[BUG] Luminar 3.1.2 + NIK Collection 2 Essential [NOT WORKING]
Mohave 10.14.5
Luminar v3.1.2
NIK Collection 2 Essentials
Just updated Luminar to v3.1.2 and it didn't acknowledge my NIK Collection in the plugin section. Dug around and found a thread about extracting package contents to grab the plugin files for each NIK application and found out there are extra steps in doing that with the most recent NIK Collection, which uses .pkg files instead of .tgz files. Once extracted I placed them into a folder for Luminar.
When editing a photo and trying to use a Nik Collection plugin, I just get a white layer added and nothing else happens.
What's going on here?
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Hi Brad,
Thanks for contacting us.
Please try reinstalling the Nik Collection and check whether it becomes available to you under Edit > Plugins.
If the plugins do not appear there, please try the following:
- Download the folder with plugin files here, unzip the folder and save it somewhere where you can easily find it.
- In Luminar 3, click Edit > Plugins > Other > Open Plugin > point Luminar to the .plugin file in the folder you just copied in step 1.
- Repeat the process with each .plugin file.
Let me know if there is anything else I can help you with.
Cheers!
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Hi Angela, I followed your instructions and still was unable to get it working. What worked, was using the provided zipped plugins and using CleanMyMac to completely reset the Luminar App to new install status. Then it worked, mostly.
1) HDR Efex Pro 2 doesn't work, it opens but no image is transmitted to the app. Am I doing something wrong?
2) Viveza 2 - Image transmitted from Luminar is extremely flat. Any image adjustments made in Viveza 2, when saved back to Luminar is extremely amplified and blown out.
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Hi Brad,
Glad to hear that my instructions helped on at least one of your two Macs. With regard to HDR Efex Pro and Viveza, please reach out to www.skylum.com/support so our techs can investigate and resolve these issues. They can also help figure out why the other plugins aren't working with your Mac Pro. Thanks in advance!
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Hello, I am pointing the latest v of Luminar 3 to the SilverEfex plugin. The result is a white photo. I have not tried any other NIK plugins. This is the original Google Plugin. I just updated to 3.1.2 today. This process did not work in the last version of Luminar 3 either. I have tried all the options listed.
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I am not interested in BUYING or TRYING DXO NIK. I've read the issues that others are having. If I am not able to have Luminar 3 latest version open the Silver Efex Pro 2 plugin, I don't wish to add more into the pie. I updated L3 today, because I read that it will now work with NIK Plugins. Is this only with the DXO versions, rather than the Google versions? Thank you
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I am wondering if I am storing the plugin folder in the wrong location for Luminar to access properly. I can't seem to find out the ideal folder path/structure that Luminar 3 uses on the Mac. I see things a bit scattered about. And in Library, Application Support, things are listed under MacPhun Software.
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In the MAC Finder, there is this Group Containers, and within Group Containers, there is a CUSTOM folder, with yet more of the LOOKS. Should I be putting the Plugin Folders in the Group Containers or leave them in the Applications? I'm kind of confused about the whole Luminar structure and I may be at fault for putting additions in places they should not be?
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I was able to get the Google NIK Collection working with Luminar 2018 and Luminar 3. I uninstalled both programs. I went into Lightroom and removed all connections from there also and uninstalled Skylum products as plugins. I then used App Cleaner and removed all references to Skylum products.
I then created a NEW FOLDER in the APPLICATIONS, called PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS.
I then used the Installer with Google NIK, and clicked on the + sign while installing, and pointed the installer to the newly created PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS folder in the APPLICATIONS.
I then told the installer to install NIK to that folder.
Then I downloaded my programs again from Skylum.
I installed Luminar 2018.
I opened up an image inside Luminar 2018, and went up to Plugins, other and pointed it to the NEW PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS folder, then kept drilling down until the actual .plugin was located and clicked.
I did the same process for Luminar 3.
Now when I open these programs, and go to plugins, the NIK plugins show up and work fine.
I hope this helps someone here who has experienced the same frustrations.
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