NIK Plugins Grayed out and not accessible via Filters in .afphoto in Photo

[rcsilber]

Apparently my machine has a bug or corrupted file, which has me scratching my head... maybe someone here -- or Affinity Support -- can point me in the right direction.

I have Affinity on two machines: a production machine in my studio, where all is working well. However, it's on my laptop that this issue exists.

My usual workflow is to bring a raw image into Photolab, then export to Affinity as a .dng file with corrections. When arriving in Affinity, I Develop with no corrections, then move to the Photo persona. If I choose Filters > NIK, the plugins are grayed out except for HDR Effex. If I export it as a .tiff file, the NIK filters are active. If I open a raw file in Affinity, develop and move to Photo persona, the NIK filters are grayed out.

Again, all works well on my production machine.

I have deleted and reinstalled the NIK collection, even tried going back one version, but the problem remains. I deleted the NIK preferences to no avail, and am not sure what I may be missing.

Attached screen shots demonstrate what is occurring.

Thanks for useful insights!

Cheers, Bob

[David in Яuislip]

Maybe they don't work with Raw Output set to 32HDR, check the Develop Assistant?

[rcsilber]

Thanks David! Such a simple goof that I was totally missing. These lessons stay with us for better understanding. I appreciate your direction 😊