I'm happy to report that DxO has upgraded the codebase for the Nik Collection with this year's update. The suite offers a mix of artistic filter effects and tools to accomplish more technical tasks, such as noise reduction and sharpening. Each application targets a specific purpose, and I break them down one by one below. The eight Nik apps-Analog Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, Dfine, HDR Efex Pro, Perspective Efex, Silver Efex Pro, Sharpener Pro, and Viveza-provide editing tools that aren't available in Raw workflow suites. Earlier editions of the Nik Collection included DxO PhotoLab, but that's not the case with Collection 6.ĭxO PhotoLab may be used as a host application, but is not included with the Nik Collection 6 It's not one big piece of software, but rather a suite of distinct plug-ins that integrate with a host workflow application (such as Lightroom, Photoshop, or Capture One). If you're used to workflow applications such as Lightroom Classic and Capture One Pro, you might be a little surprised by how you access the tools within the Nik Collection. For new users (and especially fans of film-inspired looks), the Collection continues to provide a wealth of top-notch editing tools. These upgrades might not be as compelling as in years past, but HDR specialists and photographers with a modern Mac might still want to get the latest version. Sharpener and HDR Efex are also set to get interface updates this summer. The latest version of the photo editing suite, Nik Collection 6 by DxO ($149 for new customers, $79 as an upgrade), adds a handy new Control Line function to U Points, brings the codebase up to date with support for Apple Silicon, and introduces some new features to the Color and Perspective Efex apps. It’s too bad the 4 updates just didn’t work.The Nik Collection has changed ownership several times since its launch in the '90s, but its black-and-white and color film looks remain legendary. PSE 2022 doesn’t seem worth it, or I’d consider getting the Nik 5 Collection. My Nik 4 always worked perfectly until the 4.3.4 update. Maybe they’ll have me manually add the Nik Collection to the Plug-Ins folder? Btw, there are two graphs on the DxO site, one saying the newest update to the Nik 4 Collection is not compatible with PSE 2020, and another saying that it is. I see all the DxO/Nik files in the PSE 2020 Support Files folder, but they’re not in the “Plug-Ins” folder, they’re in a DxO folder. I tried adding the Nik Collection via PSE 2020 Plug-Ins “Choose” from preferences, but after clicking ok and restarting, they never showed up. There’s no Selection Tool and no path to Nik apps. Today I downloaded the latest version of the 4 Nik collection, ok’d adding to PSE 2020 as a plug-in, but it didn’t do it. DxO techs did offer some suggestions but they haven’t worked so far. It’s too bad I can’t easily use Nik Define, etc., or Color Efex right from PSE, but, I’ve learned to live with it. I reinstalled PSE 2020 without adding the Nik Plug-Ins and it works fine now too. Update: I have been using Nik with DxO Lab and sometimes as standalones. If I understand what you’re saying, by renaming the selective tool, and adding Nik back to the PSE 2020 plugins, everything should work? What did you name it? Can it be deleted? We need the selective tool for the apps, don’t we? I looked for a 4.3.5 update but couldn’t find it and my support person didn’t offer it after I mentioned someone else had gotten a link for it. I just uninstalled and reinstalled PSE 2020 so I have that again, and figured Nik products would no longer be supported through it, which is a shame. I had sent them a DxO diagnostic program run through terminal that I realized later was more invasive that I should have allowed. I recently stopped responding to my DxO support person because she consistently failed to grasp the problem, asking what hosting platform I used when it crashed, etc., etc., and wanted me to run ‘mac-clean-pse-20.sh’ through terminal, but I got security warnings doing that and stopped. I can’t thank you enough for your efforts to help with this matter.
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