Affinity photo plugins
There is much more but like above, I really have had to force myself to spend a huge amount of time to learning its quirks to do much with it. Then there are the things that simply do not work, like the search field in the Add Filter window or that the Crop Tool is unavailable when the app is called as a plugin from AP, or that in the startup screen Recent Photos section the right-click Show in Finder switches to the Finder but does not open a Finder window where that photo is stored. For example, once you find where it is hiding in the UI it is easy enough to use the AI Quick Mask tool to mask part of an image, but like several other tools you would not even know it exists without referring to the manual or just clicking on each of the tool icons on the left & then hovering the pointer over each of the icons along the top of the window (sort of an overly complicated version of the Affinity context toolbar). Several of the other various AI-powered masking features are not exactly straightforward or intuitive to use. Another is that when opened for the first time, the Layers item on the left where one adds or modifies layers is collapsed & there is no indication at all that it can be clicked on to reveal those options. Selecting parts of an image with it are usually straightforward enough but without watching a video or reading through the huge manual, it is far from obvious that to do anything with the selection you have to right-click to pop up the adjustment & filter selection menu. At this step, just select this folder on your computer.I'm not sure why you mentioned using ON 1 for years or a DAM/RAW editor but here we are talking specifically about the UI of the ON 1 Effects 2023 product & its several AI powered features, both as a standalone app & with AP as a plugin.Īmong the things I found counter-intuitive with it are how the AI-powered "Super" select tool works. We suggest creating an empty folder beforehand. During the “Compatible Host” step, click on + to create a custom plugins folder in your preferred directory (use the combination shift+Cmd+n if necessary), then click Open.To log in to your Customer Account directly from this article, please click on this link. To install Nik Collection’s latest version you have licensed, the download can always be found in your customer account. To see the compatibility tables with operating systems and third-party software directly from this article, please click on this link.
Please check the compatibility chart before installation, and make sure you have installed either the latest version of Nik Collection 4 or any version of Nik Collection 5, and Affinity Photo (1.10.3 or later) if you are using Apple M1 processors. If you have older Topaz plugins, then they work just like any other Affinity plugin. So, first you download and install Studio, then download an install the plugins. Sounds complicated, but it seems to work well. To view the user guide directly from this article, please click on this link, and select the language of the software concerned. This installs as a free plugin to Affinity, and the newer Topaz plugins are then installed as sub-plugins to Topaz Studio. Using Affinity Photo and the Nik Collection together requires a special installation procedure which is described in the user manual. This information applies to version(s): 4, 5 This information applies to version(s): 6įor users of Nik Collection 6, the plugins will be automatically installed in the correct folder of compatible versions of Affinity Photo.