The Filter Library is a free online repository of user-created filters to which anyone can contribute. All filters in the Library are free to download and use. All filters in the Library are free to download and use. Anyone can submit filters to the Filter Library using the Submit Wizard, and if the submitted filters get popular with the Filter Forge users, they can earn their author our rewards which include a free copy of Filter Forge. For more information about the reward program, see Getting Filter Forge for Free.
Downloading Filters
The Library is accessible via the Filter Forge website. To get there, click the link in the upper right corner of the Main Window:
To download a filter, click the 'Open in Filter Forge' button on the filter's web page:
The downloaded filters are placed into their respective categories in the filter list. Updates to already downloaded filters can be downloaded via the Filter Updates dialog. Filter Forge can automatically notify you of filter updates when they become available – update notifications can be activated on the Online tab of the Options dialog which is accessible by choosing Tools > Options from the Main Window menu.
For compatibility with previous versions of Filter Forge, the Library can also be accessed via the built-in Filter Library Browser. To activate it, select the option named Use the built-in library browser (obsolete) on the Online tab of the Options dialog. After that, the library link in the upper right corner of the Main Window is replaced with a button Download More Filters... which opens the built-in browser.
Submitting Filters
New filters and updates to existing filters can be submitted to the Filter Library via the Submit Wizard. Only user-created filters (those located in the Custom Filters category, usually My Filters) can be submitted. The submitted filters are subject to editorial review and approval.
Locating Filter Files
To quickly locate the .ffxml file corresponding to the selected filter, choose Filter > Locate File from the Main Window menu, or press Ctrl+L⌘+L. This will open Windows ExplorerFinder for the folderdirectory where Filter Forge stores its data files, and the .ffxml file corresponding to the current filter will be highlighted.
