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Adding Plugins to Affinity Photo on Mac
Affinity Photo is essentially what the best photo editing software for Mac would look like if you designed it from the ground up, without all the legacy features that Photoshop has to carry over from one version to the next.
You can use Photoshop compatible plug-ins with Affinity Photo on Windows and Mac. Read the instructions for the Mac version.
Note: The AKVIS plugins are compatible only with Affinity bought from the official web-site (serif.com), not in the App Store.
Learn how to install the AKVIS plugins in this photo editor on Mac (for Windows click here):
Method 1.
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Copy the plugin file into the plugins folder of Affinity Photo: HomeFolder/Library/Application Support/Affinity Photo/Plugins.
Method 2.
You can also add the plugins in the Affinity Preferences: Photoshop Plugins -> Open Default Folder in Finder. For example, you can choose the Adobe Plugins folder.
Enable Allow 'Unknown' plugins to be used.
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Click on the Close button and re-start Affinity Photo.
To call the AKVIS plugins in Affinity Photo, choose Filters -> Plugins -> AKVIS and the plugin you want to use.
Note: To call the SmartMask plugin, make sure that the layer is unlocked.
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Selection made in Affinity Photo cannot be transferred to the Chameleon plugin with the Chameleon - Grab Fragment command. You can use the selection tools in the plugin.