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NIK plugins are not working in LR 4

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March 6, 2012
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I have been using the BETA version for some time and I did not see this problem until I installed the released version of LR 4

The problem is that I cannot edit the images using my plugis from NIK software. ( I bought the complete collection about 3 months ago)

In the Beta version it was still OK.

Only the export plugin works (HDR from nik)

Also when I try to install the plugin again it only shows that it is compatible with LR3.

I just bought LR4 (since it worked in the BETA version)

Hope they will fix this soon. I also sent a message to NIK software.

anyone else has seen this problem

regards

Andre

I use MAC OS-X 10.7.3

NIK plugins are the latest versions available.

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Correct answer 7thsojourn

Nik software is not produced by Adobe so they have no control how it interacts with Lightroom, surely its a job for Nik to ensure that their plugin is kept up to date?

You're right about that. Regardless, at least Adobe has a fix now. The LR-4.1 upgrade was easy to install and has fixed the problem once and for all - I hope.

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Caton88

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I had the same problem with Nik and Topaz--got error message when I tried Edit In in Lightroom 4. I installed the latest updates from Nik (3/6/12) and Topaz. Problem did not go away. I installed the trial version of Photoshop Elements, and the problem is solved. I did not even have to open PE.

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justme06

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Greetings,

Unofficial Registry patch removal (for windows Vista/Win7 32 and 64 bit users)

With the official patch looking like it is comming out soon (RC is apperently out at http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom4-1/), those who have tried the unofficial registry patch can safely remove it to make know whether or not the official patch works for them.

There are a few ways to remove it but here is what I feel is the safest and most fail proof way.

1) Open Notepad

2) Copy and past everything between the ******'s (not including the *****'s) into Notepad

*****************************************************

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Photoshop.exe]

****************************************************

3) Now go File--> Save As

4) In "File Type" Select "All Files"

5) Name it "RemovePhotoshop.reg" and save it to the desktop or another place where you can remember where it is.

6) Close notepad and double-click the file you just made

7) When it both asks if you trust the source (you made it) and after when it says it will "add" the information to the registry click "yes" (it will actualy remove the key not add it).

Reinstalling the Unofficial Patch - if needed (for windows Vista/Win7 32 and 64 bit users)

If the Official Patch does not work for you (remember it is still in RC stage - just a bit above Beta) the unofficial patch can be put in place again by the following instructions (almost the same as above) - True it is a few pages back but hopefully this makes it easier to find

1) Open Notepad

2) Copy and past everything between the ******'s (not including the *****'s) into Notepad

*****************************************************

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Photoshop.exe]

"Path"="C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Adobe Photoshop CS5\\"

@="C:\\Program Files\\Adobe\\Adobe Photoshop CS5\\Photoshop.exe"

****************************************************

3) Now go File--> Save As

4) In "File Type" Select "All Files"

5) Name it "LightroomPhotoshopPatch.reg" and save it to the desktop or another place where you can remember where it is.

6) Close notepad and double-click the file you just made

7) When it both asks if you trust the source (you made it) and after when it says it will "add" the information to the registry click "yes"

Hope the official patch works well for all and hope this was helpful. Thanks for all the other users (like Beat) that helped out

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Srwoolc

Participant

Justme06 --

Thanks for this! Both the install and uninstall worked great for me, and kept me from having to install PS or PSE or anything else!

Well done!

MikeKPhoto

Known Participant

I my previous post I mentioned falling back to LR 3.6; this has restored my workflow and back in business. But I have to say I am really peeved; as I have put in a lot of time and effort in converting catalogs, trouble shooting, trying to find out why some of the basics do not work as advertised. The big peeve is I paid for this upgrade and Adobe is using my hard earned money - yet I cannot use the product as advertised; something is not right here.

While I know this is not an Adobe support site, I know that Adobe does look through these posts and sometimes, usually at the engineer level post comments; but would be nice to hear from Adobe what their customer support plan is for this release and when we can expect a product that is equal to, or better than the public beta.

While I understand that there will always be bugs in software there are some that should never have made it out the door. </rant>

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7thsojourn

Participating Frequently

Mike: more good points. My point to the folks who keep saying we have to press on and use the workarounds (which, by the way, don't work for everyone), is that in the end, the bottom line is that's it's the principle of the thing; we've paid for something that we're not totally able to use. As far as features are concerned, does anyone know if the released version of LR-4 offers that much more than the Beta version?

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Recon_Marine

Participant

OK, I am not sure if people are still watching this...

My issue was LR4 was not giving me an OPTION of sending the file to PS with the edits intact. When I would click on edit in PS, it would not bring up the secondary option box; it just sent the original image to PS CS5.5 without any edits.
I installed ACR 6.7, and now the optional box to send the file to PS with or without edits comes up and it sends the right file to PS CS5.5

Hope this helps.

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shopaholicann

Participant

Can anyone tell me where to look to find out why I don't have the individual Chanel controls inTone Curve in LR4 ? - (as well as not being able to use any of my plugins!)

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Atta Dostum

Participant

So on my clean install of Lion, with no PS or its ilk present , the 'Edit with' function was not working with NIK plugins or AlienSkin's Exposure 4.

Having installed the Beta for PS CS6, everything works fine.

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grosmi18

Participant

Well, here Mac Book Air; Lion 10 7 3; Silver Effect Pro 2 latest release, and even after installing Element10 yesterday, no joy, still nothing happens...

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Obifronz

Participating Frequently

Hi guys,

I've just closed a chat with an Adobe technician...

He told me that the fix for the "edit in" problem will be present in the first update of LR4

I think that it will resolve the problem in Win 7 64bit and Mac.

Hope this fix will come very soon....

Lorenzo

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ymc_226

Participant

lfranzoni wrote:
Hi guys,
I've just closed a chat with an Adobe technician...
He told me that the fix for the "edit in" problem will be present in the first update of LR4
I think that it will resolve the problem in Win 7 64bit and Mac.
Hope this fix will come very soon....
Lorenzo

That's too bad they aren't going to release a quick patch. I think more than a few of us do use external editors to PP our photos rather than depend soley on LR.

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mwyvr

Participating Frequently

Installing Elements 10 on my Mac did not resolve the problem. Guess I'll install the full CS suite next, demo mode, as a workaround. Fingers crossed...

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Anonymous

just to let ya know, in my case I installed Elements 10 on my pc and the problem is corrected. I have enough HD space to accomaodate it with out worry

BKKDon

Inspiring

Yes I also installed LR4 and my NIK filters in a clean install on my backup laptop which is a Win 64 Dual Core machine with 500gb hard drive and none of the filters worked from LR4 until I installed (not started) a copy of PSE 10.

Definatly a bug ...

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Christian_A_M_

Participant

Adobe writes in the support pages that LR 4 looks for a com.adobe.photoshop.plist on a Mac user's library folder. And indeed installing a CS 5.x trial will let all plugins work. So instead installing CS 5 with the unwanted Adobe Installer Akamai something stuff I would like to find out whether it is possible to simply create the requested file.

Anyone here with a CS5 trial on a Mac who can copy the contents of the .plist file?

Pls. no versions with a serial number since there might be a hint to it in the .plist file.

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AndrehilkensAuthor

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Hi Christian

I have installed the trial version of CS5 on my MAC 10.7.3 and indeed the NIK plugins work in LR4.

Then I saved the plist file that was created to the desktop (copy) so I had an additional copy.

Then I removed the CS5 trial version trhoug the un-installer.

After the un-istall the plist file was still in tehe library so I thought this is good.

Then I started LR4 but the plugins did not work anymore. So this means there is more required then just this plist file I guess, unless I did something wrong.

regard

Andre

PS. This is the text inside the plist file.

File is called - com.adobe.Lightroom4.plist

bplist00” _ uiLanguageKey CS5.1_ "NSDisabledCharacterPaletteMenuItem_ oldPaletteFontTypeKey CS5.1Uen_GB

%Jhno q