TonyG55

Just a positive follow up this problem. Hopefully it may prove useful to others but then again it may have been a problem specific to my system. I have uninstalled Affinty 2 which had been installed with the MSIX installer. I then downloaded the, now available, MSI installer. I used the default install directory (which is the program folder rather than the 'hidden' folder MSIX that uses. Surprisingly all my preferences and licence were picked up from the old install. Anyway my old, free version of the NIK collection now works perfectly with Affinity V2 (and V1) ☺️. All's well that ends well! So clearly something to do with the way the MSIX installer works. (on my PC anyway)

Thanks. I'm confused too! 🙂 There are no such registry keys on my system either. Using Nik through V1 does not invoke this attempt to write to the registry. Only using V2. I've never had a different version of the Nik collection and am using the same version as you. I've also run CC cleaners registry tool which didn't show any problems with Nik or Google missing keys. Totally baffled.

No blocking software that I'm aware of. Thanks very much for your input.

Thanks. I have tried both the Affinity 2 default folder - C:\Users\user\.affinity\Photo\2.0\Plugins and the default directory that my Nik installs in - Program Files\Google\Nik collection. I have uninstalled the Program Files install and at the moment I'm actually using C:\Users\user\.affinity\Photo\2.0\Plugins. Same issue in either directory. (Affinity 1 is also using this directory quite happily.)

Thanks. Not dumb at all, but yes I'm on the layer that I want to use Nik on. The plugin starts but always fails with the error message shown above.

Just ordinary jpg. I think it's a deeper problem. Nik or Affinity is trying to write something back to Windows registry but is unable to do so. Since this is not happening with Affinity 1 I am making the (dangerous!) assumption that it's something to do with Affinity 2. I'll just carry on using 1 until the problem works it's way through. I suspect it may have it's roots in the .msix installer putting the program in the 'hidden' location. I'll revisit my problem once there's an .msi or .exe installer.

Thanks. Yes, mine are showing as working but when used fail.

Good to know. Thanks.

Thanks all! AiDon - I'm using the older free Google version so unfortunately no reporting is possible. The plug-ins are where Affinity 2 says they should be. RichardMH - Yes, mine are installed like that and Affinity 2 can see them and shows them as 'working'. I have read the instructions and as far as I can tell I've installed as described. (I wish I could justify £135 for a later version but TBH the older, free, Google version does all I need - when it worked) Twolane - Yes, that's where mine are installed. I'll uninstall and try with your suggested download although looking at the version number would suggest mine is fractionally later. I've tried installing them where the DxO Installer wants to install them and then pointing Affinity 2 at that folder and also by changing the DxO instal directory to the Affinity 2 plug-ins folder as several people have described. Also, in my case, Affinity 1 works just fine with either method. Onwards and upwards!!

OS is Windows 10 - up to date. After using Affinity 1 for several years I have just installed Affinity 2. I love the DxO Nik collection of plugins so the first thing I did was to get them working with Affinity 2. I pointed Affinity 2 'Photshop Plugins' at the DXO folder that Affinity 1 was/is using (Program files/DxO/Nik)and sure enough upon app restart all the Nik filters show as working. Unfortunately Sharpener 3 Pro, Viveza 2 and DFine 2 throw up the errors shown in the pictures. (I have not tested all the other filters and their options exhaustively but I suspect other errors will rear their heads as I use them) Affinity 1 is still quite happily working with all the DXO Nik filters. I tried reinstalling the DxO Nik collection into the default Affinity 2 plugins folder but the result was the same. Has anyone else encountered this problem and is there a fix? Thanks.

Wow! Thanks James! That does indeed yield a very similar result! There is no way I'd have figured it out for myself though (and I have tried) so thanks again. That's been stored away in my stash of 'very useful techniques'. Just when you think you're pretty good at this stuff along comes someone who makes you feel like a novice! 🤣

Kudos to Affinity Photo creators for adding a couple of dedicated Astrophotography features! Here's a routine I use frequently in 'That other program' but am unable to replicate in Affinity and which would I think, be a welcome addition for many astrophotographers. It's a star size reduction routine that is quick to use and reduces the apparent size of stars, which due to factors such as atmospherics, may appear a bit bloated. In PS it goes like this: Select/ click in a typical star; Select/similar (most stars in the image will then be selected) Select/Modify/Expand, 3px or as suitable Select/Modify/Feather, 3px or as suitable. Filter/Other/Minimum, adjust to suit, 1-4px. Suggested values are based on an APS-C sensor of 6mp (QHY8L) and would obviously vary with the size and resolution of the sensor. This maybe a niche requirement but it would add greatly to the Astrophotography friendly aspect of Affinity.