Filters Unlimited 2.0 Tips & Tricks

How to import additional filters

The section "Filter Factory & Freeware Plug-Ins" of our links page shows the way to several thousands additional filters. You just have to download all filter packages and import them into Filters Unlimited.

Start with stevesdesktopphotography.com and download Filter Factory Gallery A-P, each in ZIPed FFL format. Unpack into a temporary folder and choose "Import..." from Filters Unlimited. Navigate to the temporary folder where you've unpacked the FFL files and select those you want to import. You can also press CTRL-A to select all of them. Press the Import button and you'll see that all filters you've imported appear in the Filters Unlimited filter browser. After import you can safely delete the temporary folder. All filters have been copied into the Filters Unlimited database.

We suggest to create a new database for import and leave the default Filters Unlimited database untouched. Please have a look at the Filters Unlimited manual on how to create your own databases. It's very easy. We've seen Filters Unlimited databases with 2,700 different filters and more. For copyright reasons we cannot provide prebuilt filter databases, you have to create your own.

Have fun!

Exploring new features

Hold down the ALT-key while pressing the Apply button to combine multiple filters within Filters Unlimited. For example: you don't have to leave Filters Unlimited if you first want to adjust colors and then add a frame.

Hold down the CTRL-key to switch the preview between original and filtered image.

Smooth upgrade

You can have both Filters Unlimited 1.0 and 2.0 installed at the same time. They don't interfere and work independently from each other. The only thing you should have in mind is that you can't use Filters Unlimited 2.0 filters in version 1.0 because of the enhanced file format and functionality. On the other side it's no problem to use version 1.0 filters in version 2.0 (see next topic).

Lightweight image editing

Filters Unlimited works perfectly together with the worlds most popular freeware image viewer Irfan View and freeware image viewer FuturixImager.