PhotoFiltre

You need at least 64-bit vista with Microsoft Visual C ++ redistributables for Visual Studio 2015.

1) Check that you have these redistributables in the list of your installed applications (in general the 2013 is installed but you need the 2015-2019 in 64-bit)

If not, install via this link:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/downloa ... x?id=48145

2) Download the 64-bit portable version (14 MB / february 22.2021)

http://www.photofiltre-studio.com/pf11/ ... _en_64.zip

Unzip the files to a folder of your choice on the PC.

3) Launch PhotoFiltre 11 to see if no error message is displayed (dll missing for example). If everything is ok, when opening an image, you should have the list of all supported formats. You will notice the native support for raw, hdr, webp, jpeg2000, ...

4) Important

Since PhotoFiltre 11 is 64-bit, it can only run 64-bit / 8bf plugins. Your currently installed plugins / 8bf do not work, you have to search the net for 64-bit versions.

Twain digitization requires 64-bit twain drivers. These drivers are very rare in 64-bits because the manufacturers do not necessarily follow. Tom therefore advised me to implement the possibility of going through an external 32-bit program. This is the purpose of the "Digitize with" function that we can detail later ...

At the moment there is no display theme, I don't know what I will do in the finalized version yet.

For any comments, please post your message here viewtopic.php?f=15&t=23280

Here are the first 64-bit extensions:

Plugins
- Contact sheet
http://www.photofiltre-studio.com/pf11/ ... eet_64.zip

- Fisheye correction
http://www.photofiltre-studio.com/pf11/Fisheye_64.zip

Language
- English
http://www.photofiltre-studio.com/pf11/Pf11_EN.zip

Shell extension
http://www.photofiltre-studio.com/pf11/ ... Ext_64.zip
Do not use in portable mode (USB, external disk, ...) because it requires a static installation on your PC disk !

Digitize images / Twain
If you don't have the 64-bit Twain drivers for your hardware, you can use external software.
Here is a tutorial proposed by Tom: http://jptom.free.fr/PageTuto/Param_Sca ... oogle.html

Plugins and 8bf compatibility

Plugins in 64-bit

These are the native plugins for PhotoFiltre 11. They must be placed in the [Plugins_64] folder.
Usually the file name should end with "_64.pfl".
Depending on the type of plugin, they are accessible with the menu Filter, Image, File and Tools.

Plugins in 32-bit

These are the old 32-bit plugins from PhotoFiltre Studio. They should be placed in the [Plugins] folder.
These plugins are then accessible with the command [Filter > PhotoBridge*] (in PhotoFiltre 11).
Import type plugins are not supported, nor plugins that are too "specific".

8BF filters in 64-bit

They should be placed in the [8bf_64] folder.
Usually the filename should contain "64" somewhere.
They are accessible with the command [8BF > Filter]

8BF filters in 32-bit

They should be placed in the [8bf] folder.
These plugins are then accessible with the command [Filter > PhotoBridge*] (in PhotoFiltre 11).
(you can configure the folder containing these filters)

(*) PhotoBridge
This application is developed in 32-bits to guarantee the compatibility of plugins and 8bf in 32-bit. It is located in the [Plugins] folder and serves as a bridge between PhotoFiltre 11 and 32-bit libraries.