FilterFoundry plugin for Photoshop

Filter Foundry is a compatible replacement for Adobe Filter Factory. For information about how to use the Filter Factory-compatible interface, see The Filter Factory Programming Guide. Several example effects come with Filter Factory.

Download version 1.7 for Windows

In version 1.7, several advancements and improvements have been made, such as support for 64-bit Windows, and additional color modes including 16-bit color and 32-bit color.

Windows 32/64 Bit

Help / Documentation

Download version 1.6 for Mac

Help wanted! Who can help us to port Filter Foundry to modern Mac OS X?

Mac CS2/3/4 | Mac CS2 | Mac Classic (PowerPC) | Mac 68k

Source Code

GitHub (New) | SVN (New) | SVN (Old)

Compatibility

Version 1.6 for Mac: Tested with Photoshop 3.0 through CS6 on Power Mac (OS X, Classic, OS 9 and earlier), 68K Mac, and Windows.
Version 1.7 for Windows: Photoshop 3.0.0 (32 bit) through Photoshop 2025 (64 bit).
IrfanView 4.0 - Make sure you read the IrfanView documentation on how to load and run Adobe .8bf filters.
JASC PSP 9, Corel's Paint Shop Pro XI - are compatible.
The Gimp 2.2 with PSPI.exe extension (to run Photoshop .8bf files) is compatible with Filter Foundry 1.7.
Serif PhotoPlus 6 is compatible with Filter Foundry 1.7.
PluginCommander 1.62 is compatible with Filter Foundry 1.7.
Paint.Net is compatible with Filter Foundry 1.7.
pdn-filter-factory (code emulator)
I.C.NET Plugin-Manager 2.x (code emulator)
Filters Unlimited (code emulator)
Plugin Galaxy (code emulator)
... nearly all programs that can handle .8bf Photoshop Filters will work.
Version 1.7 Operating Systems: Windows 3.11 (using Win32s) till Windows 11 fully compatible (32 and 64 bit), Linux Wine
Version 1.7 can read the file formats: AFS, 8BF, PFF, PRM, FFX, TXT, GUF, FFL, BIN/RSRC

Please note the following:

Trig functions use the Mac Filter Factory definition, a range of -1024..+1024 (rather than Windows FF's -512..+512). This is likely to be a user preference in the future.
The 68K Macintosh build requires 68020 or later CPU and FPU.

Free software - donation requested

This program is free software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

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Confused, or having trouble?

Bug reports, suggestions and any kind of questions can be asked here: GitHub or via E-Mail.