Filter Forge - Where are the downloaded Filter Forge filters located physically?

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BACKUP FF FILTERS Before I have made this "How to make a backup" guide but I think that this thread here is explained better and with more detail.

NEW COMPUTER AND NEED TO MOVE FF FILTERS TO THAT COMPUTER ?

Also is interesting to see this other thread that have even more information and more explained --> Moving Filters Fr om 1 Computer to Another

But I have seen that to be sure that you copy ALL the FF filters, my filters folder and my presets and setting, must copy all the whole Filter forge directory and not only system as shown below.

WANT TO BUY OR HAVE BOUGHT THE FF FILTER BACKUP LIBRARY ?

ALSO this would be useful if you want to buy or have bought the FF backup library fr om the link there is in this thread here (Buying the Filter Library Backup online)as you will need to know wh ere to put them.

I have copied and expanded the text fr om the Filter Forge wiki, so perhaps other persons could be like me, and forget that there is a wiki with frequent questions answers that can be found here

If it is here would probably find it better if you search the forum

Also you can see if you want my other thread for making a backup

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DOWNLOADED FILTERS LOCATION Where are the downloaded Filter Forge filters located physically? How can I copy my downloaded filters to another computer or make a backup?

If for any reason you want to make a backup copy of your downloaded filters, or copy back or install any FF filter you have, or you want to work with Filter Forge on a computer without access to the Internet,please continue reading:

After you download the library filters you can copy the contents of the following folder to a removable or a Flash drive

You can copy this folder to the same location on the other machine.

FOR WINDOWS

%APPDATA%\Filter Forge\System\
(by default it is C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application Data\Filter Forge\System)

To quickly get to the folder containing the filter files, sel ect any filter inside Filter Forge (in the top left window) and press Ctrl+L (or choose Filter > Locate File fr om the menu). This will open an Explorer window showing the location.

Please, mind the version suffix when speaking of direct links. For Filter Forge 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 it will be

%APPDATA%\Filter Forge\System\Library,
%APPDATA%\Filter Forge 2\System\Library
%APPDATA%\Filter Forge 3\System\Library

FOR MAC OS:

~/Library/Application Support/Filter Forge/System/

Copy this folder fr om the removable drive to the same location on the other machine.

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MY FILTERS and MY PRESETS FOLDER LOCATION OUTSIDE OF SYSTEM Wh ere are "My filters" folder located physically? How can I copy "my filters" folder to another computer?[/B]

MY PRESETS location is in the same place that is the "My filters" folder as shown below, but instead of "my filters" change it to "my presets".

FOR WINDOWS

The path is as follows: %APPDATA%\Filter Forge\My Filters

(by default it is C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application Data\Filter Forge\My Filters)

- mind the version suffix when speaking of direct links. For Filter Forge 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 it will be

%APPDATA%\Filter Forge\My Filters
%APPDATA%\Filter Forge 2\My Filters
%APPDATA%\Filter Forge 3\My Filters

You can copy this folder to the same location on the other machine.

FOR MAC OS

FilterForge 1: ~/Library/Application Support/Filter Forge/My Filters

FilterForge 2: ~/Library/Application Support/Filter Forge 2/My Filters

Posted: November 8, 2011 12:13 pm

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I'm still having trouble.

Can't find
FOR MAC OS
FilterForge 1: ~/Library/Application Support/Filter Forge/My Filters
FilterForge 2: ~/Library/Application Support/Filter Forge 2/My Filters

The Library/Application Support on my hard drive does not have Filter Forge.

now what?
Thanks!

Posted: November 25, 2011 1:14 pm

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Can't find FOR MAC OS FilterForge 1: ~/Library/Application Support/Filter Forge/My Filters FilterForge 2: ~/Library/Application Support/Filter Forge 2/My Filters The Library/Application Support on my hard drive does not have Filter Forge.

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The correct path to your filterforge library is /Users/<HomeFolderName>/Library/Application Support/FilterForge 1 2 or 3

On MacOSX Lion, the library folder inside of your home folder is hidden. To access it, HOLD DOWN option (or alt) and in your Finder, go to the menu called "Go" you'll see the icon for "Library." Make sure you hold down option or otherwise this doesn't work.

If you have MacOSX versions below Lion, the library folder is not hidden. So no fuss there. smile:)

This should answer your question.

Posted: November 25, 2011 3:07 pm

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Skybase,

That did it!!! Thank you so much! I didn't know about holding down the option key.

Posted: November 29, 2011 10:35 am

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Thanks very much Skybase for the additional information to help mac users

Posted: December 3, 2011 2:09 am

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I think this is is one of the most asked questions when you want to backup the filters smile:D

that is why I have made this thread after seeing lots of post and threads asking for this
If you find the %APPDATA% intimidating, there is even a much easier way to find the filters of filter forge without doing this

The easiest way is to open Filter Forge, go to the fiter menu at the left, and then sel ect a filter in the filter list and press Ctrl+L.

After pressing Ctrl + L a new window will open showing you ALL the filters you have, and then you can sel ect all and copy them all fr om the Filter Forge 2\System\Library to the Filter Forge 3\System\Library (both folders are in the same place)

This does NOT include the "my filters" folder or any of the "my presets" you may have, and this must be done in the way shown above in the links to make a copy of these to FF 3.0, although it could be also easy if you are already in Filter Forge 2\System\Library because the only step you need is to go back fr om Filter Forge 2\system to the root folder and find Filter Forge\My Filters and My presets

Posted: December 10, 2011 11:51 am

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When I can I will make a newer thread to arrange, filter and clean all the information into one only thread so is more clear to follow and use

Also there is another thread that I want to mix with this one, and is the one below

Guide to how to backup your FF filters library from your hard drive

Posted: February 2, 2012 12:38 am

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If you are making a backup because you are having some error with one (or more) filter you must first delete this filter from the library. AND very important is to delete also the Librarystructure.xml file because this ALSO has the error filter included. This Librarystructure.xml will be rebuilt by FF next time you start it.

Posted: March 16, 2012 2:28 pm

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I put this up again for possible new users and beginners that do not know where the FF files are stored

Posted: April 28, 2012 3:09 am

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Here I put the folders where are stored the other important .xml Filter Forge files

To find this enter %APPDATA% in the search bar of windows and search for the Filter Forge folder you want as told above

This the main folder inside APPDATA