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Zenon

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PS CC (latest) and Classic 7.3 (soon to be 7.31). I have downloaded that from Google and the DXO website. Both times all PS does is crash and LR only opens a TIFF. Is there an explanation? I searched the web and there are suggestions about font duplicates and a few others I did bother with.
 
Can you explain your post- is there a question in there?
I have the full install of Nik (as downloaded from Google)
Both Silver Efex and Color Efex continue to work perfectly with Lightroom-Classic v7.3.1 and I tested Photoshop-2018 the Nik Viveza still works as a filter no problems.

And what are you referring to with "font duplicates" ?
 
Same message with both downloads and I did complete uninstalls between both downloads. Before asking here I did several searches and there various answers. One was the duplicate Arial fonts where causing the problem. I don't have any duplicates.

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When I open PS I get this floating window (on the right) and I got a different message.

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When I open it in LR I get this window.

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When I click edit Dfine does not open. It just creates a TIFF.

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There are quite a few links to NIK crashing.
 
Given that the previous owner, Google, and the current owner, DxO Labs, have not updated the Nik Collection in years.....do not be surprised about apps crashing on any OS. DxO Labs was supposed to be update the Nik Collection and integrate them into their PhotoLab app this summer. But, DxO Labs is now in receivership in France. So it is hard to guess that that will do to any future releases of Photolab and/or the Nik Collection.
 
Thanks mcasan. I dropping it this morning. Don't care if it is free, not worth the headaches. I was taking a serious look at DXO to work with LR for certain files and then the receivership news came out. I'm not unhappy with LR but after playing around Prime it is pretty good. Thought I'd try a few others.
 
I do not know an answer for you, unless the DXO versions of the NIK programs have been somehow modified to be different to the Google versions.
I had never used the Nik Dfine function before, but I just tested (added it to the LR 'external' list) and it works 'fine' in both Lightroom (7.3.1) and Photoshop-2018.
So I can only conclude that if the 'Google' version of the NIK installer is installed correctly then all modules will work with the 'latest' LR & PS. I do not have any ideas about compatibility with Mac system versions.

First screen-clip of a photo opened from Lightroom Second clip Dfine filter layer in Photoshop.
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Well it may not be the best decision but DXO released this and it went on sale so I purchased Photolab today. If they fold, they fold. I'll deal with it when I get a new camera.

DxO Labs | DxO.com

I don't need Dfine now and I don't really need the collection. If they survive it is supposed to be integrated. LR is still my primary (for now ;)) which I hope to continue to use and I'll just send specific files to DXO when needed.

Thanks everyone.
 
Well it may not be the best decision but DXO released this and it went on sale so I purchased Photolab today. If they fold, they fold. I'll deal with it when I get a new camera.

DxO Labs | DxO.com

I don't need Dfine now and I don't really need the collection. If they survive it is supposed to be integrated. LR is still my primary (for now ;)) which I hope to continue to use and I'll just send specific files to DXO when needed.

Thanks everyone.
Zenon,

If Dx0 folds, then some other company may acquire their products, probably for less than if they had to buy Dx0 as a profitable company. Of course, for the new company, the lesson learned is that they need to go to a subscription model to have an assured cash flow. Clearly Dx0 did not.

Phil
 
C1 offers a subscription version and some speculate that it will drop standalone some day. Subscription LR was supposed to be the death of Adobe. I guess a lot of people didn't realize that they had been doing this for a long time. LR and Elements where the only two left I believe. I think a lot of anger was a result of the people with a patch and parrot on their shoulder.
 
I also looked at Topaz Denoise. They still haven't added the 5D4. Be two years soon.
 
There has been no "they". Google did little to nothing with Nik Collection. DxO Labs bought it a few months ago and have not had time to update it and integrate it into PhotoLab. They had promised that for this summer.
 
There has been no "they". Google did little to nothing with Nik Collection. DxO Labs bought it a few months ago and have not had time to update it and integrate it into PhotoLab. They had promised that for this summer.

Which stgrongly suggests that their planned upgrades are costing them much more than anticipated, OR the software codebase is in worse condition than they had expected. Either way, they had to spend more money for development than expected, all the while not getting any revenue from the promised upgrades.

I've seen this movie before. Many times. And a cautionary tale for anyone counting on one of the recent "challengers" who have promised to deliver a competitive product against Lightroom or Photoshop, at a lower price.
 
The Nik Collection Google turned over to DxO definitely was not updated for Metal 2 routines in High Sierra. There could be incompatibilities with specific Windows versions as well.

DxO may not be in trouble. It could be part of their prescribed process for how to break a company into two new companies. Let's see if Photolab and Nik Collection do arrive by the end of summer.
 
The Nik Collection Google turned over to DxO definitely was not updated for Metal 2 routines in High Sierra. There could be incompatibilities with specific Windows versions as well.

DxO may not be in trouble. It could be part of their prescribed process for how to break a company into two new companies. Let's see if Photolab and Nik Collection do arrive by the end of summer.
I don't know about bankrupcty laws in France, to be clear. However, in the United States, if a company wants to break up, or spin off a part as an independent company, it usually doesn't go through bankruptcy. Of course, a consequence of bankruptcy might be the formation of two new companies. My guess is that Dx0 is putting on a brave face, so that they don't scare of potential customers.

Phil Burton
 
I don't know about bankrupcty laws in France, to be clear. However, in the United States, if a company wants to break up, or spin off a part as an independent company, it usually doesn't go through bankruptcy. Of course, a consequence of bankruptcy might be the formation of two new companies. My guess is that Dx0 is putting on a brave face, so that they don't scare of potential customers.
AFAIK, bankruptcy is not something you can decide to use as a strategic step. It means you can't pay your bills anymore, and you have to prove that. Otherwise it would be an easy way to get rid of soms large bills, and then happily continue like nothing happened. So no, I don't think it's possible that a company uses bankruptcy as a way to split up when it's basically healthy, also not in France.
 
Now I am really regretting upgrading to LR Classic—I luv NIK filters and I bought whole collection yrs ago at high price-some I bought twice by accident. I am currently setting up my first macbook pro laptop and assumed NIK filters would work on MAC Sierra???? Also I am formating desktop to upgrade to windows 10 and LR Classic/PS. I did back up my NIK folders and I have the original CD disc from yrs ago but I hope and pray by upgrading to Adobes latest greatest Classic version-I will not lose NIK??? Will non-DXO version NIK filters work on MAC laptops???? I thought I saw Tony Sweet using them at a workshop recently but may be mistaken—help plz!
 
As far as I recall there were bugs with the none DxO Nik when running in LR Classic on Mac. The DxO version is obviously the way to go as it has a future - Google Nik is pretty much dead in the water and has no support. I use Nik rarely these days but did upgrade to DxO anyway. That said, I believe Google Nik works on Sierra in stand-alone mode. Try it and see.
 
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