Pietro Quadrelli Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Hi, I recently added NIK collection 2.5 to my Affinity Photo. I have used the filters for some time now, but only on tiff files. On a DxO webinar today I saw the presenter using the plugins rightaway after developing a raw file in Affinity, but this seems not to work for me, as all the plugins are greyed out (except the HDR Efex Pro one). What am I missing here? Is the behaviour different on a Mac (as the presenter was using) and Windows (which I use)? Or is it a Affinity configuration issue? Thanks, Pietro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipperBC Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Looking for the answer too to Pietro's post regarding Nik collection options being greyed out with a Raw file. I too use windows 10 and have the same issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 You need to make sure you're developing to RGB/16, not to RGB/32. Only one of the plugins will handle RGB/32, if I remember correctly. You can make that choice in the Assistant Manager, in the section on the Develop Assistant. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipperBC Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Thanks! this solved it. ianrb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 You're welcome. ianrb 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pietro Quadrelli Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Excellent! Thanks a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 20, 2020 Staff Share Posted April 20, 2020 Hi Pietro Quadrelli, RipperBC, Welcome to Affinity Forums DxO Nick Collection plugins support both RGB 8 and 16 bit images with the exception of HDR Efex Pro 2 which also support 32 bit images. If they appear greyed out you aren't working with an RGB8/16 document or you haven't a pixel layer selected. If you are coming from the Develop Persona make sure you have the Develop Assistant (you may have to open a RAW and go to menu View > Assistant Manager... or click the Develop Assistant button if accessing the Assistant Manager from Photo Persona via menu View > Assistant Manager) set to RGB (16 bit) in the RAW Output format dropdown as walt mentioned. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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