alienco Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Hi everyone! I have big problem with using my favorite filters Google Nik with Affinity Photo. I'm registered user of this filters but after import plugin folder from PS I see demo warning. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilgrimsoldier Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Same situation here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHH Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 What folder do I have to use for the NIK Collection and where can I find it! I used '/Applications/NIK Collection' for 'Plugin-Search' and '/' as the support folder but no Plugins show up? Help would be appreciated! Cheers, Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimGoshorn Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Did you try Applications/Photoshop/Plug-Ins/Google? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHH Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I've only installed LR5 and the NIK Collection and I can select 'Edit in..' in LR to choose one of the NIK plugins. No Photoshop installed - perhaps this is why I can't find any plugin folder? Cheers, Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffg53 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I have the same problem. I get the Buy/Demo message. I imported the Google folder. Quote Cheers, Jeff www.jeff-grant.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkosiur Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Ditto on the problem with Google/Nik plugins -- they all show up in demo mode. deregil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olyver Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I can confirm this problem - tried two ways: 1) Directed Affinity Photo to the PS Plugin-Folder "Google" 2) Re-downloaded the whole NIK/Google package and ran the installer. Under the section of compatible applications I clicked the "+" icon and entered the path to the Affinity Photo Plugin-Folder. Both ways result in the availability of the NIK plugins - but only Demo mode available! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardea.herodias Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I had this problem with the 15-day/Demo prompt until I followed the instructions in the Affinity Help File and set the "Plugin support folder" to "/" In Affinity->Preferences->Photoshop Plugins tab 1) Set "Plugin search folder" to Photoshop's "Plug-ins" folder (to the top of "Plug-ins" and not to "Google") e.g. on my machine: Plugin search folders: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CC 2014/Plug-ins 2) Set the "Plugin support folder" to "/" Plugin support folders: / Not until I set (2) did the demo prompt go away. HTH heron rdmcwha and Olyver 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olyver Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I had this problem with the 15-day/Demo prompt until I... OMG - thank you so much - YMMD! That really did it. NIK plugins work just fine for me with Affinity. One step closer to getting rid of some unwanted software... ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txmx Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 See also : https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/10366-importing-ps-filters-not-working/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearwood Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 OK, so you have to have PS installed with the plugins installed to get them to work in Affinity Photo?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspen Excel Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Anybody able to see the custom or imported presets made in Nik software like Analog Efex? They show up when I open Analog Efex in Photoshop but not in Affinity Photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHH Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) OK, so you have to have PS installed with the plugins installed to get them to work in Affinity Photo?? I've only installed LR5. To get the plugins you need to do the following: - create a folder where the plugins get installed - start NIK Collection installer - when compatible applications are shown click the '+' and add the previous created folder - do the installation - add the folder you created and where the plugins are installed to Photo 'Plugin search folders' and '/' (this is mostly 'MacintoshHD') Restart Photo and you should have the NIK plugins available. Cheers, Tom Background information: it seems like the installer of the NIK Collection does not install the plugins which are needed by Affinity Photo when you have LR only on your computer and choose the normal installation. You need to do the steps I described to get the plugins if you don't have Photoshop installed. Edited July 12, 2015 by TomHH Bearwood 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearwood Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Thanks TomHH, some good info here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdmcwha Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 OK-I feel really feel stupid, but I can't figure out how to add a backslash to the support folder, ("/") Could someone help, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimGoshorn Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Click just your hard drive and that will insert the / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
friedeggstudios Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 jim shift cmnd and G and press ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protoplasmia Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Interesting that some of the NIK plug-ins work and others like Viveza and Dfine don't. Color Efex Pro and HDR Efex Pro work just fine. I suspect that its probably going to take some time for Affinity Photo to truly become a viable replacement for Photoshop and Lightroom ... good start :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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