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WillowRaven
Posts: 47
I updated to photoshop 2020 and my filter forge and photodonut filter plugins disappeared from the filter drop-down menu. How do I get them back? Reinstalling didn't do it.
Posted: November 14, 2019 8:41 pm   Details E-Mail
mizzbella
Susan
Posts: 4
Have this problem too. I only have owned Filter Forge a few months.
Posted: November 20, 2019 10:37 pm   Details E-Mail
Sign Guy
Digital Art Developer-Publisher

Posts: 554
You need Filter Forge 9 to see it in Photoshop 2020. You need to either upgrade Filter Forge or add Photoshop 2019 back in using the legacy versions link in the Creative Cloud app.
Fred Weiss
Allied Computer Graphics, Inc.
Posted: November 21, 2019 2:12 am   Details E-Mail
GMM
Moderator
Filter Forge, Inc
Posts: 3491
Sign Guy is correct: Filter Forge 8 only supports CC 2019, while Filter Forge 9 supports both 2019 and 2020.
Posted: November 21, 2019 4:31 am   Details E-Mail
WillowRaven
Posts: 47
Thanks, guys smile:)
Posted: November 22, 2019 12:12 pm   Details E-Mail
Melissa Conway
Melissa Conway
Posts: 1
I just bought FF9, but I'm getting the "Filter Forge is running" message when attempting to use the Photoshop 2020 plugin. My image does not transfer over. Please advise.
Posted: November 25, 2019 7:54 pm   Details E-Mail
SpaceRay
SpaceRay

Posts: 12298
Filters: 35
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Melissa Conway wrote:
I just bought FF9, but I'm getting the "Filter Forge is running" message when attempting to use the Photoshop 2020 plugin. My image does not transfer over. Please advise.


If you get the "Filter Forge is running” message when trying to open FF on Photoshop, could it be perhaps that you may have FF standalone already open and working?

because you can not use both standalone and plugin version at the same time, is one or the other.
Posted: November 27, 2019 10:07 pm   Details E-Mail
WillowRaven
Posts: 47
updating caused my favorites to be erased .... how do I get them back?
Posted: January 14, 2020 6:58 pm   Details E-Mail
SpaceRay
SpaceRay

Posts: 12298
Filters: 35
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WillowRaven wrote:
I updated to photoshop 2020 and my filter forge and photodonut filter plugins disappeared from the filter drop-down menu. How do I get them back? Reinstalling didn't do it.


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Sign Guy wrote:
You need Filter Forge 9 to see it in Photoshop 2020. You need to either upgrade Filter Forge or add Photoshop 2019 back in using the legacy versions link in the Creative Cloud app.
Fred Weiss


If you do not want to use FF 9, you can also install a previous version of Photoshop and used it TOGETHER with Photoshop 2020 as you are allowed with the Adobe suscription to have multiple Photoshop version as I have told here in this other thread

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WillowRaven wrote:
updating caused my favorites to be erased .... how do I get them back?


Well, sorry that I really do not know really how to recover them, but I think that before doing an update is recommended to make a backup of all the favorites and custom filters so if something happens you could recover them.
Posted: January 15, 2020 3:04 pm   Details E-Mail
WillowRaven
Posts: 47
I did update to ff9 ... and it looks like ff8 is still on my system, too. I just want to know where to find the favorites folder so I can copy from one to the other.
Posted: January 15, 2020 3:12 pm   Details E-Mail
GMM
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Filter Forge, Inc
Posts: 3491
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WillowRaven wrote:
I just want to know where to find the favorites folder


Favorites are stored in a single file. You can copy it from c:\Users\your_user_name\AppData\Roaming\Filter Forge 8\Favorites.xml

to

c:\Users\your_user_name\AppData\Roaming\Filter Forge 9\Favorites.xml
Posted: January 16, 2020 4:29 am   Details E-Mail
Gordon Powell
G'Man
Posts: 16
Just switched to Photoshop 2020. The Filter Forge 9 dropdown shows up under 'Filters' but it won't launch due to a "program error."

Can someone help me with this?
Posted: June 19, 2020 7:51 am   Details E-Mail
SturgeonGeneral
SturgeonGeneral

Posts: 12
So if I'm understanding this thread correctly, FF is not showing up in Photoshop 2020 unless I have the absolute latest and greatest FF v.9? Perfectly understandable and reasonable to a degree. After all, a company of this nature can't stay in business if they don't keep up with technology.
However, when the FF v.10 subscription eventually rolls out, will it also be locked into only the latest version of Photoshop, which I'm assuming will be PS v.2021?
Posted: June 22, 2020 7:58 am   Details E-Mail
Pixeljunkie
Posts: 5
remove this please
Posted: November 21, 2020 7:43 am   Details E-Mail
WillowRaven
Posts: 47
This problem is getting redundant... I updated to Photoshop 2021 and downloaded FF10, but I can't see it in photoshop ... what am I missing? And how do I avoid having to rebuild my favorites folder?
Posted: November 21, 2020 1:18 pm   Details E-Mail

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