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Nik Collection not working in new 2023 version

New Here ,
Oct 23, 2022 Oct 23, 2022

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My Nik Collection is not working in Photoshop 24.0   It loads when installs , however after making changes to photo, when I return to Photoshop, the changes do not occur. 

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Community Beginner , Jul 13, 2023 Jul 13, 2023

I finally upgraded my mac so I can run PS 2023 - in doing so, I purchased the most recent NIK plug-ins (they've been part of my workflow since they were free with google).  with the new computer, new compatible PS software, I figured why not, and purchased the newest NIK plugins... and I'm glad I did.  The plugins connected right to photoshop automatically and are under the "filters" menu.   It's a little different, but many of the same tools and presets and new ones as well.  My images have nev

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Community Beginner , Dec 11, 2023 Dec 11, 2023

I wonder where it is on Mac. I tried getting that free and original Nik Collection under Application/Photoshop/Plugin but it doesn't work on my new computer. My order computer has that and it doesn't work...

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 25, 2022 Oct 25, 2022

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I have exactly the same problem. Is there somebody who could help us?

 

 

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 26, 2022 Oct 26, 2022

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In Photoshop 2023 Help/System info I found this reason:

 

Plugins that failed to load:

 

   Analog Efex Pro 2 NO VERSION -  - from the file “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2023\Plug-ins\Nik Collection\Analog Efex Pro 2\Analog Efex Pro 2.8bf”

   BackgroundFilter NO VERSION -  - from the file “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2023\Plug-ins\Nik Collection\Dfine 2\Background.8bf”

   Color Efex Pro 4 NO VERSION -  - from the file “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2023\Plug-ins\Nik Collection\Color Efex Pro 4\Color Efex Pro 4.8bf”

   Dfine 2 NO VERSION -  - from the file “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2023\Plug-ins\Nik Collection\Dfine 2\Dfine2.8bf”

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Engaged ,
Oct 26, 2022 Oct 26, 2022

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@miroq 

I have the original Nik collection from Google also and have used it in all the different Photoshop versions. I find that if I placed the plug-ins in this directory - 

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC (Windows OS) they work.

A while ago, Adobe had advertised that PS Plug-Ins should now be stored in:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC and that's where all my Plug-Ins are. I've never had any dramas with any plug-ins when I install new Photoshop versions

So, try can copy your Google/Nik folder from C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2023\Plug-ins\Nik Collection\ to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC and see if that makes a difference.

 

 

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 01, 2022 Nov 01, 2022

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So, try can copy your Google/Nik folder from C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2023\Plug-ins\Nik Collection\ to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC and see if that makes a difference.


Its help, thank you!

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New Here ,
Mar 08, 2023 Mar 08, 2023

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Huge thanks for the solution!

Adobe Cloud erased my previous instalation that was working properly, installed in the Plugins directory. I'll set it to never erase previous instalations so it doesn't make Nik 2 disappear again.

Tried the DoX version but it's worse than the Google freebie and they dropped Silver Efex so I uninstalled after the demo and never bothered again with them.

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New Here ,
Nov 16, 2022 Nov 16, 2022

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That fixed it. Thank you so much!

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Nov 26, 2022 Nov 26, 2022

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Very thanks, you help me a lot.

 

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 11, 2023 Dec 11, 2023

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I wonder where it is on Mac. I tried getting that free and original Nik Collection under Application/Photoshop/Plugin but it doesn't work on my new computer. My order computer has that and it doesn't work...

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New Here ,
Apr 20, 2023 Apr 20, 2023

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That is such a big help!  Thank you!

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New Here ,
May 04, 2023 May 04, 2023

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Thanks. It seems to have worked for me. 

 

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 26, 2022 Oct 26, 2022

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Me too. Need some help here.

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 27, 2022 Oct 27, 2022

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still wont work. i get transferred to PSCC 2023 and the change does not take effect, no layer appears to adjust opacity.  

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Oct 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2022

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I'm experiencing the same issue as others here. Has anyone come up with a solution yet?

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 03, 2022 Nov 03, 2022

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Ok, probably i figured out how to do, thats gone work. So...   I instaled again Photoshop 2022, reinstaled google nik collection (nikcollection-full-1.2.11). When instalation of nik collection starts he finds only Adobe Bridge, click + mark and choose location to your main PS2022 folder. 

Its gone install here: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2023\Plug-ins\Google

Now copy folder "Google" from Plug-ins folder and place him in same folder but in PS2023. 

 

Now when PS23 starts, google dialogbox start as well. when using VIVEZA, he creates new layer. It looks thats everything works fine. 

Im using win10 if its change anything

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 03, 2022 Nov 03, 2022

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small issue:

 

Its gone install here: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2022\Plug-ins\Google

Now copy folder "Google" from Plug-ins folder and place him in same folder but in PS2023.

 

 

Copy folder google from PS2022 to ps2023

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Explorer ,
May 02, 2023 May 02, 2023

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This worked fine for me and with Nik's original Collection Version 1.2.11 into Photoshop 24.0

 

When the installation of Nik collection starts, it finds only Adobe Bridge, click on the + mark sign and choose the location main folder.
Which is in C: Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2023\Plug-ins folder.

Click Ok, and then Google Nik Collection creates a folder, which will install into the Adobe Photoshop 2023\Plug-ins folder.

This worked for me and showed up on the filter panel in Photoshop, with no problems at all.

 

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New Here ,
Dec 08, 2022 Dec 08, 2022

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I'm on Mac Montery PS 24 and the Google Filters opens, but crashes PS when the filter is applied (Silver Effects).  Anyone else? To address some other people's problems: I've had the filter act like it was working and then failing to produce the usual new layer. A work around is to then apply the filter again from PS last filter in the drop down. This applies the filter effect to the original without the layer. Any help on the full PS crash appreciated.

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New Here ,
Feb 20, 2023 Feb 20, 2023

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I can't even get my NIK collection plug-ins to merge anymore on Mac, what is happening?

I can see the above troubleshooting on Windows machines but with Macs, it's just awful. 

How did you get yours to merge because this is completely unusable?

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Community Expert ,
Feb 20, 2023 Feb 20, 2023

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Which version of the Nik Collection do you use?

 

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 10 Pro 22H2 -- LR-Classic 13.2 - Photoshop 25.5 - Nik Collection 6.8 - Topaz Photo AI 2

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New Here ,
Feb 20, 2023 Feb 20, 2023

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I use macOS Ventura 

Intel I7 and Intel HD graphics, thankfully this wasn't the problem, I've managed to now fix it. 
I've always had to drag and drop my files every year but this year with PS23 there wasn't a physical folder to drag and drop but the good news I right clicked and found there is a 'show package contents' on the application and inside that I was able to drag and drop the NIK collection plus-ins and it is now working as it should. :party_popper:

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New Here ,
Apr 19, 2023 Apr 19, 2023

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Hey .. Can you post the detailed steps for macOS Ventura?  I am having the same problem .... What files did you copy from the package contents and what was their destination ?

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New Here ,
Apr 23, 2023 Apr 23, 2023

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Same here, I see the package contents but don't know anymore. Can you go into further detail?

 

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Explorer ,
Mar 24, 2023 Mar 24, 2023

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it seems that Silver FX pro 2 doesn't work at all

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Community Expert ,
Mar 24, 2023 Mar 24, 2023

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Hi @rodrigounda, which version of the Nik Collection are you using? It's working fine for me (Windows 10, Photoshop 24.3 Release). When you say it doesn't work at all, is it grayed out on your menu? Is it crashing before or on trying to launch? Do all the other filters work normally? Does this happen with any image you try with the filters? Did you check the Image > Mode of the file? If it worked fine on the previous release, you may need to revert until you can figure out what's happening. Any more details you can provide will be good to know to see if we can help.

 

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