So it is a big stretch when they say the Nik collection now uses U point technology on raw files. Their argument about being able to use the Nik collection on raw files is based on the fact that they are including Photolab Essential as part of the Nik collection now, and Photolab, of course, has local adjustments based on U point technology.
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But, it rightly belongs in the Export to Application drop down. I guess they installed s separate button because they are marketing Photolab to be used with the Nik Collection and wanted to make it easy and obvious for new users. In which case it actually does not do any non-destructive editing on RAWs as the advert leads one to believe.Įxactly correct. So, what you are saying, if I have this right, is that all that NIK button does is separate out a special “Export to Application” button instead of burying it in the Export to Application drop down menu. You can get the 32/64-bit, FR/EN versions there : You can also use my Clipname utility to do that. No problem, Filemenu Tools also has a command for copying the path of a file.
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Typing the full path of the image is also cumbersome. The plugin will be launched.and your image will be loaded. You just have to right-click the exe file, provide the parameter list (that is, in that case, the image path surrounded with quotes). For example, the Filemenu Tools provide a context menu command named “ Run with parameters”.
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But there are a lot of utilities that can make this process easier. Of course, doing this from the command line is rather awkward. Silver Efex Pro 2.exe “D:\My Images\MyImage.tif” (quotes are needed when the filepath contains spaces) You just need to launch the exe file, passing it the image filepath on the command line : You don’t even need any host to use the Nik plugins. Yes, you do not need to have Lightroom installed to run NIK collection.