FF Keeps telling me to Download the New Update

Please download and install the latest version manually using this link:
http://www.filterforge.com/download/

What program version is displayed in the About window?
Please uninstall Filter Forge completely and then reinstall the latest version.

Sounds to me that you have a 2.0 filter in your 1.0 filter repository, and it yells for updating, happened to me once, I goofed when doing something and then it was a problem.

I'm not familiar with Windows, but do uninstall remove the filter repository and any registry keys also, or is just the application removed? I guess GMM needs to help you here.

What happened for me was that I playing with the 2.0 beta, and goofed keeping track on what version I was playing with, so I accidentally opened a filter in the 1.0 Filter library on my machine with the 2.0 FilterForge application, and that converted that filter to a version 2.0 filter, rendering 1.0 yelling, so I just opened my library directory and located the last modified filter and moved it out of the Filter library, and I was good to go again. Maybe this helps, I don't know.

okay I get it now I have to download the beta and give you guys more money well that is not going to happen as I have already almost paid up to 300 dollars sorry and its a beta to boot. So that means for future versions I am stuck with this one the 1.20 is this correct if this is then sorry this is outrageous.

So far I have recieved every update for free all of a sudden you want more money?

I have the same problem since recently. I've installed FF on a brand new installed Win 7 system. FF is version 1.0.20 and downloaded it from the official link. I've bought FF about a year ago and it always worked. Just recently it screws up.

Turns out that it seems that many new filters are now v2.0 only - even if they don't require the 2.0 functionality! Very bad business I must say! I'm not going to pay for an update just to be able to download new filters!

because of the way the components work and with all the new components, there's no way a version 2 filter could work in version 1. that this is 'bad business' is unavoidable. think of it like trying to put a giant diesel engine in an old volkswagon beatle. it's just too tough to do practically. there are still over 7000 filters that do work with FF1 and still more being added. if you stripped out the FF2 components from the filters then they still wouldnt work in FF1. so, the only way to have all the great new features in FF2 is to do the filters as FF2 only. one could argue that photoshop is always backwards compatible, but that's because the image formats are of a standard nature and dont contain any of the components that helped to make them. FF filters contain the components within the filter, so there's just no way to make it backwards compatible. hope that helps.

Yes I am with you on that one and I will continue to make filters for others that cannot upgrade to version 2.0, most people have points and earn the program I never did this I paid for it.

Hi Craig

Thanks and the name because I render in 3D lol.

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Kraellin wrote: able to get an upgrade for 50% or less of full price

The current preorder upgrade price of FF1 Pro to FF2 Pro is USD 79. After the commercial version of 2.0 is released the upgrade will be priced at USD 129.

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James wrote: Also with the V2 upgrades with V1 professional why can you only upgrade to V2 professional and not basic and standard

This is actually downgrading, not upgrading. There aren't so many users who would want to refrain from using the Pro features and switch to a lower edition.

James, please contact us via the contact form with your request.

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3Dillusions wrote: i have paid so much for a program that claims to be professional yet renders at 72DPI?

Hasn't that thread made it clear? Filter Forge doesn't write the DPI information in saved files.

Please also review this and this.

Yeah, that extra step in PS to change the DPI could get annoying for sure.
GMM, 3Dillusions IS talking about the the DPI. Because FF does not set DPI info, it uses the default of 72 DPI. This creates extra prep work before printing, as you need to change the DPI for any sort of printing process to work.

I actually fully agree with 3Dillusions here, it's ridiculous for a graphics program to not set DPI info.

Not really, no. Any printer will just use the DPI setting embedded in the document. It's not easy nor practical (maybe not even possible) to override DPI settings at the printer level. Especially if you're using professional printing services.

So, as it stands now, the only way to use FF for print purposes is to load results into an external image editor for post-processing.

Now, I personally do not have a use for this feature, as all my print projets pass through PS at some point, but it still seems to me a bit off to require the use of an image editor to set DPI.

On the other hand, there's actually few programs that can actually use that info, so I can see how it's not a big priority.

I guess I'm spoiled by Photoshop's glorious levels of control.

Also, 3Dillusions, you should really be passing it though PS at some point anyway, to do color correction and other pre-print setup.

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tigerAspect wrote: Also, 3Dillusions, you should really be passing it though PS at some point anyway, to do color correction and other pre-print setup.

I do not need to do color corrections for Scrap booking lol, sorry but that would be the most ridiculous comments I have seen, I am making these papers from scratch using my own filters there is no reason to correct anything.