Brammy Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Hi all, I am having a problem with Topaz Labs and Affinity Photo on my 2016 15" MBP, running latest production build of Sierra (not the betas). I installed Toaz Adjust 2.0. I added the folder to my plug-ins preferences search folder. That made the plug in show up, but whenever I try and use it I get the following error: IPC Memory in use or Image size is too big for the system. The actual image is very small: only 9.8mb. Searching on Topaz seemed to bring me to mostly Windows users. The plug-in works fine in Creative Cloud Photoshop as well/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammy Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 I am also having the same problem with Topaz B&W 2 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNKLN Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Looks like this nothing new... http://www.miguelboto.com/affinity/photo/plugins-support/ Quote Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sonoma (14.2) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.4 versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 14, 2017 Staff Share Posted August 14, 2017 Hi Brammy, Welcome to Affinity Forums We are aware of a few issues with various topaz plugins with the Mac version. The latest Beta (1.6) introduced a few improvements here and i believe it will fix a couple of these issues (if not all). I haven't tried/tested them yet (with the latest Beta) so the info provided on the link @RNKLN pointed out may be outdated/incorrect. I will test all the Topaz plugins with it soon. Meanwhile if you want to give the Beta a try and check for yourself if it helps or not you can download it from here (v1.6.4 Beta 4). Alternatively wait a little more for the next retail update. I hope to have that plugin list updated before 1.6 release. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammy Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 No joy: exact same IPC error. I've tried a reinstall after following Topaz's instructions for a clean install, but I wonder if something else is weird -- although as stated, it works fine on CC. I've seen some people having success with the Topaz filters, which is making me wonder if I am doing something wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 14, 2017 Staff Share Posted August 14, 2017 Thanks for the info Brammy. Just to confirm, you are having these issues with Topaz B&W 2 and Topaz Adjust 2.0, correct? I will check if i can reproduce this here and will fill a bug report if needed. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammy Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 Correct, I even tried downloading the free trials just to make sure I had the latest version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammy Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Any luck with this by any chance? For now I can use LR to apply the filter if need be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammy Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 So, we can close this out. For people after me who may have this problem, here are the steps: Add the PS Plug In folder to to the Plug-in search in Affinity. Note: not entirely sure how this works if you don’t have PS installed at all Make sure “Use Unknown Plug-ins” is checked Click the “authorize global” button. This is the step I did not know I needed to do. After this, it worked fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 45 minutes ago, Brammy said: Add the PS Plug In folder to to the Plug-in search in Affinity. Note: not entirely sure how this works if you don’t have PS installed at all You don't need Photoshop so long as you tell Affinity where the plugin can be found. On my Windows 10 machine, I point Affinity to: D:\Topaz Labs\Topaz Adjust 5\Pluginsx64 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...
Brammy Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 Ah, ok. I’m on a Mac so I’m not sure where they go if it doesn’t see Photoshop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 That directory was where I installed Topaz Adjust. Use Finder to find the equivalent location on your Mac 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...
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