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Re-import from Nik HDR Efex Pro 2 causes new collection in LR CC Classic

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November 29, 2018
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Ever since this last update, I have had this problem, which while minor is a real pain in the butt when I want to edit several individual photos exported from Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC Classic. I export the photo (in this case individual photos) as usual using the right-click menu in Lightroom Export to HDR Efex Pro2), then apply my changes in HDR Efex 2, then click save. Now, unlike before where the result went directly to the "All Photographs" collection and immediately viewable in the filmstrip along the bottom of the screen, next to the original photo, it now appears there quickly, but just as quickly a new filmstrip appears as "Collection: November 24, 2018, etc" with just the one file viewable in it. In order to have it displayed in the All Photographs collection, I have to select "All Photographs" and then I can go to the next export, adding a few clicks everytime to my process. Since there is not a batch mode for single files to HDR Efex Pro 2, this adds multiple clicks and a few seconds to every photo that I process in this manner. How can I make this stop and go back to the normal way it worked previously to the update?

Thanks in advance!

Reed in St. Louis.

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mauriceh60936722

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I have two Macs ... laptop has HDR Efex Pro 2 version 5.0.0.0 while iMac version is 5.0.1.61. Both are up-to-date with LR and Mac OS. When doing test images on the laptop (earlier version of the HDR program), it works like it always did returning the HDR image back to the original folder. However, with the iMac (newer version 5.0.1.61) not only does the image come back into its original folder, but also the redundant and unwanted new folder is created as others have reported. For me, it seems an issue of interface between LR and the older vs newer versions of HDR Efex Pro 2 5.0.0.0 vs. 5.0.1.61. Someone has to take responsibility for this and fix it. Right now, it seems as if both Adobe and DxO are pointed fingers at each other and nothing is being done to solve the problem. From what I've seen, we now know why this occurs on some machines and not on others ... depends on what paid version of the program is being run.

krphotogs

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I neglected to post this, but here is the response I received from DXO:

Thank you for writing back. As noted in our previous e-mail, the creation of the additional collections in Lightroom cannot be disable in Lightroom at this time. This is the only information update that we currently have available.

Less than helpful, I know....

barryc32302864

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Hi

I'm experiencing the exact same issue as reported.

I'm running DxO version of the Nik collection with LR version 8.1 both on a MacBook Pro and a new Dell Win 10 pro - both machines are showing the same issue - when importing edited images back in from HDR efex pro, the image comes back along with an unwanted new collection entry.

Quite irritating!

KR Seals

Community Expert

Hi Reed, I see from your screenshot you are on Windows. I ran a test of three images from LR to NIK HDR Pro 2 in the same way you describe and do not get the same results as you. The finished HDR file comes back to the right spot in LR grid view and no collection has been created. I'm using the Google version on NIK, not DXO. I know that is no consolation for you. I do a lot of real estate, too and can appreciate what a headache this would be trying to get the images all processed.

The obvious solutions are to reset the LR preferences or reinstall.

I'm on Win 10 1803, LR CL 8.0.

Ken Seals - Nikon Z 9, Z 8, 14mm-800mm. Computer Win 11 Pro, I7-14700K, 64GB, RTX3070TI. Travel machine: 2021 MacBook Pro M1 MAX 64GB. All Adobe apps.

GoldingD

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Sorry, you missed the point, in the original actual NIK, then the Google zNIK, then the initial DxO NIK, when using HDR Effex, it behaved, when the image got returned to LR, it was where expected. Now in the brand new DxO NIK 2018 HDR Effex, we get to see the image in a unwanted collection.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

davidg36166309 wrote

Sorry, you missed the point, in the original actual NIK, then the Google zNIK, then the initial DxO NIK, when using HDR Effex, it behaved, when the image got returned to LR, it was where expected. Now in the brand new DxO NIK 2018 HDR Effex, we get to see the image in a unwanted collection.

I understand that this is a nuisance, but do consider this: a collection is not a physical storage place, it’s just a list. That means that the image is stored in a folder (presumably the same folder as the original) and you can simply delete this new collection. Deleting the collection will not delete the image. The image should also come up in ‘All Photographs’. It’s not either ‘All Photographs’ or in this new collection, it will be in both.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

Just Shoot Me

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Try importing some images, any images even one image and check the import dialog for either a preset being applied or somehow having is go to a collection. Reset everything back to default and then click the import button.

I just did this and no collection was made when the image returned to LR.

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rrradAuthor

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Where would I check the import dialog? And by resetting everything back to default do you mean set Lightroom back to factory settings?

Just Shoot Me

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You would check all the settings in the import dialog window "In the Import Dialog Window".

Click the Import button and it will come up. Make sure there isn't a Preset being applied or it is set to place newly imported images into a collection. To make a setting stick you have to actually import something, IE Click the Import button in the lower right hand corner.

Please post a screen shot of the full LR window of what you are seeing.

GoldingD

Legend

Actually the proper method to send your images to NIK HDR Effex Pro 2, be it NIK, be it Google NIK, or be it DxO NIK, is to select the images, and click on /File/Export with Preset/HDR Effex Pro 2/

oh, I assume you can do it your way, but then you probably had to create the "edit in" instance, as the NIK installer did not (as it did accomplish for the other NIK Plugins) create that link.

That being said, result initially lands in a collection, but thats just a collection, tie image is in the folder your original images are in.and can be seen in "All Photographs"

I do not know when the makers of NIK made this particular one act that way (placing the image as a member of a catalog). Not a Adobe LR bug.

https://support.dxo.com/hc/en-us/articles/115015327287-Plug-in-does-not-appear-in-Adobe-Lightroom-after-installation

https://support.dxo.com/hc/en-us/articles/115015327247-Image-does-not-appear-in-Lightroom-after-clicking-SAVE-

https://support.dxo.com/hc/en-us/articles/115015371847-Compatibility-and-File-Types

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rrradAuthor

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That method is the same thing for launching HDR Efex Pro 2, just one is off the task menu and from the right-click menu. It would be nice if there were a keyboard shortcut.

I sent this to the DXO Nik Support and they say the problem is not with them, but the way Lightroom treats the files when coming back in from HDR Efex Pro 2. When they are re-imported, a new collection is created, so you have to click the View All Photographs for them to be next to the original like before. And after doing this several times, there are dozens of new Collections stacked up in the Collections menu.

It never did this before the last Lightroom CC Classic update.

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