Using ON1 2023 Plugins with Affinity Photo

Using ON1 2023 Products with Affinity Photo

ON1 Effects 2023, ON1 NoNoise AI 2023, ON1 Portrait AI 2023, and ON1 Sky Swap AI 2023 integrate tightly with Affinity Photo for enhancing your images.

Note: ON1 Photo RAW 2023 does not support Affinity Photo as a plugin. Functionality has changed from previous versions. Starting with version 2023, plugin support is only available when using ON1 Effects 2023, ON1 NoNoise AI 2023, ON1 Portrait AI 2023, or ON1 Sky Swap AI 2023.

Note: HDR and Resize AI will not install into Affinity.

Effects, NoNoise AI, Portrait AI, and Sky Swap AI can be used as plugins to Affinity Photo. If you have Affinity Photo installed on your machine, ON1 will recognize it when you run the ON1 product installer.

However, to gain access to the plugins, you must first activate the plugins from within Affinity Photo. 

See individual app instructions below.

Using Effects with Affinity Photo

ON1 Effects can be accessed from within Affinity Photo, providing an integrated, round-trip workflow of your images on both MacOS and Windows. To use Effects as a plugin to Affinity Photo, you must first activate the plugin from within Affinity Photo.

ACTIVATING EFFECTS FOR USE WITH AFFINITY PHOTO (WINDOWS)

1. To setup Effects as a plugin on Windows, go first to Edit > Preferences and click on the Photoshop Plugins icon.
2. Check the ‘Allow “unknown” plugins to be used’ box at the bottom of the screen.
3. Click the Add button underneath the Plugin Search Folders area, and navigate to \Program Files\ON1\ON1 Effects 2023\Plug-in Files\ON1 Effects 2023.plugin. Click OK.
4. When you click on the Close button, Affinity Photo will prompt you to restart the app. When you do this, you should now see Effects listed in the Detected Plugins section of the Photoshop Plugins preferences.

ACTIVATING EFFECTS FOR USE WITH AFFINITY PHOTO (MACOS)

Setting Affinity Photo up for MacOS is nearly identical to the Windows activation. There is only one additional step.

1. Go first to Preferences, located in the Affinity Photo menu on the top left. Click on the Photoshop Plugins icon.
2. Check the ‘Allow “unknown” plugins to be used’ box at the bottom of the screen.
3. Click on the Authorize Global button at the bottom of the window. MacOS will present you with a dialog box that shows the root folder of your system. Click on the Authorize button in this box.
4. Click on the Add button underneath the Plugin Search Folders area, and navigate to Applications/ON1 Effects 2023/Plug-in Files/ON1 Effects 2023.plugin. Click OK.
5. When you click on the Close button, Affinity Photo will prompt you to restart the app. When you do this, you should now see Effects listed in the Detected Plugins section of the Photoshop Plugins preferences.

EDITING A PHOTO IN EFFECTS FROM WITHIN AFFINITY PHOTO

When you edit an image sent from Affinity Photo to ON1 Effects, you are editing Affinity Photo’s currently selected layer. To use Effects inside Affinity Photo, follow these steps:

1. Open the image you want to work on in Affinity Photo.
2. Select the layer you want to work on.
3. From the Effects menu, select Filters > Plugins >ON1 > ON1 Effects 2023.
4. When you’re finished editing your photo, click the Done button in Effects.

Affinity Photo does not support nondestructive editing with Effects; if you would like to work on a copy, before you send the photo to Effects, right-click on the layer in Affinity Photo and choose Duplicate.

Using NoNoise AI with Affinity Photo

ON1 NoNoise AI can be accessed from within Affinity Photo, providing an integrated, round-trip workflow of your images on both MacOS and Windows. To use NoNoise AI as a plugin to Affinity Photo, you must first activate the plugin from within Affinity Photo.

ACTIVATING NONOISE FOR USE WITH AFFINITY PHOTO (WINDOWS)

1. To setup NoNoise AI as a plugin on Windows, go first to Edit > Preferences and click on the Photoshop Plugins icon.
2. Check the ‘Allow “unknown” plugins to be used’ box at the bottom of the screen.
3. When you click on the Close button, Affinity Photo will prompt you to restart the app. When you do this, you should now see NoNoise AI listed in the Detected Plugins section of the Photoshop Plugins preferences.

ACTIVATING NONOISE AI FOR USE WITH AFFINITY PHOTO (MACOS)

Setting Affinity Photo up for MacOS is nearly identical to the Windows activation; there is one additional step.

1. Go first to Preferences, located in the Affinity Photo menu on the top left. Click on the Photoshop Plugins icon.
2. Check the ‘Allow “unknown” plugins to be used’ box at the bottom of the screen.
3. Click on the Authorize Global button at the bottom of the window. MacOS will present you with a dialog box that shows the root folder of your system. Click on the Authorize button in this box. 
4. (This step is only needed if you have the App Store version of Affinity Photo.) Click on the Add button underneath the Plugin Search Folders area, and navigate to Applications/ON1 NoNoise AI 2023 Plug-in Files/ON1 NoNoise AI 2023.plugin. Click OK.
5. When you click on the Close button, Affinity Photo will prompt you to restart the app. When you do this, you should now see NoNoise AI listed in the Detected Plugins section of the Photoshop Plugins preferences.

EDITING A PHOTO IN NONOISE AI FROM WITHIN AFFINITY PHOTO

When you edit an image sent from Affinity Photo to ON1 NoNoise AI, you are editing Affinity Photo’s currently selected layer. To use NoNoise inside Affinity Photo, follow these steps:

1. Open the image you want to work on in Affinity Photo.
2. Select the layer you want to work on.
3. From the Effects menu, select Filters > Plugins >ON1 > ON1 NoNoise AI 2023.
4. When you’re finished editing your photo, click the Done button in NoNoise.

NOTE: For optimal results when working with raw images in conjunction with Affinity Photo, you should process the raw files in the standalone version of NoNoise AI, export them as DNGs, and then open them in Affinity Photo. See ON1 NoNoise AI — How To Launch the App and Plugins for more information.

Using Portrait AI with Affinity Photo

ON1 Portrait AI can be accessed from within Affinity Photo, providing an integrated, round-trip workflow of your images on both MacOS and Windows. To use Portrait AI as a plug-in to Affinity Photo, you must first activate the plugin from within Affinity Photo.

ACTIVATING PORTRAIT FOR USE WITH AFFINITY PHOTO (WINDOWS)

1. To setup Portrait AI as a plug-in on Windows, go first to Edit > Preferences and click on the Photoshop Plugins icon.
2. Check the ‘Allow “unknown” plug-ins to be used’ box at the bottom of the screen.
3. Click on the Add button underneath the Plugin Search Folders area, and navigate to \Program Files\ON1\ON1 Portrait AI 2023\Plug-in Files\ON1 Portrait AI 2023.plugin. Click OK.
4. When you click on the Close button, Affinity Photo will prompt you to restart the app. When you do this, you should now see Portrait AI listed in the Detected Plugins section of the Photoshop Plugins preferences.

ACTIVATING PORTRAIT FOR USE WITH AFFINITY PHOTO (MACOS)

Setting Affinity Photo up for MacOS is nearly identical to the Windows activation. There is only one additional step.

1. Go first to Preferences, located in the Affinity Photo menu on the top left. Click on the Photoshop Plugins icon.
2. Check the ‘Allow “unknown” plug-ins to be used’ box at the bottom of the screen.
3. Click on the Authorize Global button at the bottom of the window. MacOS will present you with a dialog box that shows the root folder of your system. Click on the Authorize button in this box. 
4. Click on the Add button underneath the Plugin Search Folders area, and navigate to Applications/ON1 Portrait AI 2023/Plug-in Files/ON1 Portrait AI 2023.plugin. Click OK.
5. When you click on the Close button, Affinity Photo will prompt you to restart the app. When you do this, you should now see Portrait AI listed in the Detected Plugins section of the Photoshop Plugins preferences.

EDITING A PHOTO IN PORTRAIT AI FROM WITHIN AFFINITY PHOTO

When you edit an image sent from Affinity Photo to ON1 Portrait AI, you are editing Affinity Photo’s currently selected layer. To use Portrait inside Affinity Photo, follow these steps:

1. Open the image you want to work on in Affinity Photo.
2. Select the layer you want to work on.
3. From the Portrait AI menu, select Filters > Plugins >ON1 > ON1 Portrait AI 2023.
4. When you’re finished editing your photo, click the Done button in Portrait.

Affinity Photo does not support nondestructive editing with Portrait AI; if you would like to work on a copy, before you send the photo to Portrait, right-click on the layer in Affinity Photo and choose Duplicate.

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