Trigger a sequence/batch of filters

This is not possible in the standalone version, but I think that probably could be done in the photoshop plugin version, as you could make an action (like a script) to record the sequence of filters you want to apply to the current image, and then run the action.

Although do not ask me how to do this, because really I do not know and I have not tried it myself, as far as I know this should be possible with photoshop actions, if any one that have made it could explain how this could be done in photoshop.

What would be really good and useful and wonderful is that Filter forge could let you stack or mix filter applied to the same image, I mean after you have applied the filter to the image, you could then choose and apply another filter over the same image that have been already modified WITHOUT having to exit from filter forge to apply the filter as in photoshop or in the standalone, it replaces the new filter with the old filter, so it applies the filter to the original image and NOT to the result of the last image already filtered.

I do big batches of images in FF from time to time (animation cells, or big libraries of images.) I make PS actions with the FF filters, and run them in a big batch. Then save the results. Then run the next process on the batch. Then save the results. etc.

IIRC, PS seems to remember the filters used in FF, so I don't see why you couldn't create an action with multiple FF filter calls.

I do wish there were more 'hooks' for PS <--> FF interaction in PS actions. For example, automatically hitting the 'randomize' button from a PS action would be helpful. Or, for another example; name a particular preset to be used.

Thanks for your reply!

Actually, I find myself using FF more and more in standalone mode: I wish being able to trigger/script a batch of filters directly in FF.

Moreover, I would also find convenient an option for batch-saving FF outputs (bump, spec, diffuse, etc...) as you describe it!

Hi GMM,

thank you for your help!
I wasn't aware about the batch renderer, so I'll check this out because it will improve my workflow for sure!

Please also consider the 2 other feature requests we talked about in this thread :
- 1) being able to stack filters in FF's GUI (post #2)
- 2) being able to save multiple outputs/channels in FF (post #5)

Thank you for your help, and keep up the good work!