FilterFoundry plugin for Photoshop

Copyright 2003-2009 Toby Thain, toby@telegraphics.net

Copyright 2018-2024 Daniel Marschall, www.daniel-marschall.de

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

Download version 1.6 for Mac

Source Code

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 2024 (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.

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