skiphunt Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Google made the Nik Collection free and I just installed it. Very impressive collection. When I installed, it only gave me a choice of Photoshop, Bridge, or Lightroom as the host application. So, I picked Photoshop. I'm trying to add the Nik Collection as plugins for AP, but nothing I've tried in the AP Photoshop Plugins Preferences panel works. Shouldn't these be accessible in AP? If so, how exactly do you set it up? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 25, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 25, 2016 Hi skiphunt, Do the following: - in Plug- Search Folders, set the path to /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CC 2015/Plug-ins (yo may need to adapt the path depending on the version of Photoshop you have installed); - Then click Authorise Global and again Authorise in the new dialog that will open; - tick Allow Unknown plug-ins to be used; - press Close and restart Affinity Photo. skiphunt and IanStuartPhotographer 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killwilly Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Hi skiphunt, Do the following: - in Plug- Search Folders, set the path to /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CC 2015/Plug-ins (yo may need to adapt the path depending on the version of Photoshop you have installed); - Then click Authorise Global and again Authorise in the new dialog that will open; - tick Allow Unknown plug-ins to be used; - press Close and restart Affinity Photo. Hi MEB I don't have Photoshop on my computer. I only have Affinity Photo, DPP and Apple Photos, which path do you suggest I use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 25, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 25, 2016 Hi killwilly I've replied to your question in the other thread. Quitosmum 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evtonic3 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Hi killwilly I've replied to your question in the other thread. MEB why are the plugins greyed out after installing per your instructions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiphunt Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 Hi skiphunt, Do the following: - in Plug- Search Folders, set the path to /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CC 2015/Plug-ins (yo may need to adapt the path depending on the version of Photoshop you have installed); - Then click Authorise Global and again Authorise in the new dialog that will open; - tick Allow Unknown plug-ins to be used; - press Close and restart Affinity Photo. That worked. Thanks! I thought I'd tried everything... but I guess I was wrong. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 25, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 25, 2016 MEB why are the plugins greyed out after installing per your instructions? Are you trying to apply them to an Image layer type? If so, you must convert it to a Pixel layer first (right-click the image layer in the Layers panel and select Rasterize...). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evtonic3 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Are you trying to apply them to an Image layer type? If so, you must convert it to a Pixel layer first (right-click the image layer in the Layers panel and select Rasterize...). Does CMYK matter? I thought it was because my image was in CMYK, I mostly work in CMYK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 25, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 25, 2016 Yes. Most filters only work in RGB. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killwilly Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 I have downloaded and installed the Nik collection, but I am only able to use a few of the apps, see below, what am I doing wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 26, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 26, 2016 Hi killwilly, That's normal. There's more files identified/listed than the plug-ins that appear on the menu which should be eight. In the Plug-in Support Folders you don't need to have all that support folders listed. If you clicked the Authorise Global button, Affinity will access the support folders no matter where they are located on your system. killwilly 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killwilly Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Hi killwilly, That's normal. There's more files identified/listed than the plug-ins that appear on the menu which should be eight. In the Plug-in Support Folders you don't need to have all that support folders listed. If you clicked the Authorise Global button, Affinity will access the support folders no matter where they are located on your system. Thank you for your prompt reply. looking forward to the Beta update sometime in the not too distant future.. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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