Nik Software

dfielder wrote:

I've got Aperture 3.4.4 recently installed on my new 27" Desktop

Viveza 2 crashes Aperture everytime, but HDR Efex Pro works just fine. I tried uninstalling and re-installing without resolution.

Any ideas?

David

I had the same problem, too, and discovered that if I open edit with Photoshop CS6 and then edit with any of the Nik software (while in Photoshop), I don't have the problem with Aperture crashing. If I do it this way, the Nik software works perfectly. I also have onOne software and I don't have any problem with opening it while within Aperture, but I prefer Nik. If you don't happen to have PS, then I'm not sure what you could do.

I've had a similar problem and nothing suggested so far as worked. Color Efex Pro 4 was crashing Aperture 3.4.5. On a whim I checked whether Color Efex Pro would work in Photoshop - so it's rather cumbersome, but this actually got it working and since it's (so far) the only Nik plug in with a problem, I'll live with it for now:

Open image in Aperture - edit with Photoshop plug in - then once it's opened in PS, edit with Color Efex Pro (in filters list) - do your stuff, click Save in Color Efex, Save in Photoshop which as you've come from Aperture, saves it back to Aperture

Thanks to Sandylp1 and Davebutterworth for your comments and suggestions.

After playing around with Aperture and the Nik programs, I realized that if pictures are stacked, then Viveza won't work in Aperture but will in PSE11 or PS6. Unstacking them was the solution.

Now I've got all Nik programs running smoothly in Aperture 3.4.5,

Regards,

I had LightRoom 5. With DxO and NIK plugins. I sold LR and DxO and am happily using Aperture with Nik. Even for a relatively new beginner, it works smoothly. I didn't enjoy switching between modules in LR at all.

eBay. I sold the original disks in their boxes. Both DxO and LR5, along with the Scott Kelby book on LR. They were 45 days old, installed only once, so the buyer had 2 installs remaining.

I lost part of my investment on these experiments, but I had to factor in the considerable time reading and watching Tutorials on the Adobe website. I just wasn't able to follow Julianne Kost's narrative. LR was too compartmentalised and thus 'choppy', to fully embrace.

Subjectively, it seems that the Apple people consulted real photographers when designing the Aperture User Interface. LR seems like the child of computer folk. But, that's just my impression.

If Aperture stays the same for another 5 years, I'd be satisfied. If they improve it with an update, I'm happy too.

Thanks! Going to give LR another try!

Just to clarify...I'm not a LR fan. Even though the Develop module is better, the whole workflow drives me nuts, vs. Aperture.

Well I use LR and it dosen't work there as well …

And when I start the HDR effects pro 2 software direkt it crashes as well.

How'd you sell your copy/serial to Lr?

If Aperture 4/X is announced tomorrow, I may do the same.