Upgrade Dramas 3.4.5 - NIK Plugins

Hi,

Had the usual upgrade to Aperture 3.4.5 dramas and sorted it out with a reinstall and some swearing. Then my NIK plugins got knocked out. NIK were kind enough to link me to the full new suite. Guess what? They all crash. BOOOO!!!

Still waiting on word from them, anyone with similar dramas?

I'm more of a hobbyist so I'm not sitting on dealine jobs, but still quite frustrated.

Thanks

Tried ArnieB's slution from Dec2012 - nuthin'!

ArnieB

Thanks Pabli, I too contacted Nik and they sent me the following instructions, which failed to work

Maybe you will have better luck.

Thank you for contacting Nik Software. HDR Efex Pro 2 and Color Efex Pro 4 take advantage of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) of the computer system. The GPU is also sometimes referred to as the Display Adapter or Video Card, in any case they are all the same. Sometimes certain video cards will not handle this additional processing.

In order to resolve this, the first measure would be to update the Display Adapters or GPU driver. Generally the video card that comes with your Mac will be updated automatically. The exception may be when there has been an additional video card added. In that case the user may need to go to the video card manufacturer's website to download an updated driver for their secondary GPU. If you are using Mac OS Snow Leopard (10.6) ensure to update to 10.6.6 or higher as this can affect performance. If this does not apply to you, please go to the next section below.

If after following the above steps you are still experiencing the same issue, the next step will be to either disable the GPU (if possible) or force the plug-ins to not use the GPU (safe-mode). In order to disable the GPU in the plug-ins, please do the following in each one:

1. If you are able to open the program and can see part of the interface, see if you can click on the"Settings" button in the lower left.
2. In Settings locate the section "GPU" and expand it, in this section you will see a check box "Enable GPU Processing", uncheck this so the GPU will be disabled, then close the settings window.
3. Close out of the program (click Cancel), quit out of any and all host applications (Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture), and then relaunch HDR Efex Pro 2 or Color Efex Pro 4 to see if this corrects this issue.

If you are unable to disable the GPU via Settings or if the issue has not been resolved (e.g. HDR Efex Pro 2 or Color Efex Pro 4 crashes or the buttons are not displaying correctly), please try the following steps below after quitting out of all host applications (Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture):

1. Open a finder window (or double click on the Macintosh HD on the desktop) and navigate to:
   Macintosh HD : Users : <user name> : Library :Preferences : Nik Software : HDR Efex Pro 2
2. Locate the file, HDREfexPro2.cfg and right-click and choose "open with..." and then click "Choose" and then locate the applications, "TextEdit" to open this file.
3. At the very beginning (before all the text) of the configuration file, paste the following code below verbatim:
   <configuration>
4. <group name="INTERN">
5. <key name="UseSafeMode" type="bool" value="1"/>
6. </group>
7. </configuration>
8. Now save the file, close it and relaunch HDR Efex Pro 2 and see if the issue has been resolved.

Then, for Color Efex Pro 4:

1. Open a finder window (or double click on the Macintosh HD on the desktop) and navigate to:
   Macintosh HD : Users : <user name> : Library :Preferences : Nik Software : Color Efex Pro 4
2. Locate the file, ColorEfexPro4.cfg and right-click and choose "open with..." and then click "Choose" and then locate the applications, "Text Edit" to open this file.
3. At the very beginning (before all the text) of the configuration file, paste the following code below verbatim:
   <configuration>
4. <group name="INTERN">
5. <key name="UseSafeMode" type="bool" value="1"/>
6. </group>
7. </configuration>
8. Now save the file, close it and relaunch Color Efex Pro 4 and see if the issue has been resolved.