NIK - Collection v 4 - Modul Silver Efex Pro and Viveza starting as standalone

[Volker Krenz]

I've been working with NIK-Collection V4 and Affinity-Photo V1 for a while now. Everything has worked well so far.

With Affinity-Photo I have the problem that the modules Silver Efex Pro and Viveza are no longer started as a plug-in application but as a stand-alone application.

They don't get an OK button to pass the image back to Affinity-Photo V2.  The other modules do not have this problem.

In Affinity Photo V1 the OK button is present.

Can you correct this

Thanks for your help

I am using a MacBook Pro Retina 15" mid 2014 with Big Sure and Intel Iris Pro1536 MB graphics card.

 

 

[Dan C]

Hi Volker Krenz, 

We've tested the NIK apps and aren't getting this, have you run the applications in full standalone before running them in our app?

Beyond this I can only suggest reinstalling the plugins from scratch or contacting the plugin maker for further support.

Lee

[Volker Krenz]

I have reinstalled the plugins several times and am also familiar with the installation process.
As I said, the plugins in V1 work as they should.
I have V1, V2 and V2 Beta on the MacBook
But only in V1 it runs as it should.
I have also read in other forums that I am not the only user who has this problem.

[youngmedia]

On 3/11/2023 at 3:41 AM, Volker Krenz said:

I have reinstalled the plugins several times and am also familiar with the installation process.
As I said, the plugins in V1 work as they should.
I have V1, V2 and V2 Beta on the MacBook
But only in V1 it runs as it should.
I have also read in other forums that I am not the only user who has this problem.

I also have this issue. Installed twice. Same problem. Silver FX and Viveza.

Any solutions yet?

[MEB]

Hi @youngmedia,
Sorry the delay getting back to you. I'm nor experiencing any issues here.
Can you post a screenshot of the Photoshop Plugins section in Affinity Photo Preferences, so I can see the plugins config please?
Can you also post a screenshot of the Apple > About This Mac panel - remember to hide the serial number in the screenshot.
What Affinity version are you using? 1, 2 or 2 Beta? Thanks.

[youngmedia]

Hi @MEB
I believe I may have jumped the gun on this issue. It seems Nik 4 does not work with OS 13 Ventura .... at least not fully anyway. I saw a table that showed 'No' to compatibility. I am wondering whether this is the issue the guy above has.
Looks like I may have to update to Nik 5.

[nomi02118]

I am on V5 and not having this issue at all on my iMac so it might take the update to fix it sadly. 

[Volker Krenz]

I'll also have my say on the subject once again.
I use the NIK Collection 5.0.4
The described problem occurs only from V2.
I have created appropriate screenshots and post them here now.
Thanks also to the other users, so I'm not alone.

V1

V2

V2 last Beta

[MEB]

Hi @Volker Krenz,
Thanks for the screenshots. Please try the following: in the Photoshop Plugins Preferences in Affinity, in the Plugin Search Folders section remove the /Applications/Nik Collection line. Leave only the /Applications/Adobe Photoshop 2022/Plugins line.
Restart Affinity, check if all plugin's names are present in the Filters>Plugins menu and try those two that weren't working previously (Silver Efex Pro and Viveza). Let me know if all is working correctly now. Thanks.

[Volker Krenz]

I changed this once as requested, but it does not result in any different behavior.
I have even removed the NIK and reinstalled with the appropriate path.
But unfortunately it still does not work.
As I said, everything runs correctly under V1.

Still missing the button for transferring the image from NIK and Affinity-Photo.

[youngmedia]

Just a heads up.

I just went to upgrade from Nik 4 and saw that Nik 6.0.0 is just out. So, I upgraded to that instead. $79 upgrade fee.

All filters seems to be working well from within Affinity 2 as expected.

Affinity is now included in the list of software applications too.  

[youngmedia]

@Volker Krenz / @MEB

I updated to Nik 6. It all worked fine until the Affinity 2.1 Update. Now a bunch of the Nik Plugins open as a standalone app instead of being a plugin within Affinity.

Good - HDR Efex
Good - Sharpener Output
Good - Sharpener RAW
Fails - Viveza
Fails - Silver Efex
Fails - Colour Efex
Fails - Analog Efex
Fails - Define 

I uninstalled and re-installed Nik 6. Same issues.

[MEB]

Hi @youngmedia,
Regarding Nik Collection 6, this is a known issue that's already logged with dev. V5 however should work fine and is indeed working for me although I still have one scenario where i need to test/check a few things which I believe may be causing @Volker Krenz issues with two plugin from Nik Collection v5.

[youngmedia]

29 minutes ago, MEB said:

Hi @youngmedia,
Regarding Nik Collection 6, this is a known issue that's already logged with dev. V5 however should work fine and is indeed working for me although I still have one scenario where i need to test/check a few things which I believe may be causing @Volker Krenz issues with two plugin from Nik Collection v5.

Ok, thanks. The reason I upgraded to Nik 6 was because I was on Nik 4 and was having the same issue as @Volker Krenz. Only Viveza and Silver Efex were failing. I will ask if, in the meantime, they can send me a download link for V5. 

[Patrick Connor]

The issue "Nik collection 6 when launched from 2.1 doesn't have an Apply/Cancel button but does when launched from 2.0.4 MacOS." (REF: AFP-6184) has been retested using Nix Collection 6.1 and found to no longer occur in build "2.1.0.1806". We think that DxO have addressed this problem and now recognise Affinity Photo 2 more reliably. Hopefully you also find this is true with a new install/update of the collection.

From their support forums thread on this the 6.1 release notes are currently here including this 

[youngmedia]

@Patrick Connor - Great news, thank you. I will check it out.

[youngmedia]

Hi @MEB
Do you happen to know if Nik works well with the new 2.2 update?