AMC68 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I am new to Affinity Photo. I was pleased to see that it was possible to use Topaz plugins. However I cannot workout how to get Affinity to recognise where they are. I have followed the Help topic and looked on this forum but am not getting anywhere. I have Photoshop CS5 (which is where I looked for the plugins.) I am using a PC with Windows 10 I am aware that using these plugins is a work in progress. It is a bonus I was not expecting. I suspect I am missing something obvious in the instructions so help would be appreciated I have attached a screenshot of the position I have reached. I hope it helps Celestine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 6, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 6, 2017 Hi AMC68, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) Does the Topaz plugins appear under the Filters menu when you run Photoshop CS5 64 bits? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC68 Posted February 6, 2017 Author Share Posted February 6, 2017 Yes, they appear at the bottom under 'Filter>TopazLabs' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnjay Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Mine didn't show up adding the photoshop plug-in directory either, but when I added the path "C:\Program Files\Topaz Labs" to the Photoshop Plug-ins preferences in Affinity, they all showed up and worked fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 6, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 6, 2017 Pointing to C:\Program Files\Topaz Labs and to C:\Program Files (x86)\Topaz Labs (you have to add both folders) should add all Topaz filters to Affinity Photo. Note that Topaz Remask 5 currently doesn't work with Affinity Photo. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wifestealer Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Pointing to C:\Program Files\Topaz Labs and to C:\Program Files (x86)\Topaz Labs (you have to add both folders) should add all Topaz filters to Affinity Photo. Note that Topaz Remask 5 currently doesn't work with Affinity Photo. Hi, isn't possible to use Abobe Illustrator's plugins to AD? I really want one plugin in AD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 6, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 6, 2017 Hi Wifestealer, No, that's not possible. Affinity Designer doesn't support any kind of plugins. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wifestealer Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Hi Wifestealer, No, that's not possible. Affinity Designer doesn't support any kind of plugins. will it support in future? I think guides need to be improved. We simply can't delete guides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 6, 2017 Staff Share Posted February 6, 2017 I don't know sorry. Certainly not in the short term. To delete a guide just drag it to outside the canvas, or go to menu View ▸ Guides Manager..., select the guide you want to delete from the list and press the trash icon. There will be more improvements to guides. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC68 Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 Thank you johnjay and MEB for your swift replies. That worked perfectly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celestine Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 I'm having an issue getting NIK reinstalled after computer issue/reformat. OSX 10.12.3 Affinity 1.5.2 Previously installed with no problems under earlier OSX. Went through video step by step. I do not see any NIK plugins at all. I cannot enter "\" as a valid option for support folder. Authorize global is greyed out. TIA for your assistance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 4, 2017 Staff Share Posted April 4, 2017 @ArizonaNorse, Please see my reply to your other post here. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cid69 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I am using Affinity Photo on a Gigabyte laptop with Windows 10 and Core I-7 with plenty of ram. I have installed Topaz and NIK plugins and they will start when going to Filters/Plugins/.... However, when the Topaz or NIK program starts it shows only a black rectangle and not the picture?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Same kind of trouble in Topaz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikH Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 I also have a number of Topaz filters. I installed them in Affinity Photo and they work.With the exception of ReMask of course ( which I can use as standalone ).Windows 7 Pro machine.I must add that I added them one by one. Can it be something that is Win10 related? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Topaz and Nik work for me in Windows 10. Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 I had incomplete install of Topaz Impression. Now it works (OSX El Capitan). It is sometimes hard to follow what gets installed where and what should be adjusted to make it work in AP.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cid69 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 I am suspicious of the Core I-7 as it has been blamed for other incompatibilities but no one can answer for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottish lady Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 I am also new to affinity and have a i-mac with latest updates - I have all the topaz plugins - I cannot see how to get them to install - I no longer have photoshop - I did try to navigate to the topaz folder but couldn't get it to add - wonder what i am doing wrong - can I install all of the plug ins even though at the moment some don't work or would that mess up affinity photo? THanks for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onamac Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 I too can't get them to work. First, their status shows up (in preferences) as Unknown. But when trying to use them, I always get the message: Cannot Proceed. IPC Memory in use or Image size is too big for the system. I no longer have my Photoshop CS3 installed, but I have Photoshop Elements 15 and they do work on the same image in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottish lady Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 I don't have elements but have emailed for help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.