Aperture 3 and nik plugin compatibility

any news of the update?

Nik has the following posted on their Website under FAQ
http://www.niksoftware.com/support/usa/entry.php?view=faqs/generalanswers.shtml#Aperture3compatibility
*Are Nik Software products compatible with Aperture 3?*
We are continuing to evaluate support for Aperture 3. Initial tests have uncovered some issues that we are currently working with Apple to resolve.
The following products are currently not fully compatible with Aperture 3:
Color Efex Pro 3.0
Viveza 2
Silver Efex Pro
Sharpener Pro 3.0
Dfine 2.0 appears to be working in Aperture 3 running in 32-bit mode without issue, however we are working with Apple to perform additional compatibility tests.
We will provide updates to all registered customers as soon as additional information is possible.

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See this known issue:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4237
Not sure why Apple has not fixed this one yet. It is consistent with NIK plug-ins as well as Photoshop (CS5 and CS6).
Big fumble from my point of view.

Aperture 3 and NIK- plugins, problems...

I wonder whether others like me have experienced problems after rendering a photo in NIK's HDR EFEX Pro, and returning to Aperture 3....the latter crashes rather often? Any comments about this issue would be most welcome. Mamster 37

Hi.
I just happen to have the same problem. I reported it to Nik Technical Support and was given this advice :
HDR Efex Pro 2 takes advantage of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) of the computer system. The GPU is also sometimes referred to as the Display Adapter or Video Card, in any case they are all the same. Sometimes certain video cards will not handle this additional processing. You will note this when opening an image into HDR Efex Pro 2 and one or more of the following happens: 1.) HDR Efex Pro 2 will crash right away, or 2.) if it opens the imported image will sometimes not be displayed correctly (solid gray, black or white image), or 3.) the buttons will not display correctly, or 4.) the responsiveness is simply very slow.
In order to resolve this, the first measure would be to update the Display Adapters or GPU driver.
Mac Users: Generally the video card that comes with your Mac will be updated automatically. The exception may be when there has been an additional video card added. In that case the user may need to go to the video card manufacturer's website to download an updated driver for their secondary GPU. If you are using Mac OS Snow Leopard (10.6) ensure to update to 10.6.6 or higher as this can affect performance. If this does not apply to you, please go to the next section below.
Windows Users: Locate the manufacturer of the GPU as well as the model number.Once this is determined, it is then recommended to go directly to the GPU manufacturer's website (best option) or if that is not possible to go to the computer manufacturer's website (secondary option) to obtain an updated video card driver. It is NOT recommended to use Windows Update as in general we have found that these drivers are not updated as frequently. To identify which video card you have please do the following:
Click on Start >Control Panel>System & Security >System >Device Manager and then click on the plus next to Display Adapter, this should display the make and model information.
Go to the manufacturer's website (you may need to search for it via Google) such asNvidea.com and with the model number you should be able to search for the latest driver. If you are unable to locate the driver you may need to contact the manufacturer of your computer to obtain an updated driver.
Once the latest GPU driver is located,download and install the new driver.
Restart the computer and try HDR Efex Pro 2 once again.
If after following the above steps, you are still experiencing the same issue, the next step will be to either disable the GPU (if possible) or force HDR Efex Pro 2 to not use the GPU (safe-mode). If HDR Efex Pro 2 states your GPU is not in use, the following steps may still be necessary to improve performance. In order to disable the GPU in HDR Efex PRO 2 please do the following:
If you are able to open HDR Efex Pro 2 and can see part of the interface, see if you can click on the"Settings" button in the lower left.
In Settings locate the section "GPU" and expand it, in this section you will see a check box "Enable GPU Processing", uncheck this so the GPU will be disabled, then close the settings window.
Close out of HDR Efex Pro 2 (click Cancel), quit out of any and all host applications (Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture), and then relaunch HDR Efex Pro 2 to see if this corrects this issue.
If you are unable to disable the GPU via settings (e.g. HDR Efex Pro 2 crashes or the buttons are not displaying correctly), please try the following steps below after quitting out of all host applications (Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture):
Mac Users:
Open a finder window (or double click on the Macintosh HD on the desktop) and navigate to:
Macintosh HD : Users : <user name> : Library :Preferences : Nik Software : HDR Efex Pro 2
Locate the file, HDREfexPro2.cfg and right-click and choose "open with..." and then click "Choose" and then locate the applications, "TextEdit" to open this file.
At the very beginning (before all the text) of the configuration file, paste the following code below verbatim:
<configuration>
<group name="INTERN">
<key name="UseSafeMode" type="bool" value="1"/>
</group>
</configuration>
Now save the file, close it and relaunch HDR Efex Pro 2 and see if the issue has been resolved.
I have follwed all the recomendations but with no results. I talked to Nik's Support today and together we have verified that the tiff stored by Nik HDR Efex Pro 2 inside the Aperture Librarty is fine. The problem is with Aperture graphic memory management. As a matter of fact, if you experience the problem, you will also see that not only the image edited with HDR Pro 2 can be affected, but also any other you open in your strip after it has occured the first time.
Below is a typical result.

Aperture and NIK tool Plugins

Hey dear "Apertures",
does somebody use the NIK tools directly in APERTURE as Plug ins?
Till now I have got it only working via PS CS4
Does mean PS CS4 is opening, when I start using NIK tool
System I am using : MACBookPro- MAVERICKS APERTURE 3.5.1 - PS CS4 and NIK tool collection
Thx for the feedback
FJ

The Nik Collection can be installed as:
- Aperture plug-ins
- Photoshop plug-ins
- Lightroom plug-ins
It's up to you how you use them.
I have them installed as both Aperture and PSCC plug-ins. If I am going to use only one, and don't need to make additional changes using that Nik tool, I just call it from Aperture as a plug-in and use it. (Ex: DFine for noise reduction.)
If I am going to use more than one, or want to preserve the layer for additional parametric changes, I send the new Version to PS via Aperture's built-in external editor command, and then use the Nik tool(s) from Photoshop on Smart Layers (I think -- I'm not a PS maven).
So it's really up to you. It sounds as though right now you using Nik Photoshop plug-ins. If you want, you can install them as Aperture plug-ins (assuming that you're Nik Collection is up to date and complete).
Is that helpful?
--Kirby.

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Should I just navigate to the filters folder and copy the nik filters from there ?
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help cant get my niksoftware to work with LR 4
Message was edited by: Geoff the kiwi altering the title.

Hi Victoria
Got it sorted. All it is is in LR preferences preset section is box called store presets with catalog has to be un ticked.
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I use Nik soft ware plugins the HDR Efex Pro2 when i save the photo to aperture i have to close aperture and reopen it befor i can view the photo works fine after that

I use Nik soft ware plugins the HDR Efex Pro2 when i save the photo to aperture i have to close aperture and reopen it befor i can view the photo works fine after that. Any help would be great thanks

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Aperture 3 and Nik Software tip

One of Aperture 3's main new features is support for 64-bit processing under Snow Leopard. Like many other posters, I have seen a definite speed improvement in 64-bit mode (the default). My Nik plugins transferred automatically when installing Aperture 3, but Aperture gives a message that it must restart itself in 32-bit mode to use them (you'll get this message if you select an image, right-click, and select edit in Nik Viveza or SilverEfx, etc). I wanted a work-around, so that I did not have to restart Aperture in 32-bit mode and lose the speed advantages. The solution is to right-click on the image and select "edit in Photoshop". Even though Photoshop is also 32-bit, this is a separate application, and so has no effect on how Aperture is running. Nik supplies Photoshop plug-ins with its Aperture plugins, so if you have a Nik plugin for Aperture, you should also be able to run the Photoshop version as well (requires a separate install). This allows the use of Nik plugins without the need to restart Aperture in 32-bit mode.

Good tip but people that have the Aperture only version are out in the cold. If this works for the Aperture only version let me know because I always advise people to buy the PS version - even for Aperture if they own PS.
The reason why is...
If you convert to a smart object and render the Nik filter all the settings and control points are saved as metadata and you can tweak them later - second if you run more than one Nik filter it saves a ton of space of only having one 16bit raster copy. third - the first reason in more than one nik filter is a huge time saver.
RB
Ps. Batch is more painful but...
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I know about the 32bit issue with the nik plugins but when I try and use any of the nik plugins I get an error message"Editing Error this message cannot be rendered for editing becuase Aperture does not support the image"
The images are Nikon RAW work fine with A3 in 32 or 64 bit mode, but with none of the Nik software. Nik support says it is an Apple problem but can not find anywhere but here to find a solution. Anyone have any idea what is going on ?
I have tried in 64 bit with it switching 32bit and also forcing it to 32bit mode in get info.
john

a friend of mine is having similar problem with a BorderFX plugin. initially we thought because of 32-bit plugin but after upgrading to 64-bit version, A3 still wouldn't render preview from the images manipulated from the plugin. have tried turning off the generating preview option from A3 preference?
it might reset the A3 preview setting.

NIK Plugins and window position

Hi folks,
i installed the NIK Plugin Suite. Everythings works fine until i open let's say color efex pro. The menubar goes behind the aperture menubar and i'm not able to click on it to resize color efex.
resize is only possible dragging the lower right corner to minimize color efex.
After restarting it it's centered on the screen but to small to use it. Resizing it is now possible but after a new start the same thing again. Menubar is covered by the aperture menubar.
btw: i resintalled color efex pro several times. even did an aperture reinstall....No success
The same strange behavior when i'm running silver efex or viveza. What's going on here?
Didn't have any problems with a previous installation.
I use the latest version of aperture (2.1.2) and osx 10.5.6 and the latetst version of the NIK plugins
Any suggestions?
kind regards
frank

Had the same thing happen to me. Asked Nik Software. This is their reply:
+To correct this issue go to the following location on your Mac:+
+Macintosh HD | Users | <your user name> | Library | Preferences+
+Find the file called, com.niksoftware.sep.aperture_edit.prefs+
+Do a control + click to the file and click open With >Other… and then choose the TextEdit application.+
+In TextEdit, for DialogX= and DialogY= change the numbers to 20. So it will say DialogX=20 and DialogY=20 for example. Then for DialogWidth= change to 800 and for DialogHeight= change to 600. Now save this file and close it.+
+Next open the file, com.niksoftware.cep3Complete.aperture_edit.prefs and do the same thing as above.+
+Now reopen Aperture and select an image, then bring up Silver Efex Pro or Color Efex Pro 3.0 to see if that corrects the issue. If you still cannot resize it, go back and change the number to another higher or lower value until you can see the title bar.+
It may be that there is a better solution. In my case once I made the correction I can now deal with it. In my case I use a second monitor. When I start any of the Nik plugins the top right part of the window including the window bar overlaps into the external monitor. I can grab it there and move it to the larger external monitor and resize it.
This pretty darn annoying and I was hoping that Nik would make the necessary changes. Especially given no one else seems to have the issue and that the plugins are not cheap. They very useful though.
Cheers... John

Aperture 3 and Nik software trial.

i can't use the plugins and aperture crashes when clicking on these plugins, i only downloaded the trial version this morning.I am using aperture 3.4.5,am i missing some kind of download?cheers.

Is there a reason why you do not upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)? You may have missed some bug fixes.
There have some crashes been reported with the Nik Google plug-ins. Is that the version you are using? Then it may be a problem with incompatible fonts: see this post:
Re: Upgrade Dramas 3.4.5 - NIK Plugins
Regards
Léonie

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Hi yall,
I mostly use Aperture 3.1.3 to manage my photos.
I got a new iMac and installed this software and recovered my Aperture Library. All is fine.
But I also installed my Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection for Mac, and y OnOne Plugin Suite 5.1 for Mac and ... it doesn't work.
Aperture doesn't find either Photoshop nor OnOne as external modules.
Can anyone tell me how to force Aperture to find those modules?
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DLScreative wrote:
I've never used any of the Nik plugins, but I think it's bogus that it's a separate purchase for PS and A3. My Noise Ninja, for example, works with A3, PS or as a stand alone.
Agree 100%. I have a long simmering discussion going on with Nik support about this (and the fact that the current workflow is destructive and, though it is reproducible, is not consistent from a UI POV). I'm sorry that I didn't just start w. PS and Nik's PS Suite (which I still don't own).
DLScreative wrote:
For anyone who owns PS I would absolutely buy plugins for PS over A3. You're breaking of the non-destructive workflow either way so you might as well have all the power and flexibility of photoshop along with your plugin. I see no advantage to running plugins from Aperture.
Also agree 100% (and you point here is important and affects users). I think (don't know PS well) the workflow once in PS is either non-destructive or close to it. Certainly much more so -- and much easier to administer (=know what you did) -- than via Aperture-to-plug-in.
DLScreative wrote:
I would go a step further and say buy Photoshop before spending 100s of dollars on plugins.
That's gonna depend an awful lot on whether you can get your money's worth from PS. The Nik tools are very sweet, and (imho, obviously) superbly tuned to manipulating digital photographs.
I would like to have Nik's "drawing board" (I just made that up, but basically their UI for interacting with the planar data, including their U-Points), PhotoShop's tool chest, and Aperture's organizing abilities. For $200 US.
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I installed the NIK Plugins without any problems. Tried to assign some shortcuts but i can't seem to find them in the command groups when opening the customize keyboard command editor.
Under Main Menu Commands->Images Menu they had no entries. The only entry is the "Open in external Editor".
I could do the assignments in a previous aperture installation easily. What's going on here?
Thanks
frank

it has worked for me to do that ...
are they showing under the image -> edit with ... in the main workspace ??? what i am getting at, is are you able to see them normally and use them ???

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Hello people,
I February my studies photography starts and I am considering buying the NIK plugins.
Aperture 3 is in February about two years old and wonder if Aperture 4 will be released soon, if it will be.
I expect much improvements in for example noise reduction and editing in general, and that is a nice addition with the plugins.
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Léonie

I run a Windows 8.1 - Photoshop CS5 under Parallels on an iMac one year old and both having the latest OS. I use a NIK plugin "VIVEZA" which run fine for years without a problem. Latelt and without a reason, the NIK plugin has gone corrupt, (can not use

@I run a Windows 8.1 - Photoshop CS5 under Parallels on an iMac one year old and both having the latest OS. I use a NIK plugin "VIVEZA" which run fine for years without a problem. Latelt and without a reason, the NIK plugin has gone corrupt, (can not use it more the 2 corrections after a get a black background message that there is not enough memory) and the system stops running and a must restart is required. How do I fix this terrible problem?
If it requires a Photoshop CS5 re-install, (I belief that it may fix the problem) and re-install the two third party plugins (NIK Viveza) and (Onone Perfect Resize) how and where do I get to the proper Adobe upload page to do that.
I have tried to fix this problem by changing the memory allocations, I have spend many hours on it and are very disgusted with it but it needs to be fixed. The current memory settings are;
Ram available = 1588 MB
Range = 873 -1143 MB
Recommended Photoshop usage range = 857 however I have tried every setting to max and in between. Nothing works. Current setting = 1588 (max)
The Photoshop I use is registered, I have product # and order # .

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