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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Step 1:
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Step 2:
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