Filter Forge 9.0 Released, Adds Full PBR Support, Preset Notes, and More

11/20/2019

Alexandria, VA, November 20, 2019 – Filter Forge, Inc. today announced the commercial release of Filter Forge 9.0, a desktop application for Windows and macOS that allows digital artists to build their own filters in a visual editor or download thousands of user-submitted filters from the online library. This release introduces support for the industry standard for real-world texturing in 3D modeling and rendering – PBR, adds the ability to assign notes to filter presets, a new Note component, and a few other improvements.

Filter Forge is a powerful Photoshop plugin and a stand-alone desktop application for Windows and Mac OS X that allows photographers, web designers, 3D modelers and other computer artists to apply over 6200 ready-to-use visual effects to their images, generate over 6600 of unique procedural textures, and create their own filters. There are 3 key features that make Filter Forge stand out among similar tools:

A free online filter library containing over 12,800 user-created textures and effects, making Filter Forge instantly useful for anyone who has no time to learn how to create filters. New filters are added every week. All filters are adjustable and resolution independent, and most of them support seamless tiling, real-world HDRI lighting, and can automatically generate diffuse, specular, bump, and normal maps. To view the filters, visit the Filter Library at https://www.filterforge.com/filters/
A visual filter editor that allows digital artists to create their own filters by arranging components such as blurs, gradients, color adjustments, distortions, or blends, into a network to combine their effects. For end-users, the filter internals are hidden behind a simple set of controls, so anyone can immediately benefit from filters without having to learn their inner workings.
Contributors who submit filters to the online filter library can get a full version of Filter Forge 9.0 at no cost. A filter that gets popular with the users earns a reward point. Three reward points earn the author a free copy of Filter Forge. For more information, visit the reward program page at https://www.filterforge.com/more/freecopy.html

Support for physically based rendering (PBR) is the key feature of Filter Forge 9.0. It is a modern method of texture shading and rendering that provides an accurate representation of how light interacts with physical surfaces. The new Filter Forge 9 supports texture generation and packing for Unity 2018 and Unreal Engine 4, including textures for albedo, height, normal, roughness, metallic, emission, and occlusion channels.

The new Note component will be invaluable for filter authors who need to comment on the filter structure or usage of particular components. The Note component doesn’t affect rendering speed and only stores the note text.

Thanks to the new option to add comments or notes to filter presets, all users can give names to presets, explain usage cases and distinguish between similar-looking presets.

Filter Forge 9.0 is available for Windows and macOS. It can be used as a stand-alone application or as a plugin for Adobe Photoshop 2020 and compatible host applications. The fully-functional 30-day trial version is available at the Filter Forge download page at https://www.filterforge.com/download/

Filter Forge is offered in three differently priced editions targeted at entry-level, mainstream and professional digital artists. Starting November 20 all new Filter Forge 9 licenses are offered at a special holiday discount. To buy Filter Forge at a discount, visit the Filter Forge ordering page at https://www.filterforge.com/buy/

About Filter Forge, Inc: Based in Alexandria, VA, Filter Forge, Inc. is a one-product company solely focused on developing Filter Forge. For more information, visit the Filter Forge website at https://www.filterforge.com

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