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Nicholas Hayes edited this page Apr 1, 2021 · 1 revision

This page describes the G'MIC 8bf filter plug-in installation for Affinity Photo.

Installing the G'MIC 8bf Filter Plug-In

Start Affinity Photo, click the Preferences menu item in the Edit menu.

Select the Photoshop Plugins item, and then click the Open Default Folder in Explorer... button.

Open default plug-in folder button

After unzipping the plugin you will have a folder to at looks like the following:

Unzipped plug-in folder

Select the GmicPlugin.8bf file and the gmic folder and copy it to the Affinity Photo default plugins folder.

The following image shows how the Affinity Photo default plugins folder should look after the plugin has been installed:

Plug-ins folder after install

After placing the plug-in in Affinity Photo's default plugin folder you will need to ensure that the Allow "Unknown" plugins to be used check box is checked. By default, Affinity Photo will only load plugins that its developers have tested for compatibility.

Plug-ins folder after install

After restarting Affinity Photo the plugin can be found at Filters > Plugins > GMIC > G'MIC-Qt....

G'MIC-Qt Filter menu item

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