footeg Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Hi, can anybody explain the following please. I am using Affinity Photo 1.8 with Nik Collection 3 in Windows 10. If I develop a raw file (Canon CR3) the developed file is then opened in the photo persona. Clicking on the Nik tools plugins only gives me the option of HDR Efex. If I then export the developed image as a jpeg, close the image then open the jpeg all the Nik tools are available. Any help would be appreciated. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Your .cr3 file was probably developed as a 32bit image. The only plugin that will work on such images is HDR Efex. All the other plugins require an 8- or 16-bit image. You can reduce the 32-bit depth to 8 or 16 in the Document menu. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footeg Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 Thank you very much John for your prompt reply. You are quite correct, the file was developed as a 32 bit (HDR) image. Developing it as a 16 bit or converting it in the document menu allowed all the plugins to be used. In fact developing the file as a 16 bit image (using the develop assistant) actually gave a better starting image. Once again thanks for your help. Geogg John Rostron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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