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MV32
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November 6, 2019

P: Plug-ins not found

  • November 6, 2019
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Photoshop 2020 is not finding plugins. I have moved them to the new folder as I’ve always done, but this time neither Topaz or Nik is recognised. I’ve tried it on my other computer and it’s the same.

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    J453
    Legend
    November 5, 2020

    There are two issues at play on this thread.

    1) If you're on macOS Catalina, plug-ins need to be signed or quarantined.

    2) Plug-ins need to be located in the Shared Creative Cloud plug-in location for multiple version of Photoshop to see and load the plug-ins.

    Old plug-ins were installed at a Photoshop version specific location. Most vendors have updated their installer in to install them at the Shared Creative Cloud plug-in location.

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    Jimmie Campbell
    Participant
    October 21, 2020

    P.S. NIK is the old version and Topaz is a mix of old and new. They all work by coping them to the CC folder mentioned above. They do not work when copied to the default plugins folder.

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    Jimmie Campbell
    Participant
    October 20, 2020

    @JeffreyTranberry 

    I copied into to the shared CC folder mentioned above and it worked. Nik, Pixel Genius, Topaz labs and Neat image. Windows 10. They all work as before. Bravo!

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    p52cox1
    Participant
    January 11, 2020

    Please bear with me on this, but I may have found another piece of the NIK not working in CC2020 puzzle. I upgraded to 2020 recently on my windows desktop, on which i have migrated NIK to successive Photoshop iterations since 2012. 2020 successfully found  NIk and it works fine on the dsktop. However, on a new laptop, with no history of NIK or Photoshop upgrades, 2020 couldnt' find NIK, not even if I pasted the Google/NIK files to the 2020 Plugins file folder. I found my old original NIK exe file and installed it on my new laptop, and NIK works fine. Here is what the NIK software installed which didn't exist before i tried transfering the exe file

    C/ProgramFiles/Google/Analog Efex, Color Efex etc etc . So i'm no programmer, but i surmise 2020 is looking for this Google folder under programs before it can launch the NIK collection since the filter files are all under Plugins/GOOGLE/etc etc Would love feedback on this thanks
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    p52cox1
    Participant
    January 11, 2020
    My own experience: updated latest version of Photoshop 2020 on my desktop, which has several years of older version saved, and the old NIK collection auto transferred just fine. Files are in the above referenced Plugins>google file. However, a brand new install on a new laptop wont recognize the Nik software in PS filters as usual in my desktop. Thinking there is an issue with migrating as OK, but new installation not OK
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    November 30, 2019
    Hi all, it seems that the Nvidia texture toolset is not working ether in 2020. Gonna see if I can revert to 2019 in the meantime

    EDIT: Reverting to 20.0.7 solved the issue temporarly. Just to let u fellas know. 
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    November 11, 2019


    PS CC 2020 did not find my Bokeh 2.0 Plug-in.
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    maryh19600613
    Inspiring
    November 9, 2019
    That is the only way it will work for me as well.
    Chasa:Imago
    Chasa:Imago
    Participating Frequently
    November 7, 2019
    FYI:

    I had the same issue with the installer from the original Google NIK plugins.
    I doesn't recognize Adobe PS 2020 as a valid application anymore.

    But, don't worry, it's simpel to resolve:
    Just select C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2020\Plug-ins as the plugin directory, and everything works just fine, after a reinstall with the NIK installer.
    I'm using the (old) nikcollection-full-1.2.11 installer. Works fine with PS 2020!
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