Has Filter Forge 6 plugin worked to someone using DP365?

**cadudesun** · 29 December 2016, 10:47 PM

In my tests DP365 doesn't recognize FF6. I also received from FF support a bad news:
"You chose correct plugin folders but Xara doesn't support Filter Forge. Feel free to contact Xara developers and ask them to implement proper 8BF plugin support.
Best regards,
Filter Forge Support
support@filterforge.com"

**angelize** · 30 December 2016, 01:02 AM

I have FF 5 (I haven't yet upgraded) and I can get that to work fine. I have sent Xara a note asking them to look at this thread and if they can fix the ongoing issues with using FF as a plug in. I think that they are possibly still on holidays so it may be a few days yet before we can get any answers.

**cadudesun** · 17 August 2018, 09:14 AM

Hi. Just updating the thread.
I tried Filter Forge 7 without success with XDP (v15.1).
After contacting Filter Forge support, I received a message that says Xara doesn't support Filter Forge:
"You chose correct plugin folders but Xara doesn't support Filter Forge. Feel free to contact Xara developers and ask them to implement proper 8BF plugin support."

**Acorn** · 17 August 2018, 10:47 AM

Raised a Thread in Dear Xara...

...https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...r-Forge-Plugin.

Acorn

**browj2** · 17 August 2018, 04:48 PM

I raised this issue in December in Dear Xara and also in the forum, as well as mentioning it in the survey conducted recently.

FF7 is a 64 bit program only. The last time it worked for me was using FF5, 32 bit program.

https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...ht=filterforge

**Acorn** · 17 August 2018, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by browj2

I raised this issue in December in Dear Xara and also in the forum, as well as mentioning it in the survey conducted recently.
FF7 is a 64 bit program only. The last time it worked for me was using FF5, 32 bit program.
https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...ht=filterforge

John, appreciate that you did. XDPX is also 64-bit and it is about time Xara caught up with all the features it just parks with no prospect of a refresh over time; FF7 is one such example.

Acorn

**angelize** · 18 August 2018, 04:55 AM

I am able to get Filter Forge 7 to work with Xara The path to the plugin is C:\Program Files\Filter Forge 7\Plugin\

It works for me but You have to lock the effect or it causes errors and the program will hang and then white screen. But if you set the default resolution for plug ins to 300dpi and lock the effect it will work quite well. You do have to keep in mind that not all filters will work "out of the box" with Xara but if you have a version of filter forge that has access to the filter editor most filters can be easily edited to work with Xara.