Nik Collection 4 Release Notes

1 Nik Collection 4 Release Notes Versio n 4 . System requirements M acOS Intel Core i5 or higher 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended) 4 GB or more of available hard-disk space (Mojave), (Catalina), 11 (Big Sur), 12 (Monterey) Adobe photoshop CC 2020 through 2022 Adobe photoshop Elements 2020 through 2022 (apart from Nik HDR Efex, which is not compatible with photoshop Elements) Adobe photoshop lightroom Classic 2019 through Classic CC 2022 DxO PhotoLab 4 and later Serif Affinity and later (apart from Nik Perspective Efex, which is not compatible with Affinity) M icro so ft Windo ws Intel Core 2 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 or higher (Intel Core i5 or higher recommended) 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended) 4 GB or more of available hard-disk space Microsoft Windows (64-bit), Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit, and still supported by Microsoft ) or Microsoft Windows 11.

2 Microsoft Surface is not supported Adobe photoshop CC 2020 through 2022 Adobe photoshop Elements 2020 through 2022 (apart from Nik HDR Efex, which is not compatible with photoshop Elements) Adobe photoshop lightroom Classic 2019 through Classic CC 2022 DxO PhotoLab 4 and later Serif Affinity and later (apart from Nik Perspective Efex, which is not compatible with Affinity) Requirements to support HiDPI monitors: o Microsoft Windows and later o Adobe photoshop CC 2020 through 2022 (if launched from Adobe photoshop ) GP U Co m patibility Starting from: NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series, ATI Radeon HD2000 Series, and Intel HD Graphics 2000 Series.

3 If no compatible card is available, GPU acceleration will be disabled, and the CPU will be used. New in Nik Collection Bug Fixes Saved image pixelized if changes are saved from Silver Efex or Viveza to DxO PhotoLab or Adobe lightroom Classic New in Nik Collection Bug Fixes Remember Preset selection and expand/collapse state in the left panel for Silver Efex and Viveza On Mac, Nik installed in both custom and default folders simultaneously may lead to improper plugin operation Meta-data lost if several images modified in Nik Collection throughout a single session Selective Tool position not restored to default after installation Effect in Adobe photoshop applied twice by an Adobe photoshop action that contains a Color Efex or Analog Efex effect Only Silver Efex and Viveza correctly inherit the installation language.

4 All plugins should inherit the same language during installation. Effect not applied in Silver Efex and Viveza if they are launched from Selective Tool when user name and/or temp folder path contain non-ASCII characters Perspective Efex opens twice when launched from Selective Tool in Adobe photoshop On Mac, popup appears on the Nik Collection window background after deleting several Control Points or after attempting to update a preset Perspective Efex does not launch in Adobe photoshop and Adobe photoshop Elements when installed in a folder with special characters Mouse pointer very small when hovering over Control Points on high resolution monitors Nik Collection plugins do not launch from Adobe photoshop , Adobe lightroom Classic.

5 Or Affinity if installed in a folder with special characters Perspective Efex cannot be launched in Adobe photoshop running natively on M1 Silver Efex crashes after moving Dynamic Brightness slider for TIFF converted from RAW in DxO PhotoLab Some sliders create abnormal artifacts on TIFF in Silver Efex if TIFF images are created in DxO PhotoLab Nik Collection plugins remain in process long after they are closed Silver Efex crashes when applying presets New in Nik Collection Bug Fixes Nik Collection plugins freeze when applying a filter or a preset during image loading In Adobe photoshop , Nik Collection plugin layers not named correctly when launched from the filter menu (Partial fix) Effects are not applied in Adobe photoshop when they are saved from Nik Collection plugins New in Nik Collection Bug Fixes The last brush pattern erased from the image after applying it in photoshop 2022 DxO Photolab version is detected as DxO Photolab 1 in the plug-in's footer SVG icons do not appear in Nik Viveza and Nik Silver Efex for some users New in Nik Collection Bug Fixes Nik Collection removed from DxO Photolab after installation (3rd party applications remove Nik Collection keys from registry) NOTE.

6 To benefit from the fix, use DxO Photolab or higher Nik Sharpener Output, Nik RAW Presharpener stop working on Mac Monterey There is no footer with Cancel and Apply buttons in Affinity Installer does not detect photoshop Elements 2022 Control Point effect disappears from Nik Viveza or Nik Silver Efex after enabling and disabling highlights in the Histogram Nik Viveza and Nik Silver Efex have no full screen when maximizing window on Mac Some Custom presets in Nik Silver Efex have a colorful thumbnail preview Some Custom presets in Nik Silver Efex do not display as Favorites after upgrade from Nik Collection 3 to Nik Collection 4 New in Nik Collection Improvements 31 New

7 Presets and Meta-Presets: o 4 new presets are available in Nik Viveza o 4 new presets are available in Nik Color Efex o 5 new presets are available in Nik HDR Efex o 6 new presets are available in Nik Analog Efex o 6 new presets are available in Nik Silver Efex o 6 new Meta-Presets are available in the Nik Selective Tool in Adobe photoshop Nik Collection 4 by DxO is now compatible with: o macOS 12 Monterey o Windows 11 o Adobe lightroom Classic 2022 o Adobe photoshop 2022 o Adobe photoshop Elements 2022 (apart from Nik HDR Efex, which is not compatible with Adobe photoshop Elements) New in Nik Collection Improvements Nik Collection is compatible with Adobe photoshop running natively on Apple M1 devices Performance improvements for Nik Silver Efex U Point technology resulting in more responsive Control Points and adjustments Nik Viveza and Nik Silver Efex effects are applied to the images when launched from the latest version of CaptureOne Nik Perspective Efex supports Chinese Simplified language Bug Fixes Metadata are lost when a user edits an image with Nik Color Efex, Nik Analog Efex, Nik HDR Efex.

8 Nik Dfine and Nik Sharpener plugins The "Check for update" popup hides behind the interface of Nik Color Efex, Nik Analog Efex, Nik HDR Efex, Nik Dfine and Nik Sharpener, blocking Adobe photoshop Nik Viveza and Nik Silver Efex block Adobe photoshop when launched from Filter menu while editing a Smart Object layer on macOS Nik Viveza and Nik Silver Efex interfaces overlap the Color Picker window on macOS Nik Viveza and Nik Silver Efex do not start on macOS 11 BigSur when installed for the first time on a Macbook (Intel) device Control Point is deleted when user is using Delete or Backspace button in textfields (rename Control Point, Presets, ) Compare view (before/after) is toggled when user presses "P" hotkey while typing in textfields (rename Control Point, Presets, ) Nik Collection sometimes makes Adobe photoshop crash on Adobe photoshop launch New in Nik Collection Improvements User interface optimization for Nik Collection including.

9 O Launch time optimization for Nik Perspective Efex on Mac machines o Performance improvement for Nik Viveza and Nik Silver Efex when histogram and/or loupe are not visible New hotkeys for Nik Viveza and Nik Silver Efex: o Spacebar : Switch between current zoom factor and zoom to fit mode o Ctrl\Cmd + : Zoom in o Ctrl\Cmd - : Zoom out o P : Compare before\after o F : Maximize\Minimize plugin window o Ctrl\Cmd+Shift+A : Add Control Point o Fn+Delete or Backspace : Delete Control Point on Mac o Ctrl\cmd+drag the Control Point : Show the Control Point mask Bug Fixes Adobe photoshop window overlapping Nik Viveza or Nik Silver Efex window Incorrect Selective Tool scaling on laptops with HiDPI screens and large scaling Nik Collection effect not applied after saving in Adobe photoshop when plugin is launched from filter menu for some configurations Impossible to add presets with dots in the name to favorites New in Nik Collection Improvements Engine optimization for Nik Viveza and Nik Silver Efex including.

10 O Overall responsiveness of the interface and option to preview the effects applied to the image o Significant improvement to U Point technology resulting in more responsive Control Points and adjustments o Better support for very high-resolution images Bug Fixes Nik Viveza issue showing different results for Structure on the preview and the final image is fixed Error occurring when trying to save an image when system username has non-latin characters is fixed Nik Silver Efex issue saving black images after the application of ClearView is fixed Installer issue making it impossible to check the first checkbox to install the software is fixed Other 30 days trial period is reset New in Nik Collection Bug fixes Installation not starting when system language is set to certain languages is fixed Nik Viveza and Nik Silver Efex not launching when username contains non latin characters is fixed Nik Viveza and Nik Silver Efex not launching from Adobe photoshop and displaying Could not complete the [Application Name] command because the disk is full.