NIK Question Please

[Coyote]

Hello All,

 

I have to apologize for posting yet another NIK question, but I have been seeing all kinds of different takes on how it works and whether it works in Affinity and I'd like to understand if it is a work in progress or if this is it.

 

I work in 16-bit and Prophoto RGB, and NIK Color Efex Pro colors (for instance) look terrible when I run it. I converted my document to 8 bit and no joy, the colors still look terrible. I finally converted my document to sRGB and the colors finally look correct. I have never had to do these conversions before. Do I have to do this conversion whenever I want to use the plug-ins? Is there any point in converting back to Prophoto 16-bit after I do this? Do I have to work in 8-bit sRGB to use these plug-ins?

 

If anybody out there using a similar workflow has advice I would be very grateful!

 

Affinity Photo 1.5.1.54 Windows

[MEB]

Hi coyote,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

This is a known issue with the Prophoto (ROMM RGB) (and other wide gamut profiles) when using Nik Collection in Affinity Photo. As you discovered if you use/convert to the sRGB colour profile the colours will appear correct both in 8 and 16 bit. So for the moment yes you will have to convert to sRGB if you want to use the Nik Collection.

[Coyote]

Thanks for clarifying this for me. I look forward to when the issue is resolved. I'll use PS when I need NIK. Meanwhile I am enjoying Affinity Photo as I learn how to use it. The videos are priceless.

[R C-R]

I'll use PS when I need NIK. Meanwhile I am enjoying Affinity Photo as I learn how to use it. The videos are priceless.

If you don't want to open PS just for this, you can also use the NIK collection as stand alone apps.

[Coyote]

If you don't want to open PS just for this, you can also use the NIK collection as stand alone apps.

Thanks for the reminder ... I had forgotten that I have this option.