini. 24GB. LG 4K Monitor. + Samsung Monitor 2. Windows 10 Toshiba. Windows 11 Parallels on Mac. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS. FCP, DaVinci, CapCut, Luma Fusion. etc. @Affinity-Inspiration on YouTube.
walt.farrell Posted July 31, 2024 Posted July 31, 2024 Did you enable unknown plugins in the Photo Settings dialog? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Affinity-Inspiration Posted July 31, 2024 Author Posted July 31, 2024 19 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Did you enable unknown plugins in the Photo Settings dialog? Yes Quote iPad Mini 6. 256GB. My GoTo design platform. M2 Mac Mini. 24GB. LG 4K Monitor. + Samsung Monitor 2. Windows 10 Toshiba. Windows 11 Parallels on Mac. Publisher. Designer. Photo for Mac, PC & iOS. FCP, DaVinci, CapCut, Luma Fusion. etc. @Affinity-Inspiration on YouTube.
walt.farrell Posted July 31, 2024 Posted July 31, 2024 On 7/31/2024 at 11:58 AM, Affinity-Inspiration said: The plug-in stuff is in the Affinity default directory as directed It might help if you gave us screenshots of the Settings, Photoshop Plugins dialog, and of File Explorer showing that directory. See below. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
walt.farrell Posted August 3, 2024 Posted August 3, 2024 I decided to install a trial of Parallels, and got the ARM-64 MSIX version of Photo 2.5.3 running in Win 11 Pro there. I can confirm that the ARM-64 version of the G'Mic plugin doesn't show up in the Plugins list in the Applications settings, when installed into the default Plugins directory. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
walt.farrell Posted August 3, 2024 Posted August 3, 2024 On 7/31/2024 at 6:36 AM, DWright said: For Affinity Photo 2 select the MSI/EXE (ARM64) from the download section of your Affinity account The ARM-64 MSIX download works for me, @DWright, though the plugin does not. The ARM-64 MSI/EXE download installs but crashes before showing the Splash screen. Possibly: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/search/&tags=AF-3395 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
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