Different presets

I noticed that since I downloaded the new build, some of the presets don't match what you see in the large display area on the right any more. Do you happen to know why?

Donna

Hi Mike,
I didn't edit the filter, I just opened it to look at the different presets and several of them don't match. Not just that filter, a few others too.

These are filters that I had already downloaded and when I installed the new FF build over the original, it changed the way some of the filters display the presets.

Was Metal Illusions one of the updates recently? I can't remember.
Thanks anyway,
Donna

Sorry, I think you misunderstood me

The preset images that you see as thumbnails are the images that were generated with the previous version of Filter Forge. When Filter Forge generates a thumbnail for a preset, it saves it to disk so that it won't have to recalculate the same image again. The only time when FF recalculates a thumbnail is when you Update the preset or Edit then Save the whole filter. Since the new FF uses different algorithms, the old, cached preset images don't match the new generated images, but the filter hasn't changed so FF still displays the old thumbnails.

One way to tell that this is happening is to force Filter Forge to recalculate the thumbnails. To do this, select an older filter, select Edit from the Filter menu and then save the filter. The preset images will be recalculated and you should notice that they now match up. I've attached an image of how the Metal Illusions filter presets look when recalculated - see how the first preset now matches the image you posted above?

Mike and Vladimir,
Thanks to both of you, I will do as you say to update my presets.
Donna