www.filterforge.com - Bugs and Problems (Mac)

Text to Scale issue in Draft mode

Rachel Duim — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:56:47 -0400

Rachel Duim, Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:04:26 -0400
The problem I found is attached in FF15..This is the Text Component put through a Scale (.75) to the output. If viewed in Draft mode, the position of the character moves. I've also noticed that the Preview Video and reduced % renders in animation are effected as well.

GMM, Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:09:17 -0400
Unfortunately this is a flaw with the Text component. It is somehow related to your latest posts in this forum thread. This is on our to-do list but I'm afraid I can't give an ETA on that.

To repeat, this issue should only occur with the Text component. If you encounter similar behavior with other components, we'd be happy to see a report.

Rachel Duim, Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:56:47 -0400
Fair enough. This is probably an easier filter to test with, 3 components. My guess is that any bitmap operation after the text component is suspect in draft/preview mode. Can live with it, a partially cosmetic issue. In the mean time I’ll add draft/preview mode to font filters that need it.

Preview issue with animation

Rachel Duim — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:53:50 -0500

Rachel Duim, Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:36:49 -0500
The Draft Mode button scales down the content in FF14.004 on Mac Sequoia 15.7.2. I've attached the filter that shows the issue. A side effect of this: Preview Animation also shows a scaled down version.

CFandM, Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:26:32 -0500
I posted about this here Output goes pink

CFandM, Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:29:14 -0500
This also does the same thing on Windows but with only certain filters. I have uploaded a video of that here. Pink output

GMM, Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:34:07 -0500

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CFandM wrote: I posted about this here Output goes pink

That post is from May 2025.
Please try the latest build (from October 2025): https://www.filterforge.com/download/ and check if the issue still persists.

Rachel Duim, Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:28:12 -0500
The 14.004 build is later (from April to October on Mac), but it does not fix the issue. You can use this, just push the Draft button. Also the program didn't ask for an update, I had to do it manually.

Update: Size, pixels is not right for this filter, in regular mode.

GMM, Fri, 28 Nov 2025 07:31:55 -0500

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Rachel Duim wrote: but it does not fix the issue

Rachel, here is a video recorded by our QA engineer:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8cle3zp...1k8vh&dl=0

We see no pink output. You're welcome to help with reproducing the issue. What steps do we need to take?

Rachel Duim, Mon, 01 Dec 2025 21:19:46 -0500
I thought the error I had was related to the pink background issue. I was wrong.
To illustrate the issue i'm having, here is the spinning letter filter I attached above rendered in final mode (default preset, 400x400 blank image):
https://duim.com/animate/spiningletters-test04.webm
If I render it in 50% Preview, the results are different:
https://duim.com/animate/spiningletters-test03.webm
Also seems that draft mode also causes this issue.
FWIW

Rachel Duim, Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:17:14 -0500
UPDATE: the same issue exists in FF15, Preview video changes letter position and size. So does Draft mode.

Odette, Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:53:50 -0500
Bonjour,
Pourriez-vous m'expliquer comment faire passer la flamme animée (mais sans arrière-plan) qui se trouve dans filter forge animator dans filter forge 14 pour pouvoir poser l'animation sur une image.
Merci, Robette.

Is this a Filter Forge or MacOS issue, anyone?

Gent — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:47:03 -0500

Gent, Thu, 27 Nov 2025 07:19:20 -0500
I recently opened my Filter Forge to refresh my Filter Editor skills only to be greeted with an impossible read and functionality.
Not only is the Workspace upside-down, it is also mirrored. [See Image below for full understanding]
All mouse interactions within Workspace is the same and extends into the Colour Picker pop-up window.
For those curious, this is FF7 and it worked fine 3 years ago, prior to a head injury that left me unemployable.
Upgrading is difficult as I am still financially restricted.

Just wanted some feedback regarding FF or MacOS issue, as I can VM an older Mac version if there isn't a FF patch for this.

Current MacOS: Sequoia 15.7.2 (Intel)

Gent, Thu, 27 Nov 2025 07:48:30 -0500
:!: :!: UPDATE: Turns out something happened between FF11 & FF12 that fixed issue. Was it FF or was it MacOS? Dunno. :?:

Just happy to know I have something to save toward. VM Monterrey to rescue in the meantime.

Thanks for reading!

Cheers!
Gent

CFandM, Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:47:03 -0500
It was an OSX thing. Apple had updated their os and things broke. Here is a post from a while back when this issue came about. Upside Down interface

Failed to restore backup file

dod488 — Thu, 15 May 2025 08:38:54 -0400

dod488, Wed, 14 May 2025 10:12:16 -0400
Just got ff14. I stored a backup from ff13 and attempted to restore to ff14. The backup file is 64M. I received the error msg which indicated there wasn't enough room on the system disk. There is 400G free on the system disk. I'd like to copy my frequently used filter over to the new release.

Please help, thank you, Hal

GMM, Thu, 15 May 2025 05:49:00 -0400
Welcome to the forums!

You may need to restore the backup manually. Change the file type from .ffbak to .zip and unzip it into a temporary folder.
Then copy the unzipped files to the /Users/Your_User_Name/Library/Application Support/Filter Forge 14/ folder.

More info about FF file locations on this forum thread

dod488, Thu, 15 May 2025 08:38:54 -0400
Thanks. Been using FF for 8 years quite a bit. Haven't had to use the forum until now.

Appreciate the quick help, Hal

Unicode and Text component

Rachel Duim — Sun, 11 May 2025 19:51:26 -0400

Rachel Duim, Sat, 28 Dec 2024 20:22:35 -0500
On the Mac (latest version of Sonoma) the character field of the Text component in FF14 does not accept Unicode without crashing.

On the Mac you can add Unicode Hex Input as a optional keyboard (System Settings/Keyboard/Input Sources). As an example, with this keyboard you enter Option 00BC to get this (¼) in TextEdit. Some extended ASCII can only be accessed via this keyboard or the symbols palette.

The workaround is cutting the extended ASCII from TextEdit and pasting it into the character field in FF.

UPDATE: the same issue exists with the Notes component.

SpaceRay, Sun, 05 Jan 2025 01:47:33 -0500
Thanks, will try myself to use Unicode in the new FF 14 text component and see how it works

SpaceRay, Wed, 08 Jan 2025 01:59:11 -0500
Please can you be so kind to explain in more detail HOW you are able to use the unicode in the Text component, because it seems that you have been able to make it work correctly as shown here

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Rachel Duim wrote: Here's some Unicode painting for fun with Unicode fractions.

But when I try to use Unicode it does not being recognized as shown here below

SpaceRay, Wed, 08 Jan 2025 02:03:34 -0500

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Rachel Duim wrote: Here is some research into Unicode and special characters. Music symbols are not included in most fonts, so here is a free font that has them called Noto Music. This font does NOT work properly with Word. https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Music International characters are supported in Arial Unicode MS. Microsoft now wants money for it... so try this. Copy and pasting is probably the best way (only way right now) to enter special characters into Text components. Here is my favorite Unicode character table. Just rolling over the character allows you to copy the character. Then you can see if the current font face in the Text component supports it. International characters are supported well in Arial Unicode MS. MS now wants money, so try this. If you find a symbol you want to use in an article or web page, you can find copy and paste the character into this Unicode decoder. Paste the Unicode into the left field and click Encode. The hex Unicode value (if the character is valid) will appear like \u03d0 , for example.

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Rachel Duim wrote:
Here is some research into Unicode and special characters. Music symbols are not included in most fonts, so here is a free font that has them called Noto Music. This font does NOT work properly with Word.
https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Music
International characters are supported in Arial Unicode MS. Microsoft now wants money for it... so try this.

Copy and pasting is probably the best way (only way right now) to enter special characters into Text components. Here is my favorite Unicode character table. Just rolling over the character allows you to copy the character. Then you can see if the current font face in the Text component supports it.

International characters are supported well in Arial Unicode MS. MS now wants money, so try this.

If you find a symbol you want to use in an article or web page, you can find copy and paste the character into this Unicode decoder. Paste the Unicode into the left field and click Encode. The hex Unicode value (if the character is valid) will appear like \u03d0 , for example.

Please, I am very sorry that I regrettably can not understand it, can you be so kind to give more details?

Thanks very much

Rachel Duim, Wed, 08 Jan 2025 02:08:37 -0500
Use copy and paste. On the Mac use Font Book. In Windows Character Map. For now you can’t directly enter Unicode in the Text component, which was the purpose of this bug report.

Rachel Duim, Sun, 27 Apr 2025 16:00:25 -0400
+1 for the original comment. There was a recent update to FF14, but this issue was not solved.

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On the Mac (latest version of Sonoma) the character field of the Text component in FF14 does not accept Unicode without crashing. On the Mac you can add Unicode Hex Input as a optional keyboard (System Settings/Keyboard/Input Sources)

SpaceRay, Sun, 04 May 2025 09:14:08 -0400

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Rachel Duim wrote: There was a recent update to FF14, but this issue was not solved. Quote On the Mac (latest version of Sonoma) the character field of the Text component in FF14 does not accept Unicode without crashing. On the Mac you can add Unicode Hex Input as a optional keyboard (System Settings/Keyboard/Input Sources)

Maybe you could add a description step by step for the FF developer team can test it by themselves and be able to reproduce the error and see why it crashes and so they can be able to solve it if possible

Does it happen with any unicode hex input?

Rachel Duim, Sun, 11 May 2025 19:51:26 -0400
The best way to look at this: Filter Forge 14 does not accept Unicode input. The quick way to enter Unicode,
Windows: enter 4 digit unicode number followed by Alt X, for example enter 00bc followed by Alt X,
Mac: enter 4 digit unicode number followed by Option-Command X, for example enter 00bc followed by Option-Command X,
like this ¼.
Some apps support it, some don't,
Unicode supported: Word, WordPad, LibreOffice etc
Not supported: NotePad, TextEdit, Filter Forge 14 etc
You can copy unicode into FF14 by copy and paste as a workaround.
You can also use the Show Emoji & Symbols or FontBook on the Mac to find
Fonts for FF14. In Windows you can use the Character Map.

The secondary keyboard on the Mac (Unicode Hex Input) crashes FF14 when you try to enter unicode (Option 00bc).

odd forum error

Rachel Duim — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:14:01 -0400

Rachel Duim, Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:14:01 -0400
On my Chaos Fields page in the Forums, animated gif links included as Image links fail, they used to work:
https://www.filterforge.com/forum/read...MID=163433
The reason is that the image link is changed from a http link to a https link in the posts towards the bottom of the post.

The Image link in the last post that fails is:
http://duim.com/animate/squirclesanimated-test11.gif
... but it is changed to a secure link:
https://duim.com/animate/squirclesanimated-test11.gif

It fails in Firefox and Edge on the Mac, but works correctly in Safari. Odd, don't know if anything was changed on the Forum site, it used to work.

UPDATE: I bought a SSL certificate, so it now works, but the IMG link in the forum messages should not switch from http to https. FWIW

Minor UI dock issue

Rachel Duim — Wed, 29 May 2024 11:21:57 -0400

Rachel Duim, Wed, 29 May 2024 11:21:57 -0400
IGNORE THIS report. Have not been able to reproduce this since I removed free Lockdown from my Mac. It probably is Lockdown, which was causing several issues on my Mac (breaking my Personal Hotspot on ios, interfering with other VPN apps) or an Apple bug that has been fixed.

With FF 13 in the Dock clicking on it does not work if you hide FF13 and go to another program, then click FF13 in the Dock. The currently running programs at the right does work. FYI the FF13 editor works correctly with the Dock.

XY Anchor issue

Rachel Duim — Tue, 21 May 2024 14:32:56 -0400

Rachel Duim, Tue, 07 May 2024 22:20:24 -0400
The attached (failed experiment) .ffxml has some strange results in Profile and Free Gradient components. I have placed Notes above them pointing out the issue. Something appears to be wrong with how the XY Anchor is being calculated, even though the Source is square. This is in the latest FF13 on the Mac with the latest version of Sonoma. Maybe I'm doing something wrong...

GMM, Thu, 16 May 2024 11:10:38 -0400
If I understand it correctly, the gradients work as designed.
The Profile Gradient's behavior inherently depends on the Size value; the Free Gradient's behavior depends on the Size value if XY Anchor is set to Default (Size).

Since the Size value in your preset is not maxed out you'll see the discrepancy when XY Anchor is set to Default (Size) and when it is set to Image Bounds.

If all the above is not what you have in mind, please describe your issue in more detail. Preferably with the maxed out Size slider.

Rachel Duim, Fri, 17 May 2024 01:20:23 -0400
As they say: "My bad". In the middle of a move from one house to another, mentally divergent, completely missed the Size value, so obvious :?:

GMM, Fri, 17 May 2024 06:18:22 -0400
No problem Rachel :-)

SpaceRay, Tue, 21 May 2024 14:32:56 -0400

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Rachel Duim wrote: In the middle of a move from one house to another,

I wish you all the best in the new house and that you can enjoy and have very good moments there and that you can do what you like and want with the best possible health

Switched from windows and find poor support for mac

mar1uz — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:17:38 -0500

mar1uz, Sun, 11 Feb 2024 17:39:42 -0500
I actually took for granted filter forge worked for affinity under mac since it works under windows and paid for an upgrade with lifetime updates without giving it a second thought, only to find out affinity is not officially supported under mac, only photoshop.

I read many blame affinity, but its obious the problem here is with filter forge looking at the big difference in supported apps between mac and windows.

With AI i guess things are about to change but after what ive experienced here now as a mac user having paid for something that is usable i guess but barely working many times, ill rather give my money to the competitor over filter forge next time because i want some good filters on my mac.

mar1uz, Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:17:38 -0500
Well ive been sitting a bit more with this now, its not usable at all, trying to launch filterforge from affinity photo is impossible most times. I can import whole images (for tweaking a little bit with colors etc) but the whole point with filter forge is its ability to apply effects to layers etc and create graphics. Its what lifts affinity photo up to be something that can replace photoshop for that use.

I have an apple silicon (m2 pro chip), not sure if that has anything to do with it, since macs upgraded their whole processor line a few years back. But this is the platform serious artists, designers etc tend to use and if anyone coughs up money for software, that would be my group.

Im seriously thinking about asking for a refund now since this ruined it for me. What are you thinking, completely ignoring mac affinity users, filterforge?

Duplicate ignores Remap

Rachel Duim — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:36:56 -0500

Rachel Duim, Sun, 17 Dec 2023 19:57:19 -0500
I've attached a filter showing Duplicate ignores remapping and uses the default. In FF13 on the Mac, Ventura. The Noise Distortion at the top is Duplicated just below it. The Remap on the duplicate is the default value, not the 25-50 Roughness of the original.

GMM, Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:37:55 -0500
This behavior is by design.
Remapping is a property of the component input – not of the control and not of the connection line. You need to select both the control and the component you're controlling and then Duplicate.

Rachel Duim, Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:36:56 -0500
The problem with selecting both the control and the Noise Distortion, then Duplicating is the control is duplicated as well. So if I have one control going to a Noise Distortion and then Duplicate 9 times, I will end up with 9 extra controls and have to re-route the original control to the duplicates to achieve what I want. I don't know if there is a solution.

Animated PNG not animating in browsers

Rachel Duim — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:42:31 -0500

Rachel Duim, Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:42:31 -0500
The animated PNG output from FF12 does not animate in the latest versions of Firefox, Chrome and Safari on the Mac. This was just output from FF12 and I put it up on the web for viewing. It does not animate in my browsers.
http://duim.com/animate/sketchy-animate05.png

I created this animated PNG indirectly in FF11 by creating the image sequence first, then importing that into Olive to create the PNG.
http://duim.com/animate/mandel-animate-test02.png

I checked the headers using this tool, the order of the chunks is different. Also the FF12 APNG only loops once, but should probably be infinite.
https://www.nayuki.io/page/png-file-chunk-inspector

FF12 + Sonoma OS Problems

SlowX — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:08:54 -0500

SlowX, Thu, 19 Oct 2023 06:47:33 -0400
(Posting issue here for visibility)

Many problems running FF12 and FF13 Beta on Mac w/ Sonoma OS.
Upside down and backwards elements, missing thumbnails, stacked thumbnails...

Pretty much unusable as is. :(

Voutloos, Sun, 22 Oct 2023 03:19:15 -0400
Same problem here, tried mailing FF but no answer.
Filterforge is UNUSABLE like this.

I don't even know if they are aware of the problem, let alone fixing it.

JamesB, Sun, 22 Oct 2023 11:57:05 -0400
I reported it in September, the reply was there are aware and were working on it ..... a month later "crickets"
does anyone know of a good alternative to FF ?

ASA, Wed, 25 Oct 2023 11:34:06 -0400
Same here. We're left to wonder what kind of testing protocol they ran. How'd this obvious a bug go unnoticed until users start reporting it? None of their beta testers ran into this? I guess we just watch for an update.

SlowX, Fri, 27 Oct 2023 09:26:55 -0400
From the support team:

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Unfortunately macOs Sonoma broke many thing in terms of program compatibility. We expect to release a fix soon.

sprity, Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:10:02 -0400
Same issues with my version of FF11 and I'm also on Sonoma

Rachel Duim, Thu, 09 Nov 2023 17:02:30 -0500
I did not upgrade to Sonoma, still on Ventura. Apple makes too many changes in their OS (typically yearly) and doesn't seem to give a damn about program compatability. They've been moving to make the OS more like an iPhone. All marketing. Oh well, my advice is to NOT upgrade the Mac OS unless you absolutely have to. Usually Apple supports 2 versions, so until I have to, I'm not upgrading.

My 2 cents... Filter Forge has 3 major things going on: Ultraforge beta, Filter Forge 13 beta, Sonoma issues. I think they are overwhelmed. I am concerned about this... I love the product and FF is on hold!

SpaceRay, Fri, 10 Nov 2023 14:35:51 -0500

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SlowX wrote: Many problems running FF12 and FF13 Beta on Mac w/ Sonoma OS.

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sprity wrote: Same issues with my version of FF11 and I'm also on Sonoma

Have you tried any earlier version of FF, for example 10 or 9, or other?

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ASA wrote: None of their beta testers ran into this? I guess we just watch for an update.

Yes, I agree that Sonoma has been available much earlier for developers to the compatibility of their software, but maybe the problem and fix may be much bigger than expected and could take time to fix all the possible bugs

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SlowX wrote: Unfortunately macOs Sonoma broke many thing in terms of program compatibility. We expect to release a fix soon.

So according to this then FF changes the name to Soonoma until soon it may be fixed

SitGit, Fri, 17 Nov 2023 18:34:00 -0500
Posted on another part of the forum already, but for visibility, this is the Sonoma fix pre-release. Seems to work.

https://filterforge.com/forum/read.php...MID=162848

Rachel Duim, Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:08:54 -0500
Good to hear it works in Sonoma. I tested it in Ventura with no problems to check backwards compatibility.

FF12 plugin suddenly not visible in PE2023

eagseags — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 19:08:06 -0500

eagseags, Thu, 09 Nov 2023 19:08:06 -0500
Have FF12, with "Filter Forge 12 universal plugin" in the Plugins folder of Photoshop Elements 2023. "Filter Forge" does not show up in PE "Filters" pull-down menu. Funny thing:
1. It used to work a week or so ago.
2. I replaced both the "Filter Forge 12" and "Photoshop Elements" folder from a backup a month ago.
But still not working.

Anybody have any further insight?

Working Installer/Updater for FF 9.008 ?

MartinC — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:32:46 -0400

MartinC, Sun, 24 Sep 2023 14:00:00 -0400
Hello,

I just bought a copy of FF9 Pro (Mac) from DAZ3D, because I could use it on an older working machine (running OS-X 10.11) and it was/is currently massively discounted...

The software itself installs and runs like a charm, but it looks like that the online "library" fails to work entirely. If I click on any uploaded filter (compatible with FF1-FF9), the FilterForge main application connects to the server and then tells me I need to update to the latest 9.008 version in order to run.

Clicking "yes" downloads a new Installer (Filter Forge 9.008 Setup.dmg), but different to the "vanilla 9.0" one from DAZ3D it refuses to install due to a corruption/checksum failure - I'm told to download a proper un-damaged version of the installer.

(Note: This seems to be a general problem... I found the forum entry with all older installer downloads, like FF8, FF10. None of them work here, all claiming to be "damaged". Only the "Filter Forge 9 Setup.dmg" downloaded directly from DAZ3D seems to be functionable)

How can I fix this? Since the trigger seems to be the 9.008 update from this site I thought I better ask here first. Before I contact DAZ3D for a return/refund, I would actually love to find a fix/workaround, but without any chance to use the library, I consider the tool to be non-working...

Thanks for any help, MartinC

MartinC, Mon, 25 Sep 2023 02:48:03 -0400
Addendum...

Some more details to add, in order to trace the problem...

All FF downloads come as disk-images (.dmg) that have checksums, and all get verified when mounted. All these checksums are passed without error, so the actual .dmg downloads are perfectly valid and not corrupted - neither on the Filterforge server nor during the download process.

Inside the .dmg files (once mounted) there sits one install-package file (.pkg) that gets opened by the OS-X built-in installer - and this is the moment where the error occurs. The installer checks the .pkg file and then complains about an "invalid digital signature".

Now some pretty odd observations: In this thread there are links to all older software versions:
https://www.filterforge.com/forum/read...&TID=15162

If I download "Filter Forge 9 Setup.dmg" from there then it obviously already *is* the 9.008 version. The .pkg has a creation date of 27th Dec 2020 and it fails.

The version from DAZ3D instead has a creation date of 9th Dec 2019 and it works. So it seems to be no problem with anything outdated, but rather by something that happened after 2019.

This gets confirmed by "Filter Forge 7 Setup.dmg" (created 2018) and "Filter Forge 8 Setup.dmg" (created 2019) from this site, both can be launched.

But "Filter Forge 10 Setup.dmg" (created 2021) refuses to launch with the same "invalid digital signature" error.

Djekki, Mon, 25 Sep 2023 06:40:02 -0400
Hi Martin,

We'd recommend to buy the latest Filter Forge version 12. It supports all the filters from the Online Library and latest hosts' versions (e.g. Photoshop 2024).

Now we even offer a free upgrade to Filter Forge 13 with every purchase

https://www.filterforge.com/buy

MartinC, Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:25:21 -0400
Thank you for your reply, but if you actually read my initial post you may notice the crucial line:

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because I could use it on an older working machine (running OS-X 10.11)

I want/need it for a legacy system, it was/is still sold by DAZ3D... that's why I did this (and nothing else). ;)

Having said that... I *did* find a workaround. It is slightly nasty, but if anyone here stumbles across the same problem, this is how you can get your software.

To whom it may concern:

Problem: All earlier Mac Installers from 2020 (Filter Forge 9 Setup.dmg) refuse to run due to an obscure "invalid digital signature" error that seems to affect versions 9 to 11.

There is no way to bypass this check in the built-in installer software, but there is a way to extract FilterForge out of this package manually. For this you need to realize that it actually is a cascade of several archives stuffed into each other.

You need:
1) An archive extractor of your choice. If you don't have one get something like TheUnarchiver (free).
2) You need to display file extensions in the Finder. If turned off, turn it on temporarily in Finder > Preferences > Advanced

Now:

3) Download "Filter Forge 9 Setup.dmg" (or similar) fr om here. Double-click and mount it.
4) Copy "Filter Forge 9.pkg" onto your harddisk - best create a new folder for this.
5) Drag "Filter Forge 9.pkg" onto your Unarchiver, it creates a folder "Filter Forge 9" next to it. Open that.
6) Rename "FilterForge9.pkg" to "FilterForge9.xar", It turns into a folder... open that.
7) Rename file "Payload" to "Payload.xar", drag that onto your Unarchiver... it creates a single new file called "Payload".
8 ) Rename the new file "Payload" to "Payload.gz" (!) and drag that onto your Unarchiver...
9) And that's it... you have your software inside the (yet) new "Payload" folder.

The "Library" folder only has a symlink to the PS-plug - copy it to any place on your Mac wh ere Photoshop looks for filters.
The "Applications" folder contains the folder "Filter Forge 9" which is exactly the folder that the installer would have copied to your "Application" folder... copy it yourself and you're done. (and you can delete all other extracted files and folders)

So - this sounds much more complicated as it actually is. The whole voodoo is that FilterForge actually is a GZ-archive (without a file extension), within an XAR-archive (without a file extension), within a folder (pretending to be a file), within an XAR-archive (pretending to be a .pkg file)...

Hope that helps... but I would actually recommend to fix this signature stuff, at least as long as you sell the previous versions in other shops.

Djekki, Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:32:46 -0400
Hi MartinC, thank you for sharing your workaround!

Pasting Image Width into Group

Rachel Duim — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 08:06:06 -0400

Rachel Duim, Mon, 24 Jul 2023 14:54:20 -0400
Ok, clearly what I was trying is not allowed... but tried to paste Image Width & Height into a group, here's the screenshot. Also submitting the error report failed with the error "no bug report info found" even though I filled out the bug report. FF12 latest on Mac.

GMM, Tue, 25 Jul 2023 08:06:06 -0400
Thanks for your report! Confirmed and forwarded to the devs.

minor preview problem

Rachel Duim — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 22:39:36 -0400

Rachel Duim, Mon, 26 Jun 2023 22:39:36 -0400
The StandardImageOpaque16IsleOfSkye.tga file in Previews has a thin 1 pixel line around the outside of the image that is slightly lighter than the rest of the image. It showed up when I was working on a new tile filter. Here is the example that revealed this (look at sky):

Filter controls on web page

Rachel Duim — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:11:45 -0400

Rachel Duim, Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:11:45 -0400
The Filter Controls section of the Pinched Octagons web page lists all the filter controls on one line with only one bullet. Minor, but I thought I should mention it. Tested in Firefox, Edge, and Chrome on the Mac.

PNG dialog crop

Rachel Duim — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:17:05 -0500

Rachel Duim, Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:17:05 -0500
Since I changed to Ventura 13.2.1 from Monterey 12, the PNG output popup/dialog is partially cropped in FF 11. Still functional... didn't check other file formats, but they might have the issue as well. Did not check FF 12. Let me know if you need anything else.

Photoshop 24.1.0 problem with the filter module interface

SlowX — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 10:18:51 -0500

SlowX, Sun, 25 Dec 2022 22:38:15 -0500
FF12 just doesn't budge. Eventually I force quite and get an error.
FF12 in the latest version of Photoshop, 24.1.0, on 2017 MacBook Pro, MacOS Ventura, 13.1.

Full error:
Could not complete the Filter Forge 12 command because of a problem with the filter module interface.

Help please!

GMM, Mon, 26 Dec 2022 04:55:43 -0500
Does FF12 work correctly for you in the standalone mode?

SlowX, Mon, 26 Dec 2022 14:14:29 -0500
Yep, works in standalone mode.

GMM, Tue, 27 Dec 2022 06:56:11 -0500
This means either the plugin wasn't installed correctly, or you have several conflicting plugins in multiple locations. Please do the following:

1. Open these two locations:

Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2023/Plug-Ins/Filters/
Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CC/

and remove all Filter Forge-related files from there.

2. Make sure to terminate Photoshop (not just collapse into Dock).
3. Open Terminal and type this:

cd /Applications/Filter\ Forge\ 12/
sudo ./InstallPlugins

InstallPlugins should report that "plugin installed successfully".

4. Run Photoshop and check if it helped.

SlowX, Tue, 27 Dec 2022 12:29:35 -0500
A few issues:
1) There is no Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2023/Plug-Ins/Filters/ folder.
"Plug-ins" just has a "Generator" folder
Should I create a Filters folder?

2) "sudo ./InstallPlugins" yields "command not found"

:(

GMM, Wed, 28 Dec 2022 08:25:53 -0500

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SlowX wrote: Should I create a Filters folder?

No, if there are no FF files and no folder under Plug-Ins, this is fine.

I assume you have successfully removed the 'Filter Forge 12' folder from Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CC/
?

If yes, please try reinstalling the latest FF12 build from the download page.

SlowX, Wed, 28 Dec 2022 10:18:51 -0500
I fully uninstalled and deleted all version of FF, downloaded a fresh new copy and installed that, and now it seems to work w/o going into the terminal.

Still not sure what happened, but it seems to work now.

Thank you!

FF12 - cannot load in My Filters

Beat — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:14:50 -0500

Beat, Fri, 09 Dec 2022 14:26:50 -0500
Upgraded to FF 12. Then loaded in all my filters that I have created in previous versions by selecting fr om the main menu:

Tools > Restore Filters and Settings . . .

navigated to wh ere my filters were stored and clicked OK.

The filters loaded and were present, but I got all kind of errors, when loading an external image.

I reinstalled FF12 and noticed that things were workeing.
I repeated the Restore Filters and Settings . . . but with the same results.

But now, how do I Restore my Filters into version 12, without the galore of errors?

I attached one of the error message I got.
Also, I was unable to create a bug report (Acces denied).

Beat, Fri, 09 Dec 2022 14:27:18 -0500
here are two more screenshots

Beat, Fri, 09 Dec 2022 14:27:38 -0500
Thanks for any help

GMM, Mon, 12 Dec 2022 05:24:18 -0500
If you want us to look into the issue please send the failing .FFBAK file to the support team.

Beat, Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:14:50 -0500
Thanks.
I just did an update of FF 12 and now it all seems to work again.

best, Beat

Version FF 12.04 FUnktioniert nicht mit PS 23

Pixeljunkie — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 03:03:37 -0500

Pixeljunkie, Sun, 20 Nov 2022 10:32:08 -0500
Hallo, Ich habe extra upgedatet und mir einen Key für FF12 schicken lassen. Doch leider funktioniert das gerade auch nicht, Wer kann helfen?

Pixeljunkie, Mon, 21 Nov 2022 03:03:37 -0500
Update: Ich habe alles von Filterforg deinstaliert und alles bereinigt, hatte überall fragmente von den älteren Versionen . Danach neu Instalation und Pc heerunterfahren, dann Pc starten und siehe Da es geht jetzt. :) ;)

FF11 won't work since I've upgrade to Photoshop 2023.

simpletrvlr — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 18:21:04 -0500

simpletrvlr, Wed, 16 Nov 2022 16:51:36 -0500
I also tried to download the FF12 beta but the download just get's stuck and won't finish downloading.

How can I fix FF11 to get it to work in Photoshop?

CFandM, Wed, 16 Nov 2022 18:21:04 -0500
Do not know about the download getting stuck.
But getting 11 to work has been posted here.
FF11 Photoshop fix

geekatplay also posted a fix at the end of the thread.

You may have to modify what the fix is since you are on OSX. ie where the locations of the files are.

Weird Antialias artifacts

Zsolt — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:20:36 -0400

Zsolt, Wed, 03 Aug 2022 21:29:51 -0400
Seems like if I add the output of a refraction with a free gradient to another refraction, these weird artifacts appear on the AA pass. The lines coincide with the AA edges. Is there any remedy for this issue? Or should I just render super large and downsample to the final size, like poor man's AA?

Zsolt, Wed, 03 Aug 2022 21:44:36 -0400
Simple way to recreate the issue...

Zsolt, Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:54:47 -0400
Apparently the Blur is the issue. If you replace it with a Motion Blur with the Directional and Angle set to anything but 0 it doesn't do the artifacts — albeit it's not exactly the same result as a regular Blur. If you set to 0 it behaves as the regular blur and messes it up again.
Seems like a proper application bug, like there's a division by zero somewhere.

Vladimir Golovin, Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:20:36 -0400
Most likely, the AA edges are coming from the Profile Gradient which is used as a source of Refraction. Switching anti-aliasing from Edges Only to All Pixels should help.

preview image transparency

Rachel Duim — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:53:11 -0400

Rachel Duim, Tue, 14 Jun 2022 22:32:36 -0400
FF11 MacBook Pro latest everything. The attached image shows the purple flower in the preview window twice. The 2nd one should have a transparent background. It works correctly when selected. Very minor.

GMM, Wed, 15 Jun 2022 05:53:11 -0400
Indeed. Thank you for the report, forwarded to the devs.

Filter Forge 9 Plugin NOT Working in Photoshop 2022 23.0.1

WordWeaver — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 12:50:33 -0400

WordWeaver, Mon, 15 Nov 2021 11:01:02 -0500
Hello everyone. I am encountering the same problem as everyone else. I recently updated Photoshop to 2022 23.0.1 on my iMac running Monterey 12.0.1. I am not even sure how long ago it happened, or in what version of Photoshop it happened, but the Filter Forge plugin is no longer appearing under my "Filters" menu in Photoshop.

To try to fix this problem, I shut down Photoshop, and then I reinstalled Filter Forge 9. Then I rebooted Photoshop. That did not fix the problem.

Next, I followed the tip that was posted here earlier. In other words, I made an alias of the "Filter Forge 9 universal.plugin" file, and I placed it in Photoshop's "Plug-ins" folder. Then I rebooted Photoshop. The Filter Forge plugin is STILL not appearing under my "Filters" menu in Photoshop.

Has anyone found a better solution to this problem?

For the record, I am not interested in using some archaic method of copying and pasting layers into Filter Forge, and then copying back into Photoshop. That method totally defeats the purpose of having a FF plugin in the first place. I simply want the FF plugin to work as intended.

Yes, I could email the Filter Forge staff regarding this latest problem, but we all know what they are going to say: "Spend more money and upgrade." Thanks, but no thanks! It seems that you folks are just about money, money, money. You fix things, but then you expect us to pay more money to get the fix. We shouldn't have to pay for bug fixes when the problem is on YOUR end, in YOUR software!

I have been using the paid version of Filter Forge on my iMacs since version 3.006 ten years ago. I have paid for every single upgrade, and then some. I am sick and tired of dishing out money year after year for something which no longer works as intended.

So, again, if anyone knows how to get the Filter Forge 9 plugin working in Photoshop 2022 23.0.1 on an iMac running Monterey 12.0.1, please advise.

Thank you in advance!

Myrrdraal, Mon, 15 Nov 2021 11:21:56 -0500
See this thread...it may work on MAC as well...not sure as I use linux and win...
https://filterforge.com/forum/read.php...sage159621
My post is near the bottom....

WordWeaver, Mon, 15 Nov 2021 11:47:02 -0500
Thanks for the suggestion, but if you re-read my original post, you will see that I already tried copying an alias of the FF plugin into Photoshop's "Plug-ins" folder. It did not work, and I tried several times.

Or am I misunderstanding what you did?

At any rate, I just installed the Filter Forge 11.002 beta, and it IS working in Photoshop 2022 23.0.1 on my iMac running Monterey 12.0.1. Of course, it is only fully functional for 30 days.

However, as I said, I am tired of dishing out money, year after year, for ten years, just to get a working version of Filter Forge. By this time, I think I deserve a FREE upgrade to Filter Forge 11. I am not holding my breath. :)

Peturr, Sat, 16 Apr 2022 06:16:04 -0400
Experiencing the same problem here. Please fix this problem so we can continue to use Filter Forge. We paid for this and should be able to use version 9 if that is what we want. Dont force us to upgrade with this method. We should want to upgrade because of new features and not because you make earlier versions not usable. That is bad customer service and only leads to us looking for alternative solutions.

WordWeaver, Sat, 16 Apr 2022 12:50:33 -0400
Peturr, I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you. After investing so much money in their product over the past ten years, I am finally wise to their game. Trust me; they have no intentions of ever fixing version 9. That is not their business model. As I said above, rather than fix bugs in current versions, they want to basically force us to pay them to fix bugs in newer versions, which we must then purchase. I am sick of their scam, and sick of their constant emails to pressure me into purchasing a newer version. I have already totally removed their software from my hard drive. I advise you to do the same, and take the loss. It's a shame, because it really is a good plugin.

input editor causes crash

Rico — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:55:33 -0400

Rico, Sat, 12 Mar 2022 08:06:57 -0500
I have a map script that whenever i try to open the input editor it causes an instant crash.

Version: filter forge universal 11.005.62033.5506 release feb 7 2022 13:19

I need to add a couple of new inputs but cant. filter attached.

please help. thank you

GMM, Mon, 14 Mar 2022 04:49:26 -0400
Sorry to hear about that. If you attached the failing filter we'd surely look into the issue.

Rico, Tue, 15 Mar 2022 06:58:33 -0400
I did attach the filter to the original question .

I have resolved the issue now, although it was time consuming. I copied the map script alone into a new plugin where I was able to edit the inputs. Then I copied it back into my original plugin and reattached all it's connections.

It's not the first time this has happened to me, I think there is a memory access issue causing this crash on map script components.

In general there are a lot of crashes that occur when editing plugins, in this version and a few previous ones too, but I have learnt to live with it. It's always a memory access error.

Thanks for your help.

Rico, Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:21:06 -0400
Hello again, the issue has re-occurred and this time I cannot work my way around it.

Please see the filter attached.

I want to add a few new controls to the script but pressing the input editor button on the map script component causes an instant crash. I tried copying it to a new empty filter and the same issue occurred.

Please help. Thank you.

Rachel Duim, Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:48:31 -0400
+1 I have verified the crash. I did it several times, sometimes I get a kernel crash, other times it just dies silently. I am under Catalina

Rico, Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:57:55 -0400
Thanks Rachel.

I should have added earlier, I'm on Mac OS Monterey 12.0.1 on an M1 Airbook 16GB

GMM, Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:55:33 -0400
Thanks for your reports, I forwarded the issue to the developers.

Can't report errors

Rachel Duim — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:59:22 -0400

Rachel Duim, Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:59:22 -0400
Attached is a screen shot when a FF11 crash has occurred in Catalina. After attempting to send a bug report, this screen happens. Latest FF11. Firefox 98. I have seen this issue for several versions of FF. I am using the GoldenRatio2 map script (click the input editor button) crash from the other bug in the previous thread.

Lines between nodes too thin

Rachel Duim — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 08:51:44 -0400

Rachel Duim, Fri, 18 Mar 2022 19:23:52 -0400
I've attached a sample that shows the latest FF11 editor on the Mac. The lines between nodes are too thin at some magnifications. Looked at another Bomber+ filter in FF7 and the lines were all thicker at this magnification. This is a MacBook Pro 16" from 2019. The filter is Offset Collage.

GMM, Mon, 21 Mar 2022 05:17:10 -0400
Rachel, if you tell us your screen resolution and magnification level we can look into the issue.

Rachel Duim, Mon, 21 Mar 2022 16:43:27 -0400
For this one it say looks like 1536x960 (Catalina). The default is 1792x1120 and the lines still look too thin at this resolution as well. The magnification level is Zoom to Fit of Offset Collage. Another way to compare is to open Cutout Painter into the editor in FF10 vs FF11 at either resolution. The lines are thicker in FF10.

GMM, Mon, 28 Mar 2022 08:51:44 -0400
Thanks for the details, we'll look into that.

Control click not enabled on trackpad

Rachel Duim — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 08:17:13 -0400

Rachel Duim, Fri, 18 Mar 2022 19:48:10 -0400
For the latest FF11 on a MacBook Pro from 2019.

In both the main program window (upper left and main) and the editor windows Control click is not enabled on the trackpad, which is standard for most programs. This is the same as a right click with a mouse. There are still ways to do a right click. I assigned the lower right corner of the trackpad to perform the right click as a workaround.

GMM, Mon, 21 Mar 2022 08:17:13 -0400
Thanks Rachel, we'll look into it.

Filter Forge 8 + Photoshop

thereisone — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:39:28 -0500

thereisone, Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:51:32 -0500
I've been using filter forge 8 with photoshop since 2019, it has worked with every photoshop update, even up to 2022.

Now, I've recently reformatted my machine, and installed all the software fresh.

Filter forge no longer works in photoshop. After reading all the posts on this board, it seems you're trying to make users upgrade to the new version for it to work in the latest photoshop, when I know that it possible to run in PS 2022, as until I re-formatted my machine it was working fine.

Has anyone figured out how to successfully use an older version of FF with a newer version of Photoshop?

Thanks

CFandM, Thu, 24 Feb 2022 21:44:07 -0500
Seems that when Photoshop updates it remembers where the plug-ins are located. Once you reformatted that was lost. Since FF8 is not compatible with newer versions of photoshop the installer does not install for that version of photoshop. So you will have to install manually. I have sent you a message showing how to install manually. This is for windows but might give you a direction of how to proceed...

thereisone, Thu, 24 Feb 2022 23:54:14 -0500
Hey CFandM,

Appreciate the tips here. I had tried a similar thing to get it to work without any luck, and as it seems mac setup is quite different.

With a bit more fiddling, installing an old version of the software, finding a new directory, and voilia, I managed to get it working.

If anyone needs help with this, I can point you in the right direction.

Cheers!

CFandM, Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:39:28 -0500
Cool that you got it working at least. :) 8)

Filter Forge 10 Plugin on Mac

paulperlow — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 06:17:03 -0500

paulperlow, Fri, 21 Jan 2022 03:53:32 -0500
I get the following message

Could not complete the Filter Forge 10 command because of a program error.

I am on a Mac Big Sur 11.6 on latest version of Photoshop.

The FF app works fine independent of Photoshop.

I looked to try to reinstall the plugin and could not find it at the FF Site.

Please help. Thanks

GMM, Wed, 26 Jan 2022 06:17:03 -0500
Filter Forge 10 was released in 2020 and is unaware of the latest Photoshop version. You can use FF10 under PS 2021 or upgrade to FF11 that supports Ps 2022.

Filter Forge Librarian not launching!

Imagemaker63 — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:14:48 -0500

Imagemaker63, Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:14:48 -0500
I have the latest Filter Forge installed on my mac, but when I try and launch Filter Forge Librarian, it's telling me I need to have Filter Forge installed...IT IS INSTALLED!!!!!!! why am I having these issues and what can I do? Fitler Forge support is non-existent. WTF!!?

Adding New Filters Via Librarian Deletes Favorites

CattailNu — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:20:59 -0500

CattailNu, Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:49:32 -0500
The librarian cleared my selected favorites when I added more filters to Filter Forge.

GMM, Tue, 11 Jan 2022 07:57:00 -0500
Thanks for your report, we fixed the issue. Please re-download and reinstall Librarian 11.

CattailNu, Tue, 11 Jan 2022 08:59:44 -0500
Great! Thanks!

CattailNu, Tue, 11 Jan 2022 09:07:30 -0500
Where do I download the new 11? I tried my original download link and the bug still exists.

GMM, Wed, 12 Jan 2022 07:55:25 -0500
The download link is private to you, it hasn't changed.
The latest build is Librarian 11.004.61737.40034 from January 10, 2022 - please make sure you running this program build.

CattailNu, Wed, 12 Jan 2022 08:20:17 -0500
The private link is downloading 11.003, not the latest version. (macos/m1).

GMM, Wed, 12 Jan 2022 09:13:09 -0500
~~CattailNu, please contact the support team for further investigation.~~ Oops, sorry, a wrong file was published on the server – please try again :(

CattailNu, Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:20:59 -0500
That worked! Thank you!!!

Waiting on long filter processing. Force Quit or wait?

Targos — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 23:39:53 -0500

Targos, Fri, 07 Mar 2014 18:35:34 -0500
I'm waiting on a filter to do its thing - as Photoshop plugin. Been about 30 min so far.

Is there a way to tell if a filter is actually still alive or just crashed?

SpaceRay, Fri, 07 Mar 2014 19:03:04 -0500
30 minutes is not too much on some filters, I have had some of them for 45 or 55 minutes.

All depends on which filter you are using and what resolution size are you using for the render result

what filter and what size are you using?

The only way I know to tell if a filter is still alive is the green bar progress that is shown with the photoshop plugin, even if it is growing or moving very slowly, it should move at least every 5 minutes or so, if not it is probably frozen.

Targos, Fri, 07 Mar 2014 19:05:24 -0500
Its the "Glowy" *? something at A4 res. Alas as I've command+tabbed to other apps in the meantime theres no progress bar to be found..

SpaceRay, Sat, 08 Mar 2014 04:46:56 -0500
is this filter? Glowy by Sharandra

When I asked for the size, I was refering to what size in pixels you have configured the output, for example, 5000x3500

You are using Mac, but what version of FF are you using, 3.0 or 4.0, and have you downloaded the latest version available?

What Photoshop version are you using?

Using FF as plugin, you must first be able to preview the result in a reduced size to know what will look like when applied to the photoshop image source, so:

How long does it take to preview inside filter forge plugin with the Glowy first preset on your loaded image from photoshop?

Because this should be faster and know if then if the filter works or not.

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theres no progress bar to be found

Well, with other filters I have had a FF progress bar, but now I have tested myself with a 7000x7000 image and is true that it does NOT appear any progress bar after 25 minutes waiting using FF 4.0 anf Photoshop CC

Mine is also like frozen :?: :?:

SpaceRay, Sat, 08 Mar 2014 06:04:31 -0500
THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH THE FILTER AND HIGH RESOLUTION

AS PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN 7000x7000

Well after nearly 1 hour waiting for something to happen on the way fr om FF plugin to Photoshop, I had to cancel it using Esc key because it seems that it will not work.

This is weird and do not know why this happens, because using the filter in reduced mode view works right and using other filters it works well.

STANDALONE MODE 7000x7000

I have tried to use the same filter in standalone mode with the first default presets and an source image of 7000x7000 and after waiting half an hour NOTHING happens and does NOT appear any part of the image, so it seems to be frozen somewhere.

STANDALONE MODE 2500x2500

Trying to lower the resolution with an image source of 2500x2500 it works very well without any problem and does not get frozen

STANDALONE MODE 4900x3500

When using an image with 4900x3500 and switching to "Actual size" view, something appears but then later it gets frozen sometimes, and in 20 minutes only shows a tiny part done.

I have the latest version of FF 4.0.9 February 7 and using Windows 8 64 bit and Intel i7 Quad Core 2600K 3.5Ghz

Targos, Sat, 08 Mar 2014 19:03:30 -0500
Thanks for checking this SpaceRay, I left it overnight and it still didn't complete the render.

Hopefully the devs can reproduce it and spot the bug.

A4 is 2480 x 3508 at 300 ppi and yes it was that Glowy filter. It did begin to render in the preview, but assigning it to the image seems to fail.

AaronC

CFandM, Sat, 08 Mar 2014 19:35:51 -0500
Well one of the biggest reasons is that there is a lot of blurs in this filter...One or two can slow down a render at that size let alone what this filter has...
So if I were to give a definite reason why its slow are all those blurs..

Yuya, Sat, 08 Mar 2014 23:19:57 -0500
All the blurs in there!!

Suggestion: turn off anti-alias.

GMM, Wed, 12 Mar 2014 09:45:58 -0400
Some filters that are heavily based on bitmap components never finish rendering. I confirm that and confirm we're looking into the issue.

Retoucherpro, Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:02:02 -0400
I find that FF is just plain slow period. Rarely does it use more than 12% of my cpu's or even touch ram. Being a "resolution" independent filter it should be able to utilize extra cpu AND ram if its available for rendering at higher dpi(ppi). Heck even at 100ppi I have to wait hours for the majority of filters, never mind at print resolution. With 26 gigs of ram and 2 x 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon and it STILL never goes over 12% cpu theres an issue that needs to be addressed. I wouldn't mind if it was slow and using a majority of cpu available.... but its like driving a fast car with the accelerator pedal stuck at the top 1/4 of its range.

Sharandra, Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:58:16 -0400
Retoucherpro, have you checked if it is set to use all available cores?
ItÂ´s under Options>Rendering.
I sometimes set it to use only one core, when I need to do other stuff while it renders. If I forget to set it back, I wonder about itÂ´s slowness next time, until I remember lol :-)

And sorry about the slowness of my Glowy filter. I tested it on fotos and a 4096x4096 texture before I submitted it and it worked just fine for me, only slow.

Retoucherpro, Fri, 14 Mar 2014 09:37:48 -0400
Ghostcat

Thanks for the reply even though I wasn't talking about your filter specifically in general. Much appreciated.

Yes... I have FF set to use all available CPU's/cores and a maximum RAM usage of 80%.

I get the same speed out of the previously mentioned setup with the XEON processor that I do with an i7 and 32 gigs of ram...

slow... sigh.. so much potential

Again thanks very much... I'll check out your filters soon.

oreosPaul, Fri, 28 Mar 2014 03:37:52 -0400
There is an obvious bug only on the mac platform in reference to rendering above a specific size. And its been known for at least a year in reference to the plug in "paint HDRtist" Such a great plug in, and pretty much the reason I bought the last upgrade of Filter Forge. I thought that it was my computer speed or ram etc... But I upgraded computer and ram etc... and still the same. I only recently read through the comments about the plug in, ... http://www.filterforge.com/filters/10787.html , and found that people where having this issue a year ago?..

So annoying!... There should just be a different price for the mac users if the mac version is going to be restrictive compared to the PC version.

At the very least it should be available to everyone to know of this restriction in the mac version before anyone attempts to purchase it. I know I wouldn't have purchased the latest upgrade if I had known this.

So does this happen with all plugins?...or just some?.... So annoying. :evil:

Retoucherpro, Fri, 28 Mar 2014 10:09:00 -0400
OreosPaul

I get this on a LOT of filters... for the most part FF is just slow.

Yuya, Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:50:54 -0400
Ok, just speaking on my part, on every software forum I visit excepting a couple there's always bound to be an argument stating some software X is slow in doing task X. Mentalray according to some people, is slow. Even Vray, according to some folks, is slow. I work with all sorts of software everyday, VFX related, motion graphics, you name it. I have to deal with "slow" all the time and you gotta rethink your strategies. FilterForge is no different. I do admit, sometimes I do think FilterForge is slow, but I work with that. I feel like complaining, but I'd be complaining about every software I'd be using, so I don't.

These forums are naturally a place where people post about sluggish speeds, it's ok to do that. But the forums should also be a place where there are solutions as well, and I'd rather help people out than leave arguments around. I just need a bit of openness from people than facing a wall of bitterness.

My case and point:
1. Things do run slow... if you just let them be.

2. There's no such thing as "instant". Software companies demo "instant" a lot but in reality, it's hardly the truth. We work long hours to make "instant" happen. I optimize tons of things so demos would run smooth, so games would run smooth, so shaders run really smooth. I sometimes feel people get the false impression about "super fast render speeds" based on some company tech demo... the reality is really harsh.

3. There are always ways to shorten render times. <--- Ladies and Gentlemen, workflow optimization is a major portion of my job.

4. I can help!

oreosPaul, Sat, 29 Mar 2014 07:55:44 -0400
I think I have to take out some time and respond with a long comment..forgive my indulgence lol. might take 3 lots of messages to get all through..

oreosPaul, Sat, 29 Mar 2014 07:56:04 -0400
Yuya... First of all thanks for offering to help, you sound like you probably would have lots to offer too, so hopefully you might be able to shed some light,... I personally look for inspiration or direction from anyone who offers any thoughts on problem solving.

But I have noticed you became defensive in response to a similar comment I made here .... http://www.filterforge.com/forum/read...sage125871

I'm not sure why your so sensitive to truthful negative "constructive" criticism. I don't think I was being too hard either.

Just because i'm saying how it is... doesn't mean its not constructive, in fact thats the very reason why it is.

[QUOTE]3. There are always ways to shorten render times. <--- Ladies and Gentlemen, workflow optimisation is a major portion of my job. [QUOTE]

Too be honest I think that is obvious. ( I like how you categorize it as workflow optimisation, hits the nail on the head). There is no other way to work through graphics software, other than workflow optimisation... and the software you use should help in optimising your workflow. And Filter Forge does ,.... as I have said before, if it actually was working properly, with out that bugs.

I have been working with photoshop since the beta version before version 1.0 , so thats close to 25 yrs.

Over half my age.

oreosPaul, Sat, 29 Mar 2014 07:56:19 -0400
In all that time I have had experience with Mental Ray,... Electric Image (god that was such a fast renderer)...After Effects,..and so many 2d and 3d , and photoshop plug ins . Pixar render man was sooooo slow, but so worth the effort and patients needed to use it. I think filter forge is in a similar boat.

Even with the lightning fast Electric image ,.. Computer graphics has always needed a very crucial important skill set.

Patients... So yeah I agree with you on that.

Mental Ray as you mentioned can blow up and halt any rendering no matter how much ram you have. Same as After Effects... ect,..but you have some direction offered within the software to fix things.

There is tools within the software for you to make conscious decisions into improving your speed... or at least adjust it and you get feed back constantly giving you an indication on how long it will take to render. No matter if you leave it for a week, at least it will do as it has promised,...and render.

The freaky thing is that with Filter Forge, as you tweak and confirm the inputs to render the file,... your effecting the actual image, not just a representation of it through a basic 3d shape like a sphere.

You render the image within the tweaking stage in Filter Forge and choose "actual image" and bump up everything on the quality..and it renders the file(slowly)....so it actually is proving to you it can render it, with an indication on how long it takes to render it as you see it happening in front of your eyes.

But wait.... it's all a lie.

When you hit Apply, ...it then will freeze.... and for the most part leaving you baffled as to why?

oreosPaul, Sat, 29 Mar 2014 07:56:38 -0400
If the file is 4000 x 4000 or bigger in size, it seems to be too much for it. If it's close to that size but smaller it can take for ever to render...or just render half way and then freeze. If you get to a much smaller size ..everything is fine it works well.

Now if this was to happen in mental ray and only happen for the mac users and not for the PC users..or UNIX users... There would be lots to hear about in forums from the annoyed mac users trust me.

I believe there's one price for all users on all platforms, so I don't think its much to ask to have the same features working just as fast or slow on all platforms... Having the Filter Forge freeze and not render on the mac and having it render fine on the pc is not a small thing to not worry about... Unless its only happening to me..and the few others I have seen mention this around the forums. (even still why is it happening to us?)

It would have to be something in the compiling of the software over to the mac version. Something to how it addresses ram, but I'm not skilled enough to make an accurate guess,...but seems to do with Filter Forge accessing the ram.

It might be a really hard thing to fix...I'm not sure I don't have the knowledge to comment on that. How ever there has been reports of this for a long time. And it seems to be ignored? I wonder, if it was ignored possibly because there wasn't anyone making a big enough fuss?

I wish there was more like Retoucherpro, to make even the smallest comment. Negative or positive. There hasn't been enough people speak up.

I was one that didn't speak up,. I actually thought it might have been an issue with me not having enough ram, but I have lots more now and still no go. It might only be a few of us that this happens to..or it might be a hell of a lot.

We won't know unless there is feed back from people. Maybe the lack of feed back shows that there isn't many others, other than the ones that have spoken out already........... or it could mean people just gave up and moved on.

There is a reason why I'm spending all this time typing this out and expressing my thoughts.

I am motivated to NOT walk away because I believe in this powerful software and am attracted to the way it works, and I think its unique and nothing else on the market like it.

But if making it better,.. or saving it from becoming virtually worthless (to me personally at least), then I find no problem giving honest feed back in a relevant forum. How ever short..... or long,.. that feed back is :D

Yuya, Sat, 29 Mar 2014 08:56:52 -0400
oreosPaul, I think the only reason why I'd feel a bit defensive is because we're both on the internet. I don't know you, and you don't know me.... which really adds to the flavor. Also the fact that you threw probably 5 posts on the same topic just added to my thoughts and feelings. Basically put, you kinda sounded incredibly impatient... and that doesn't sit well with me. But ... err uhh sorry. I don't intend on sounding like a defensive guy. I've worked with pretty complicated situations and managed to find pretty decent solutions for most of them, so I basically don't like having a dangling "software X is slow, so be it" kind of thing. Cause FilterForge, and many other "slow tools" can go ridiculously fast if you settle with a proper plan.

Gonna have to cut the message short. I did read your post though. Sorry if I'm not responding to the main points. But I get what you mean.

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I wish there was more like Retoucherpro, to make even the smallest comment. Negative or positive. There hasn't been enough people speak up.

Believe me, I've been on the FF forums for years and there were a bunch of times where aggressive comments were left around, so people do speak up.

Personally, I strongly believe it's the company's duty to invest in further improvements in such important fields! But sometimes arguing on the forums doesn't cut it.... Sometimes complicated pieces of software need a major rewrite for it to work even better. Companies have done that, and it's not easy given the fact that you have to review code that you've been writing for years.

Just a note, on OSX, Carbon support has been long gone since Cocoa took over. Which makes porting software not so easy. But I really don't have too much clue on the technical stuff. My friends in this field could answer though.

Retoucher, Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:52:40 -0400
Yuya

My comments are/were not aimed directly at your work. Like oreosPaul I have been in the industry a LONG time and on a variety of hi and lo end equipment used to render graphics of all sorts. I'm USED to waiting a longish time for something to render out or a filter to complete its cycle. When FF first came out I was quite excited about what it could mean to a lot of different industries that deal with creating graphics of any kind. But I held off then because it was just too slow for the work that I do.

Now...... well, things might have changed in some areas with FF and what it can accomplish. Truly amazing stuff. And some filters are wickedly fast and give me something that I can tweak from.

And some are just wickedly slow..... and I don't think that its the person who created the filter's fault at all. There is some computational heavy stuff going on. I just feel that the creators of FF need to do something to make their product a bit more optimized for ALL systems to accomplish their claims resolution free creations. When I have to wait over 26 hours for something and then finally give up because its only half way rendered then in my opinion FF has failed. I have the technology to run this....beyond what the recommended setup is... way beyond. On this day and age there is no reason why FF can't make the jump to GPU based or assisted processing power. Its necessary.

I love the promise of FF and envision what it should be doing. I just hope that it WILL do that someday. I too have been using PS since '91 and have seen some tremendous stuff happen that I never dreamed would be possible...

My comments are not against you or your filters....just FF.

Chris

Skybase, Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:05:46 -0400
Ah don't worry. I'm not really trying to poke at anybody honestly. I'm just trying to even out the argument. Once in a while these "FF is slow" arguments arise but most often it seems like SOMETHING can be done about it. Like I really don't see FilterForge being awfully slow. I see it doing it's thing at a pretty natural rate, and that's my experience in dealing with complex pieces of software involving high customizability and high quality output.

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On this day and age there is no reason why FF can't make the jump to GPU based or assisted processing power. Its necessary.

Actually this might catch your interests. It's been discussed on the forums that basically algorithms used in FilterForge can't hop on the GPU boat. In the end, I'd want FilterForge to really invest in figuring ways out but it seems there are more walls to climb for a GPU transition (realistically speaking). In one sense, the market does a really good job presenting GPU as this magical wonder, but GPU does have severe limitations, hindered by market variability, code, and hardware limitations themselves. For example, on one machine 100% GPU render engines like Octane Renderer run smooth, where as on various other machines it'll hinder the entire system, and fail to perform as it should. GPU also has a texture resolution limit, hardware vendors have various coding strategies, different units have different this and thats, and quite a disparity between various units... so there are technical hurdles.

So for now, the dream of a full on high resolution, double-percision, fully customizable/flexible node based texture/image editor is probably something distant. Of course, it'll happen.

But aside from that hard reality, I think it's still something good to invest in. If in any case there's a really really similar node-based texture editor capable of producing quality "art" that's GPU based and etc etc, I'd be happy to jump on that boat. I do use Substance Designer on the side of life n things, but I personally just like FilterForge over it's flexibility. It's insanely flexible.

In the end, I do come from the sort of "technical artist" background and to me, when I see arguments like "Software X is slow" it kinda makes me want to leave a couple commentaries about it. I seriously don't intend on arguing things, if I sound like I am, sorry... I really really just want to leave second thoughts around.

This topic really does have depth and it's well worth noting how intricate everything is. That's kinda all I want to really get at. ;)

Imagemaker63, Mon, 03 Jan 2022 23:39:53 -0500
Here it is 2022 and Filter Forge is still slow as molasses. I've read through several threads that attempted to address this issue (all the way back to 2008!), but all I've found were excuses or personal battles and arguments on semantics. Why is Filter Forge agonizingly slow when rendering? I think this software has really great attributes, but the speed in which it renders is a dealbreaker. I just can't do this anymore. This issue needs to be addressed at the engineering level and I'm puzzled as to why a fix hasn't been created yet. It's only been years this issue has been prevalent.
ARRRGH!

Grouping with time input crash

Rachel Duim — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 08:59:12 -0500

Rachel Duim, Thu, 23 Dec 2021 23:06:22 -0500
MacOS 10.15.7 MacBook Pro 2019 the following crash occured when selecting the 4 components in this screenshot, then Edit / Group. The filter will be in the next post

Rachel Duim, Thu, 23 Dec 2021 23:09:28 -0500
Here is the filter from FF 11

GMM, Mon, 27 Dec 2021 08:59:12 -0500
Thank you Rachel, the issue has been confirmed and forwarded to the devs.

FF11 group vs normalized time issue

Rachel Duim — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 08:58:51 -0500

Rachel Duim, Sat, 25 Dec 2021 19:19:03 -0500
On Mac OSX 10.15.7, MacBook Pro 2019. With the attached filter do the following:

Let the default preset draw at frame 90.
Highlight the 90 in the frame # field.
Type in 1 in the frame # field and let it draw. There appears to be no change. It is supposed to draw a smaller image.

I've isolated the problem to the Normalized Time input to the "Reverse Loop Scale" group. The value that is passed to the group is 0 when you are at frame 1. Inside the group the value is 49.7, the previous value from frame 90.

Rachel Duim, Mon, 27 Dec 2021 00:50:52 -0500
Attached is a workaround for the frame 1 redraw issue I'm having. This also "greenifies" the Normalized Time which is useful.

GMM, Mon, 27 Dec 2021 08:58:51 -0500
Thank you Rachel, the issue has been confirmed and forwarded to the devs.

mutex error crash

Rachel Duim — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 08:58:35 -0500

Rachel Duim, Thu, 23 Dec 2021 22:10:43 -0500
The following filter causes a crash in FF11 on the Mac OS 10.15.7 / MacBook Pro 2019. Go into the filter editor. Drag the frame slider in the upper left window from 90 to 45. It should crash.

GMM, Mon, 27 Dec 2021 08:58:35 -0500
Thank you Rachel, the issue has been confirmed and forwarded to the devs.

Repeatedly asked for user name and license key (FF 11)

Beth Rosengard — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 15:08:13 -0500

Beth Rosengard, Fri, 17 Dec 2021 20:49:44 -0500
Mac OS 10.12.6

I just installed FF 11 and opened it as a stand alone, after entering my license key, with no trouble. But every time I close FF and then reopen it, I am again asked for my user name and license key.

Also, how do I open an image in this version?? I only see options for "New Project" and "Open Project."

What to do?

Beth

CFandM, Sat, 18 Dec 2021 10:18:44 -0500
Its under the "Image" menu.....

Beth Rosengard, Sat, 18 Dec 2021 13:48:56 -0500
Duh! Thank you :-).

But I still have to enter my user name and license key every time I open the stand alone (and I still can't get the plug-in to work in PS).

GMM, Wed, 22 Dec 2021 06:21:11 -0500

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Beth Rosengard wrote: But I still have to enter my user name and license key every time

A user has reported the following:

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Filter Forge asked my password each time starting up. The problem was that I had an old keychain on my mac. After deleting that file, all works fine now.

We can't reproduce your issue but you could probably try that keychain thing.

GMM, Thu, 23 Dec 2021 09:00:35 -0500
Beth, we fixed something related to your issue. Please redownload and reinstall FF11.

Beth Rosengard, Thu, 23 Dec 2021 15:08:13 -0500
Thank you!

FF 10 vs FF 11 knocks each other out

Rachel Duim — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 14:10:04 -0500

Rachel Duim, Thu, 23 Dec 2021 00:42:13 -0500
macOS 10.15.7 MacBook Pro 2019 when I entered the key for FF 11, quit, and then used FF 10 later it asked for the key again. I entered the key in FF 10 and it worked. Just to check I quit FF 10 and ran FF 11. Asked for the key again... FF 7 and FF 9 are ok. This could be related to this

Ramlyn, Thu, 23 Dec 2021 05:19:51 -0500
Did you try to put your old license number in Filter Forge 10 and the new license number in Filter Forge 11?

GMM, Thu, 23 Dec 2021 08:58:02 -0500
Rachel, thanks for your report. We believe the issue has been fixed - please redownload and reinstall FF11.

Note: if you have Librarian 11 installed you also need to reinstall Librarian.

Rachel Duim, Thu, 23 Dec 2021 14:10:04 -0500
Fix verified. Thanks for the quick turnaround.

iPhone web look

Rachel Duim — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 23:15:32 -0500

Rachel Duim, Wed, 22 Dec 2021 23:15:32 -0500
On iOS 15.2 iPhone 11 the main filter page in Safari has forced image comments and it looks …

Duplicate animation images

Redsei Design — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 10:09:51 -0500

Redsei Design, Mon, 20 Dec 2021 12:22:13 -0500
I'm using the projects to render an effect on a number of images.

STEPS USED
1. I create a project.
2. Add a artboard. Pick a filter for the artboard.
3. Change the properties on artboard as follows.
"Background source" I use external video or sequence. Browse to folder and select the first image. (They are all named with a 1,2,3,4,5... afterwords.)
"Animation" is set to automatic.
"Settings" is set to default settings.
4. The select "render animation" under file menu. I select all frames, final quality and channel as default.
Output file(s) is set for image sequence, browsed to NEW location for output.
5. Then I hit RENDER.

I get the same effect applied to the FIRST image 5 times. It only does the first.

What am I missing?

Also I'm on a Mac and don't have the function "Use relative paths to external video or sequence". Could that be a problem?

GMM, Tue, 21 Dec 2021 10:01:36 -0500
Redsei Design, welcome to the forums and thanks for your report.

The rendering issue has been fixed, please re-download and reinstall the latest program build from the Download page.

The "Use relative paths" option is currently disabled and should become available in the next program update.

Redsei Design, Tue, 21 Dec 2021 10:09:51 -0500
Great thanks-I'll give that a go.

Error after installing Filter Forge 11 as plugin in PS

Beth Rosengard — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 05:53:07 -0500

Beth Rosengard, Fri, 17 Dec 2021 20:45:53 -0500
Mac OS 10.12.6 - Photoshop CC 20.0.2

After dragging the FF11 plugin to my Photoshop plugin folder and then trying to open FF, I get this error: "Could not complete the Filter Forge 11 command because of a program error."

What to do?

Beth

GMM, Mon, 20 Dec 2021 05:53:07 -0500
Dragging files directly is not recommended. Please remove the files you copied manually, then reinstall FF11 from our website and follow the installation instructions.

FF is totally hangs after opened Filter Edition

Yan 85 — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:13:54 -0500

Yan 85, Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:03:26 -0500
Hello,
FF is totally hangs after opened Filter Edition.
I open the filter editor and after that I return to the main menu tab and the application does not work. Any my actions like "try close tab" not respond.

Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7
Filter Forge 10.007 (Professional Edition), same trouble in FF 11.

Recorded screen video: https://vimeo.com/655016465

Rachel Duim, Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:15:36 -0500
GMM can confirm this: this is intentional behavior. The filter editor is standalone, so the main program window and the tabs do not work while you are editing.

Yan 85, Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:13:54 -0500
Thank you!
It's so simple. But not obvious for beginner :)

"File -> New Image" not an option

Erfinator — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:25:00 -0400

Erfinator, Fri, 10 Sep 2021 22:27:56 -0400
Hello... not sure if this is Mac-specific, but it might be...

FF 10.007 Professional Edition
Mac OS 10.14.6

In the help document https://www.filterforge.com/more/help/...Image.html it says:

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The dialog is accessible by choosing File > New Image... from the Main Window menu.

However, when I pull-down the file menu, I see what is in the attached png file. Hint: There's no "New Image" option.

The documentation also says:

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This menu command is available only in the standalone version of Filter Forge – when Filter Forge is running as a plugin, this command is disabled.

In this case, I am running FF standalone, though I do have it installed as a plugin for Photoshop 2021 (Version 22.5.0). But I don't even have Photoshop running.

I'm probably missing something here... can someone assist?

Thanks!

-Eric

Rachel Duim, Fri, 10 Sep 2021 23:13:45 -0400
Everything for images in FF10 is now under Image and is called Blank (for new image) or whatever else you need

GMM, Mon, 13 Sep 2021 09:15:38 -0400
Erfinator, welcome to the forums and thanks for your report. We'll need to update the help files.

Erfinator, Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:23:37 -0400
Thanks, that is indeed where it was hiding!

Erfinator, Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:25:00 -0400
Thanks for the welcome... I was kind of hoping the help files would be updated ;)

PS Plugin Hangs After FF Update

RobinH — Mon, 10 May 2021 12:46:31 -0400

RobinH, Sat, 08 May 2021 15:21:44 -0400
I just updated to 10.007. Now when I try to run FF from PS, the interface comes up, but after I choose my filter and press Apply, I get the spinning beach ball. I've tried waiting a few minutes to see if it was just slow for some reason, but even 15 minutes later, and FF still hasn't started rendering. I've also tried rebooting my computer. I didn't have this problem before the update. Any suggestions?

RobinH, Sat, 08 May 2021 16:28:21 -0400
I just tried to run a filter on a super low res image, and that actually worked ok, so it seems like the new FF update is just somehow using way more memory than the previous version. I didn't have any problems with large files before. Not sure what to do, as I really need this to work for a job I'm working on.

GMM, Mon, 10 May 2021 03:53:44 -0400
If you work with large images it really makes sense to use FF in the standalone mode. It is faster and way more stable.

RobinH, Mon, 10 May 2021 12:46:31 -0400
Ah, I did not know that. Thanks for the tip.

BUG or ERROR

ZAYAR — Thu, 06 May 2021 10:29:45 -0400

ZAYAR, Tue, 27 Apr 2021 22:14:07 -0400
when program is open you will see all navigation and buttons are in place but when I adjust the size of window some went wrong . WHY ?
Is it BUG or Error ?

Rachel Duim, Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:53:54 -0400
+1. I had a window at full screen, grabbed the lower right border and the Draft & Map buttons disappeared as if they were in a fixed position. Workaround: after resizing, close FF10 then reopen it and the buttons will be back to the right place.

GMM, Thu, 06 May 2021 10:29:45 -0400
Thanks for your reports, the fix should be available in the next program update.

Unable to connect to the server. Please make sure you are connected to

Chris 020 — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:41:34 -0400

Chris 020, Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:03:32 -0500
Unable to connect to the server. Please make sure you are connected to the Internet. <--- is the error...
but im on the FF site clicking filters ..so whats up here ???

Its like that for more then 2 days now

BecomingJerome, Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:06:16 -0400
Hello, same issue here, I used the search tool that bringed me here. Has Anyone the same problem ?

Error Message

Obviously I checked my firewall parameters.

Have a nice day, people.

BecomingJerome, Sun, 11 Apr 2021 17:30:58 -0400
Almost one month, nobody had a reaction about this old weird issue ?

Where is the support ?

Will ask for refund if no answer.

Chris 020, Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:41:34 -0400
I think its better to start an NEW topic..
my post was from 6 Dec. 2012 ... almost 10 years ago.
I am the only one seeing your reply.. because its my thread..

New topic get new reply,s...

Chris

Edit always crashes version 10.0.0.6

Rico — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:44:10 -0500

Rico, Sun, 07 Mar 2021 07:14:16 -0500
full version number 10.0.0.6.58445.57010 release 10.7 March 4th 2021 09:56 Professional edition.

How can I work without being able to save changes to my filters please?

GMM, Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:44:10 -0500
Sorry to hear about your issue. When does Filter Editor crash for you? When you run it, or when you make changes, or when you save changes? Please describe your issue in more detail and send the failing filter to us.

Also, what is your macOS version?

Editor double click change in FF10

Rachel Duim — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 17:49:18 -0500

Rachel Duim, Sun, 07 Mar 2021 14:56:10 -0500
On my MacBook Pro 2019 double clicking a filter would send me to the editor: this is what happens in FF9. Starting with FF10 this no longer works. Is this intentional? I have the latest FF10.006 Studio under Catalina, a silent update from Mar 4.

Chris Goldthorpe, Sun, 07 Mar 2021 17:49:18 -0500
I noticed that also and I'm on Windows. Maybe that was intentional because it was easy to accidentally start editing a filter which could be confusing to someone who only wants to apply the filters. Double clicking a preset opens that preset so the UI was inconsistent ( and still is because single clicking a filter opens it ).

Same Settings, Different Results

RobinH — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 15:21:39 -0500

RobinH, Sun, 28 Feb 2021 15:58:16 -0500
Hello,
I'm new to FF and just starting to experiment. One issue i'm running into is that it is sometimes impossible to replicate my results, even when using the exact same settings. For example, i'm using Blur Shift, and liked what I got, but then I make a small color change on the upper left of my raw image and run the same filter again. But then it changes the details throughout the image. Almost as if the settings have been changed. My distortion is only set at 1, so my small edit should remain local and not affect the whole image. Any thoughts on this?

GMM, Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:00:52 -0500
RobinH, welcome to the forums. Judging from your description you have different Variation values. Please make sure to set the Variation slider to the same value.

RobinH, Sat, 06 Mar 2021 15:21:39 -0500
GMM, Thank you for your reply. I thought everything was the same, but perhaps I overlooked the variation values. Thanks :)