Filters...Real Or Imaginary? I Have questions!

Ok... So I just got the professional version (got it for Christmas courtesy of my Mom - I'm over 45 by the way), Anywho...

Let's suppose that I've gotten a new computer, and so I've decided to trash or sell the old one.

Let us also assume that I have already purchased FF6."so and so" - and I have downloaded every darn filter on the Filter Forge site...Great so far...Ok - now -

let's say that I go to C:/Users/"Me"/AppData/Roaming/Filter Forge 6/System/Library
after doing one of those "Locate My File" doohickees, and I copy and paste all of my nifty "ffxml" "Filters" into a new folder on my desktop, burn this folder containing my ffxml files onto a disk (or a zip drive), and then - when I set up my NEW computer - copy the folder contents into my fresh new Filter Forge reinstall - into my NEW "C:/Users/"Me"/AppData/Roaming/Filter Forge 6/System/Library" folder.

Question - Will all of those filters be in my library again - even if I am offline or on an "intranet", or "isolated" terminal - or are the "ffxml" files merely Filter Forge's way of telling the web site "YoooHooo - I'm over heeere - let me use this filter on your server please!"

In short - are these really full fledged "filters" that are real apps that are useable offline as well as online through FF - or just shell to online point to point flags? Are these files truly portable? Do I have to be online to use the filters that I have downloaded - to clarify - have I downloaded merely a bunch of web address?

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King Puddin Pants wrote: Will all of those filters be in my library again

No. To properly transfer filters to a different computer you need to copy two files and one folder:
%APPDATA%\Filter Forge 6\System\Library\
%APPDATA%\Filter Forge 6\System\Library.xml
%APPDATA%\Filter Forge 6\System\LibraryStructure.xml

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CFandM wrote: Are these files truly portable? Do I have to be online

Yes, filters are fully portable and once you load filters into your copy of FF, you can perfectly use them offline.

King Puddin Pants, note the presence in my response of the percentage symbols - they indicate a system variable. Please open Explorer/My computer and type the following in the address bar:

%APPDATA%\Filter Forge 6\

Yes, this is the correct path. And while the "Me" part can vary between different computers, the %APPDATA%\Filter Forge 6\ command will always take you to the correct location.