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Vaylen
vaylen
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I have a fresh install of Photoshop 25.1.0
When I install FF 12 I don't get an option to install FF as a Photoshop filter, only as a standalone.

In previous versions of Photoshop I would see options to install FF as a filter.

How do I get it to install as a Photoshop 25 filter?

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Rachel Duim
So Called Tortured Artist

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Forum user CFandM has produced a video that explains how to manually install the FF plugin. The video is about a different version, but it should work by using the proper version directories (in your case FF12 and PS25.1):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiO8b_rHBWs
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Vaylen
vaylen
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OK, so I need to go into the Filter Forge.config file and change
<IndependentUI value="false"/>
to
<IndependentUI value="true"/>

It worked. Thanks!
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Mr Mud Stain
Posts: 8
I have a similar problem, but not quite the same:

I just updated to Photoshop 25.3.1
After which, I ran the FF 13 installation program, but the option for installing FF as a Photoshop Plugin was not displayed.

I previously modified FF 12 according to instructions on these forums, so that I could keep using it as a Photoshop plugin after a recent Photoshop update disabled it.

Photoshop is still showing FF 12.007 as the current plugin (working correctly), and I can't edit the FF program plugin config file because when I tried saving the edit, I got a Windows error saying access denied, even though I was running as Administrator. There may be other things that need to be edited, but I'm not sure.

Never had this problem before.

Can someone please help me?
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CFandM
ForgeSmith

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Copy the config file for whatever version of FF you are installing to your desktop or another folder on the desktop then edit that config file. Now copy that edited config file back to the original plugin folder. I show this in the video. Also when you set up many versions of Filter Forge in PS put each versions plugin/ config file into a different folder like the following. Each version of the FF plugin needs it own separate folder in PS. Also make sure that PS is closed before editing the config file.

Stupid things happen to computers for stupid reasons at stupid times!
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Bookwormious
Posts: 23
I have tried all this, but Filter Forge 13 will still not "show up for work" in Photoshop 2024 Beta.
Any ideas or help will be much appreciated smile:)
And please spell it out in details since I am not a professional and need it explanationed to me as if I was ten instead of sixty seven smile:D
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CFandM
ForgeSmith

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Quote
Bookwormious wrote:
I have tried all this, but Filter Forge 13 will still not "show up for work" in Photoshop 2024 Beta.
Any ideas or help will be much appreciated
And please spell it out in details since I am not a professional and need it explanationed to me as if I was ten instead of sixty seven

Have you watched the video in the link above?......
Stupid things happen to computers for stupid reasons at stupid times!
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Bookwormious
Posts: 23
Yes, that is what I mean by writing "I have tried all this" - I have both watched the video and done what it says. And changed "false" into "true" in all the places I could find it. And in general follow every advice already given here. I hoped, when writing the post yesterday, that somebody had something extra/new, but that might not be the case, I guess smile:|

I can use FF 13 as a standalone, but it won't show up in the list of filters in Adobe Photoshop (Beta) even though it promised to install itself there automatically when I downloaded it ... So I don't know what to do more.
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Bookwormious
Posts: 23
Umm, forget about it smile:D
I did change all the "false" to "true" but then copy/pasted one of them into Photoshop as shown on the video, and that apparently changed the word back again. Now everything is working, though, after I changed it for the second time - and I am pretty embarrassed.
I will see myself out in a moment smile:)
But before I do I just want to ask if anybody knows why one has to go in and change that word?
How does it benefit Filter Forge that their customers have to change something like that to get their program to work as it is supposed to?
Now I am going smile:D
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CFandM
ForgeSmith

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Glad you got it working. I did just download the PS beta and tried it myself and the above video is still relevant. PS has changed but the folder structure for PS has not changed for many versions.
Stupid things happen to computers for stupid reasons at stupid times!
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