Nik Collection 2

OK, testing the new Nik with the new Affinity and many of the old issues are still present.  Namely:
- incorrect color preview in Viveza even though the colors in the Loupe are correct
- The ability to add Nik adjustments in a new layer is grayed out and it always adds the adjustment to the background layer.

You can always first do a duplicate layer and then apply the Nik tool of choice to it similar to how you do things in Topaz Studio (which works perfectly with Affinity BTW)

One other oddity, even though I deselected DXO PhotoLab and did not download it, the Nik installer went ahead and DL'd it for me and installed it anyway.

Mike in O wrote:Both of my machines running photolab2 elite got nik in the new download free (didn't have it before).

PhotoLab 2.3 now has a button to start Nik Collection in PhotoLab. I think what you saw is that button to start whatever Nik you have had installed. To find out if you have the latest version of Nik Collection, see if you can find this new feature:

... there are 40 new "En Vogue" styles/presets, which allow you to create unique images in a single click. These 40 presets are distributed across four plugins: 10 new recipes in Color Efex Pro, Silver Efex Pro and Analog Efex Pro with the final dozen being added to HDR Efex Pro.

If not, you not getting the new Nik Collection free with your upgrade to PhotoLab 2.3.

Kerry wrote:I'm still using the Google version of the Nik plug-ins.  Can I assume that the latest set will work with PS CS6?  And does the current suite of plug-ins still include Viveza?  (I saw no mention of that particular plug-in in any of the things I've read about this latest offering.)

Please see one of my posts above (info straight from DxO customers support). Not all plug-ins are stand-alone now.

E.J. Peiker wrote:One other oddity, even though I deselected DXO PhotoLab and did not download it, the Nik installer went ahead and DL'd it for me and installed it anyway.

Per DxO customer support, you're not buying just the Nik Collection. You're buying Nik Collection and its host software the PhotoLab Essential Edition.

DChan wrote:

E.J. Peiker wrote:One other oddity, even though I deselected DXO PhotoLab and did not download it, the Nik installer went ahead and DL'd it for me and installed it anyway.

Per DxO customer support, you're not buying just the Nik Collection. You're buying Nik Collection and its host software the PhotoLab Essential Edition.

Yet when you go to DL it, it gives you two DL links, one for Nik, one for Color Lab.  I only DL's Nik but during the install it went and got the other one anyway.

The button brings up the nik 2 suite which works fine...Checking for my old version of nik from 2013 and it is still there.

Mike in O wrote:The button brings up the nik 2 suite which works fine...Checking for my old version of nik from 2013 and it is still there.

But Mike, are you sure you are bringing up the Nik 2 suite? If you can find those new presets that come with the Nik 2 suite, it will be greatly appreciated that you tell me where to find them because I can't so far.

E.J. Peiker wrote:

DChan wrote:

E.J. Peiker wrote:One other oddity, even though I deselected DXO PhotoLab and did not download it, the Nik installer went ahead and DL'd it for me and installed it anyway.

Per DxO customer support, you're not buying just the Nik Collection. You're buying Nik Collection and its host software the PhotoLab Essential Edition.

Yet when you go to DL it, it gives you two DL links, one for Nik, one for Color Lab.  I only DL's Nik but during the install it went and got the other one anyway.

Well, funny things happen

Like I said before: will there still be a standalone version of Nik Collection in the future? I suspect one day there'll be none.

Saw this comment on dpreview's Retounching forum:

….that some of the apps (including Viveza) aren't high dpi-aware when run from Photoshop.  The interface appears in tiny text on a 4K screen.

And Viveza is not one of the standalone plug-ins. Coincidence?

Viveza 2 comes up just fine

Mike in O wrote:Viveza 2 comes up just fine

In PhotoLab? Of course, as intended

DChan wrote:

Mike in O wrote:Viveza 2 comes up just fine

In PhotoLab? Of course, as intended

In Photoshop and Affinity too...

A pretty decent video on the new Nik and if it's worth it or not:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5HeRXqSyKk

DChan wrote:Saw this comment on dpreview's Retounching forum:

….that some of the apps (including Viveza) aren't high dpi-aware when run from Photoshop.  The interface appears in tiny text on a 4K screen.

And Viveza is not one of the standalone plug-ins. Coincidence?

Viveza works fine as a stand-alone.  Just went to the programs folder, found the Viveza.exe file and it launched and worked perfectly without being launched from inside another application.  The video I linked above shows the narrator doing the same thing on a Mac and it works there too.