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LR cannot see NIK collection plugin

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April 18, 2017
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Dear All,

I have tried at least five times to install NIK. The computer tells me that it is installed. I believe it.

But LR cannot see it.

Every time I try to 'Edit in...', the whole downloading process re-starts.

I have followed the advice under Plug-ins do not appear in Lightroom after installing. No change.

I have deleted and re-downloaded NIK several times. No change.

1. If I choose a picture, click on 'picture', then 'edit in', it offers me 'NIK collection', not the list of NIK programs. I choose 'NIK collection', ,and get the 'what to edit' menu. I click on 'edit', and the whole NIK downloading process restarts.

2. If under Edit > Preferences > External editing > Additional external editor, I click on 'choose', then the list varies. I have cut and pasted the full set of NIK items onto this list.

I can no longer find what code I discovered on some help forum, but I put it into 'search programs and files,' and it did give me the full list of NIK items - so they are indeed in the computer, though I do not know where. I copied and pasted them into the 'Additional external editor ' list, but all but one have since disappeared. If I did click on one , or if I now click on the remaining one, then nothing happens.

3. A helpful person on a photography forum suggested I watch you tube tutorials on downloading NIK, and contact the presenters for advice. Firstly, no tutorial has given any indication that I have done anything wrong; and secondly, google will not let me in to the system to contact, comment, or ask a question. So I am stuck - this has taken about two and a half days of my life so far...

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Correct answer Rob_Cullen

If this helps-

When you "Choose" the Nik program that you want to add to preferences in the list of Additional External Editors, you have to dive deeply into the program folders and 'choose' the '.exe' program specifically. (even to selecting the (64-bit) folder )

For example- Nik Silver Efex Pro in my Windows-10 system lives in this folder location-

C:\Program Files\Google\Nik Collection 2015\Nik Collection\Silver Efex Pro 2\Silver Efex Pro 2 (64-Bit)\Silver Efex Pro 2.exe

And Nik Viveza lives here-

C:\Program Files\Google\Nik Collection 2015\Nik Collection\Viveza 2\Viveza 2 (64-Bit)\Viveza 2.exe

Nik HDR Efex is the one exception, as it does install as a Plugin, and is not in the Additional External Editors list.

Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

JoeKostoss has a good point- "In Preferences...."

Presets (including the Plug-in templates) can be found in two places if you have ever used the option to "Store Presets with Catalog"

a) In a sub-folder of the Catalog location.

b) In a sub-folder of the system folders- eg. C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom

If you need to transfer presets from one location to another (a > b or b > a) simply Copy and paste the folder of Presets using the operating system.

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .

R

rilbioAuthor

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THANK YOU to EVERYONE who has replied. I will try out suggestions at the weekend, since I don't have time during the working week. May not be able to reply again and thank you properly because the system didn't like my passowrd, and will not accept my phone number as a password reset code recipient. Technology hates me - though cameras usually do not.

To respond to Jim Hess: LR5; Windows 7.

Many thanks to you ALL for trying to help. I'll know on Sunday whether you've succeedd,and will try to let you know.

Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

I agree with you that the first step seems to be the stumbling block. I never can get as far as the steps indicated in your excellent subsequent screen shots.

LR > Preferences > external editing. So far, so good.

A third of the way down the 'external editing' page: 'additional external editor' bar with arrow at end. Bar reads 'untitled preset'.

Clicking on 'choose' at this stage gives me LR External Editor with the curtailed list I mentioned above, i.e.:

OS(C:) > NIK > Nik collection > viveza 2 in title bar. No .exe.

In the file list below - just viveza (file icon) and viveza (butterfly icon). No .exe

Nothing else.

If I click on .'Nik collection' in the bar, the file list becomes the full list of Nik components, but still without '.exe'.

Clicking on 'open' at the bottom achieves nothing. Writing (it will not copy and paste) e.g. Analog Efex Pro 2 (with or without .exe) gets the response 'file not found'.

If I click on the arrow at the end of the bar in the 'External Editing' window, it gives me a menu as follows:

Untitled preset (ticked)

Save current settings

Restore Defaults

Delete Preset

Rename Preset

So I do not see that there is anything I can delete... no invalid preset links.

Clicking twice on the arow at the end of the preset box does not get me anywhere new.

I think I have tried all the permutations and then some.

I just want to get onto the first rung of your ladder somehow, and find the file list with the .exe suffixes, so I can (I hope) follow your screenshot prompts. The LR external Editor page never splits into two (left / right) the way it is pictured on your screenshots

Let's go one step at a time-

Click on [Choose]

Now post a screen-clip of what you see please.

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .

Rob_Cullen

Correct answer

Community Expert

If this helps-

When you "Choose" the Nik program that you want to add to preferences in the list of Additional External Editors, you have to dive deeply into the program folders and 'choose' the '.exe' program specifically. (even to selecting the (64-bit) folder )

For example- Nik Silver Efex Pro in my Windows-10 system lives in this folder location-

C:\Program Files\Google\Nik Collection 2015\Nik Collection\Silver Efex Pro 2\Silver Efex Pro 2 (64-Bit)\Silver Efex Pro 2.exe

And Nik Viveza lives here-

C:\Program Files\Google\Nik Collection 2015\Nik Collection\Viveza 2\Viveza 2 (64-Bit)\Viveza 2.exe

Nik HDR Efex is the one exception, as it does install as a Plugin, and is not in the Additional External Editors list.

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .

JoeKostoss

Community Expert

This sounds weird, but in the Preferences under the Presets tab, try unchecking "Store presets with this catalog". For me it results in seeing the NIK specific plugins. The one caveat; you may not find some of your presets that you created when this item was checked.

JP Hess

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I don't know what version of Lightroom you are using, and I don't know what operating system you have. I am on Windows 10 and I have Lightroom CC 2015.10. I have the Nik collection installed, carried over from previous updates, and it works fine. You might find it necessary to reinstall the plug-ins even though every indication is that it is already installed.

Sean McCormack

Community Expert

Open Preferences and show the External Editor tab and screen capture it.

It sounds like the installer is being selected, not the plugins.

Sean McCormack. Author of 'Essential Development 3'. Magazine Writer. Former Official Fuji X-Photographer.

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