Nik Software and Topaz Plugins are not on PS CC

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Suggest you check with the Nik and Topaz websites.

The FAQ on CC installation says you have to reinstall all your plugins using the installer from Nik and Topaz respectively. I reinstalled my Nik ones and it worked. However Dx0 Filmpack 4 (just released) does not install. I've got a query open with Dx0 about why that is. Not terribly well flagged by Adobe (I found the FAQ off another post) and an irritating experience as a user.

it worked on what.. MAC or PC?

PC

Under Windows 8 (64) I had already installed PS CS6 and NIK filters. Re running the install after installing PS CC would not see the CC PS folder for install. Installing PS CC does not remove PS CS6 so you still have the folders from that install and the application still works. What did work was to copy the plugins/google folder to the CC Plugins folder and CC then sees the NIK plugins and they actually work! I'm sure NIK will need to release a new install soon.

I was also under Windows 8 64 bit. I uninstalled CS6 first, which was possibly a bit rash but that's what I did. Then installed CC, then ran the Nik installer where I had to manually add in the Photoshop CC folder with the "+" dialogue at the beginning of the Nik installer dialogue.

Topaz also does not install.  Shame. Hopefully in the next few days they will all upgrade installers. OnOne,however,worked flawlessly.

Yep doesnt work on Mac for Nik plug ins.

just2 wrote:

 

Topaz also does not install.  Shame. Hopefully in the next few days they will all upgrade installers. OnOne,however,worked flawlessly.

It's ironic because the original filter buZZPro 3, on which the TopazLabs Simplify filter is based, installs and works fine on CC 32bit.

Nik DOES WORK ON A MAC.

Find the Uninstaller/Installer .dmg  I always run an uninstall first. Then I run the install.

As you get to the point where the installer TELLS YOU, err... I mean asks you where it will install Nik, there is no PS CC listed. Hit the plus sign on the bottom which takes you to Applications. Click on the PS CC Folder, whoa... it does not allow you to select CC. However, in the Folder find the folder Plug-Ins>Panel, there you can hit OK. Now you will find aan Adobe Custom thing at the bottom of where The other Application Avatars such as CS6 and LR5 (for example), then run Install.

Open CC and you will find the Nik Products are there and work fine.

The Topaz software is in fact compatible with CC. You will need to exit out of CC and redownload the software from topazlabs.com/downloads. Upon opening PS, the plug-ins should be in the filter menu.

For any of you guys who are having problems with plug-ins not showing up in PhotoshopCC, I figured out a solution - at least for Windows 7 users!

Try running PSCC with the plug-ins installed. You should get nothing.

Now close PSCC and open BridgeCC.

Open an image in Bridge and send it to PSCC.

See if you now have the plug-ins showing.....I do!

Now, if you've already pinned PSCC to your taskbar, delete that one.

Right click on the PSCC that is open with the plug-ins showing and pin that one to the taskbar.

That should fix the problem......................for now.

darewhee wrote:

 

The Topaz software is in fact compatible with CC. You will need to exit out of CC and redownload the software from topazlabs.com/downloads. Upon opening PS, the plug-ins should be in the filter menu.

This does not work for me. 

Nik is working on an update, but users are working with older version of the plug-in I think.

From Nik:

On a Windows:

1. Make sure all versions of Photoshop are closed.

2. Run the Nik Collection installer from the file you received via email and downloaded. If you no longer have this file, you may email customer support (supportus@niksoftware.com) to have the file sent to you again.

3. During the installation process when you get to the Host Application window, you will notice a plus sign to add an install location. Click that button and navigate to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CC\Plug-Ins\.

4. Complete the installation, then open Photoshop CC to ensure that the plug-ins have successfully been installed.

On a Macintosh:

1. Make sure all versions of Photoshop are closed.

2. Run the Nik Collection installer from the file you received via email and downloaded. If you no longer have this file, you may email customer support (supportus@niksoftware.com) to have the file sent to you again.

3. During the installation process when you get to the Host Application window, you will notice a plus sign to add an install location. Click that button and navigate to Mac HD|Applications|Adobe Photoshop CC|Plug-Ins and paste the Google folder into this location.

4. Complete the installation, then open Photoshop CC to ensure that the plug-ins have successfully been installed.

Are you using Windows? Did you try my fix a couple of posts up? give it a try. It is working for many people. Just follow the steps. Let me know...

Did you close photoshop, then open Bridge and then open the image in PSCC from Bridge and see if the plug-ins were now there??

Just make sure photoshop CC is completely closed before you open Bridge and then try it. Are you running Windows?

I don't use Topaz but I do use CEP 4 and Neat Image Pro. Both didn't show up in PSCC until I discovered that they worked once I opened Bridge first. It seems to work for many people. I hope it can work for you as long as you follow that order and not have PSCC open first.  Good luck!

I can confirm the plugins are visible if Photoshop has been opened via Bridge but not when launched from Lightroom 5 or on it's own.

Very odd - looks like an Adobe bug or they changed the rules for plugins.

Sounds a bit like you installed plugins for 32 or 64 bit, but ran the other version without realizing it.

Some third party plugins will need updates to fix bugs exposed by the change in Photoshop version - this happens every time a new Photoshop version comes out.

Just contact the plugin maker to see if they have an update, or if they might need more information about the bugs you are seeing in their plugin.

Chris Cox wrote:

 

Sounds a bit like you installed plugins for 32 or 64 bit, but ran the other version without realizing it.

Bingo!

Daftly assumed Adobe would put the 64 bit CC on the desktop plus use the 64 bit version from LR5.

Thnak you

Interesting. I installed CEP4 and NeatImage Pro in PSCC64's plug-ins folder. Nothing showed up of course until I ran Bridge first, then they all worked opening PSCC from Bridge. I was trying to install Russel Brown's watermark just now in CC and it wasn't working so I manually installed it in panels. I noticed that the plug-ins I installed had all been moved to plug-ins/panels! I didn't install them there. Somehow, they were moved to that location after running Bridge to get them to work. They do work now but Adobe has some problems here!!

From Topaz Labs

For Windows users:

1. Exit out of all Photoshop applications

2. Go to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64bit)\Plug-ins

3. In another window open up C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC (64bit)\plug-ins

4. Drag/copy the Topaz shortcuts (eg. topazdenoise5_x64) to the CC Plug-Ins folder

5. Re-open Photoshop CC and your Topaz Labs filters should be in the filter menu.

See here for a video on how to do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0a4_WfV8Ng

*If using 32-bit CC, copy the plugin shortcuts from the 32-bit Plug-ins folder to 32-bit CC Plug-ins folder. The 32-bit CC is in:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC

**If you do not have a previous version of PS installed, you will need to re-download the plug-ins from http://www.topazlabs.com/downloads/ (be sure you are exited out of PS during the installation process).

***An Alternative Method:

1. Close PSCC and open BridgeCC.

2. Open an image in Bridge and send it to PSCC.

3. See if you now have the plug-ins showing...

4. If you've already pinned PSCC to your taskbar, delete that one.

5. Right click on the PSCC that is open with the plug-ins showing and pin that one to the taskbar.

For Mac users:

1. Exit out of all Photoshop applications

2. Redownload the plug-ins from topazlabs.com/downloads

3. After installation open PS and the Topaz plug-ins should be located in your filter menu.

If you copy the Topaz shortcuts from the CS 6 plug-in folder to the CC plug-in folder it should work.  It does for me.  It doesn't work for me for NIK and some other plug-ins.  There's something inconsistent with CC here.

I'm not sure if it is clear which folder to select even though Pete got it right many posts above:

Regarding The Nik collection:

There is a c: "program files" folder and a c:"program files (x86)" folder. I incorrectly selected the x86 folder which installed to the Adobe x86 plugins folder but they did not show up in PS CC. I then chose the "program files" folder and was successfull.

I was so used to working with the x86 folder I selected it (wrongly) out of habit.

Path= C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CC\Plug-Ins\.

Ed

Did it twice and no joy. The Nik instrucions worked first time out. But not for Topaz

I got everything (Topaz & Nik) to show up in PSCC.
In Bridge CC, there was a right-click context menu item for merging images to HDR Efex Pro.  That is no longer there.

I'm having the same issue. When I go to Programs>Adobe> PhotoshopCC (64bit)>Plugins, the Nik Collection and Topaz shortcuts are there, but they do not show up in Photoshop CC.

I have followed every set of instructions I can find on the internet, including uninstalling and reinstalling Nik Collection and the filters are still not showing up in PSCC and I am back to using CS6.

pat

Hi Pat,

I have my Nik collection up and running fine in PSCC. I did have an issue when CC came out and had to find a solution myself. I can't remember exactly what steps I took,  but it had to do with one of the "program files" locations being wrong. I would suggest copying the google folder located in C:program files/Adobe/Photoshop CC(64bit)/plugins to > c:program files(x86)/Adobe/photoshop cc/plugins. You have to make sure the actual .8bf files are in the folders and not just the shortcuts. At the very least it won't hurt anything and at the best it will solve your problem.

Also, there is a google folder with all the unzipped Nik programs in C:Program files/Google (below image) where you can find the appropriate .8bf plugins . The shortcuts you are reffering to point to this folder.

Below are the two "program files" folders in windows7. Just check the adobe PSCC plugin folders in both locations to make sure that the google folder is present in both (to be safe) and make sure the actual and appropriate (ie 32/64 bit) .8bf plugins are located in the individual folders located in the google folder.

If you are going to transfer the files as described above, then please "COPY & PASTE" the .8bf files and not "cut & paste".

Hope this helps you out,

Ed

You are absolutely not going to succeed by copying 32 bit plug-ins to the 64 bit folder or vice versa  Just make sure to keep them straight.

-Noel

Noel Carboni wrote:

 

You are absolutely not going to succeed by copying 32 bit plug-ins to the 64 bit folder or vice versa  Just make sure to keep them straight.

 

-Noel

I should have bold(ed) the "actual & appropriate" part.