Filter Forge as Smart Filter on Smart Object Layers in Photoshop CS6

I have tested this and is true that FF does not work with smart objects layers in Photoshop CS6, so you can´t use this as a smart filter.

This thread is good on the feature wishlist, as the software must be made compatible with smart objects and not all the software are compatible OR can be made compatible as far as I know.

I really do not know much, but I think that this is because the smart filters means that you can go back to the filter plugin software and change again any setting, so there must be a way that FF should remember what was used in that filter so it could recover that information and open again to do it. Maybe is more complex than this and are involved more things, or maybe can´t be done.

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Although this is not the only software that does not work as a smart filter, as I have seen that also some other companies also do not work either with smart objects, altough some others they work right and compatible with them

From the filters I have installed I have seen that AutoFX software, Filter Forge and Redfield software does not work with Smart objects as they are grayed out

Nik Software, OnOne software and Topaz Labs work right and is compatible with smart objects and so can be used as smart filters.

Here is some more information about using filters as smart filter with smart objects

Smart Is As Smart Does – Photoshop Smart Objects

Why Aren't All My Filters Available in Photoshop?

Solving Common Photoshop Problems–Greyed out Filters Although this will not work for FF or any other non compatible software

I have made for you here a screenshot showin in green the ones that are compatible and in red the ones that are not.

@unijima

Not true for CS6 for which "EnableAllPluginsforSmartFilters.jsx" doesn't even exist.

Then, I hate to say it, FF is nearly worthless.

It disrupts the whole workflow and renders the advantage, that has been introduces by smart layers, useless.

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SpaceRay wrote: Here below is where I have found it inside CS5

Running this script "EnableAllPluginsforSmartFilters.jsx" from CS5 in Photoshop CS6 will do the Job.

FF works as a Smartfilter then.

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The JavaScript API calls for Photoshop changed, but the underlying setting still works.
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// Copyright 2002-2007.  Adobe Systems, Incorporated.  All rights reserved. // Now functional in CS 5+. $.localize = true; if (confirm(localize("$$$/JavaScript/EnableAll=Enable all filters for smart filters?"))) {    var d = new ActionDescriptor();    d.putBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("enabled"), true);    app.putCustomOptions("smartFilterEnableAll", d); } else {    app.eraseCustomOptions("smartFilterEnableAll"); }