Mark_F Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 (edited) I'm on the fence about purchasing this either thru the apple store or from this website... I will probably purchase from here.. I downloaded a trial. I went thru all the steps on telling affinity where my plugins were. They show on the list. But... they won't open. Any way to get them to work? Mainly DXO Nik Collection and Luminar I have two Macs. An iMac 2017. and a MacBook Pro with the M1 processor. Both running Big Sur Edited December 23, 2020 by Mark_F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 DXO NIK Collection works fine, take a look at this post for tips and to see if you've missed anything. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
403Dann Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 I can only get plugins, in AP, to open only when I'm NOT working on a RAW file (eg, .jpg) Plugins for NIK (google), Luminar and Topaz Labs. Looking for a solution for working with RAW files......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Hello @403Dann and wecome to the forums. Plugins do not work on raw files, only on developed images. 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...
walt.farrell Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, 403Dann said: Looking for a solution for working with RAW files......... If you are Opening the files then but the time you press Develop they are no longer RAW, and should operate the same as though you had opened a JPG. However, they will be either 32-bit or 16-bit files, and perhaps your plug-ins expect 8-bit files. So you may want to check that. If you are doing something other than Open, what are you doing? And what kind of layer do you have, as shown in the Layers panel. 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...
403Dann Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Workflow typically is: Open RAW, make adjustments in the DEVELOP persona, click DEVELOP. Now i'm in the PHOTO persona. Perhaps further adjustments, but am not sure what is the default image file format in the PHOTO persona after (for lack of better description) RAW conversion? The image info at the top centre of the screen shows the file as a RAW file (.NEF or . ARW) when in the PHOTO persona. What type of file is Affinity trying to hand-off to the plug-in (tiff, png??) The layer panel shows as "Background (pixel)" layer when in the PHOTO persona. Screenshot below was from within the PHOTO persona. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 9 hours ago, 403Dann said: What type of file is Affinity trying to hand-off to the plug-in (tiff, png??) Those are external file formats. Internal data while in the program is not in either of those formats. It's just data. There's some internal format defined for communication between Photoshop and plugins, and for providing raster data to the plugins. Photo complies with that. You shouldn't have to worry about it. What you need to worry about is whether you have an RGB or CMYK or Grayscale or LAB format file (or layer), and the bit depth (8, 16, 32). Those will be significant to the plugins. 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...
403Dann Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 I just read in another AP group that there is a difference between the version purchased from Serif vs the version purchased from the App Store. The Serif version plays well with 3rd party plugins and the App Store version does not. I’m going to inquire whether that is true or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geertruud Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I'm working with AP for some time now and sometimes not all options in dxo nik collections are possible only the HDR option is active. I installed latest version of AP and dxo but still the same. It's not with all files? it seems random Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfee Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Geertruud said: I'm working with AP for some time now and sometimes not all options in dxo nik collections are possible only the HDR option is active. I installed latest version of AP and dxo but still the same. It's not with all files? it seems random Hi Geertruud, welcome to the forums. Check the bit depth of your images, the nik filters need the image to be 16 or 8 bit, it sounds as if yours are 32 bit. This might explain the randomness that you are seeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
403Dann Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 @Geertruud I have an email into Serif on this. Reading through various threads it seems possible that software NOT purchased directly from Serif MAY have certain restrictions. Personally I'm seeing the only solution is to uninstall AP, then purchase again directly from Serif. Good thing it's 50% off. When Serif responds, I'll post their reply. Best of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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