![]() ![]() When I select a pixel layer in the Photo Persona I can select only one of the plugins that appears in Filters > Plugins > Nik Collection, "HDR Efex Pro 2". They show up Preferences > Photoshop Plugins, "Allow 'Unknown' plugins to be used" is checked, "/" is in Plugin Support Folders and "Authorize Global" is greyed out. I followed the installation instructions for installing the plugins into Affinity Photo. ![]() Since Google, not Serif, owns these plugins, Serif can't rewrite them to work with Affinity.I took advantage of Black Friday sales to purchase DxO's Nik collection. This is a big part of the reason why Serif can't do anything about this on their own - most Photoshop plugins won't work with any other apps (besides Adobe's) unless they specifically have been designed by their developers to be compatible with them. I also noticed that the Nik installer is a bit sneaky, at least on my iMac running OS X 10.11.4, in that even though I do not have Aperture installed it installs yet another Google folder at path /Library/Application Support/Aperture/Plug-Ins/ - this one with 7 subfolders, one for each of the plugins that work with Aperture 3.1 or later - but the contents differ considerably from either of the other two Google folders because Aperture can't use plugins written for Photoshop unless they have an entirely different file structure that app recognizes. If you use the stand alone versions this way, be aware that the "Save" button immediately overwrites the original file & does not offer any 'Save as' options so it might be a good idea to make backup copies of the originals beforehand. I don't know for certain if it works the same as with PSE 9 but if it does, this will not install the stand alone app versions, all of which seem to be usable with Tiff & JPEG files if you use the control-click "Open with" option in Finder - otherwise, because the stand alone versions do not have a File menu there is no way to open these files in them. I'm just guessing but I think this is part of the reason MEB suggested in reply #10 of the News forum topic to create a new folder for the plugins if you don't have Photoshop installed. That resulted in the installation of a Google folder at path /Applications/Adobe Photoshop Elements 9/Plug-Ins/ but none of the stand alone apps there & no HDR Efex Pro 2 subfolder, probably because the installer was smart enough to know it won't work with PSE 9. Out of curiosity I allowed it to install the plugins for that app as well, to see what would happen. ![]() On restart, AP recognized all the plugins without difficulty.īecause I still had a no longer used copy of version 9 of Photoshop Elements installed on my system (the oldest one the collection supports), the Nik Installer showed that app as the default plugin install location. In AP's Photoshop Plugins preference pane, I simply added Applications/Nik Folder to the Plugin Search Folder list, set Plugin Support Folders to Authorize Global (which may not even have been necessary for these plugins) & checked the Allow "Unknown" plugins to be used option. Running the installer added a "Google" folder & 9 application files (for the 8 stand alone versions of the plugins - Sharpener Pro 3 installs there as two apps - & an uninstaller app) to my "Nik Collection" folder. The folder name does not need to include "Photoshop." I created a folder named "Nik Collection" in my Applications folder, clicked the plus button in the Nik installer, & had no trouble adding that folder to the list of install targets. "This should not be greyed out (because it has 'Photoshop' in the name.)" Most of them work, but you get some error messages warning that it modifies the active layer instead of creating a new one. This should not be greyed out (because it has 'Photoshop' in the name.) so you can click it and add it as a compatible application.Ħ) Go to Affinity > Preferences > Photoshop Pluginsħ) Add you Photoshop Plugins as a search folderĪs the Nik Photoshop plugins should have been installed in your Photoshop Plugins folder, they now be available in the Filters/Plugins menu. Click this, and it lists everything in your Applications folder, included the 'Photoshop Plugins' you just made. Getting Nik to work with Affinity is complicated because Affinity recognises only Photoshop plug-ins, but Photoshop plugins only get installed if Photoshop is detected on your computer! I really wish Serif would address this.ġ) If you have already installed Nik, uninstall it.Ģ) Go to you your Applications folder, and create a new folder called 'Photoshop Plugins'.Ĥ) When you get to the 'Compatible Host Applications' screen, where you see Aperture or Lightroom or whatever listed as detected applications, you will see a '+' at the bottom of the screen. ![]()
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