Topaz Photoshop Plugins Download

[Lorin Cupples]

Iused to have NIK and Topaz available as plug-ins under the "Filters" drop down menu.

I'm currently running v1.7.1.404 under Windows 7 and when I went to use Topaz, neither Topaz nor NIK now appear under the "Filters" drop down.

All my Topaz and Nik Collection 2 filters are listed and usable (except Nik HDR Efex Pro 2, which opens with a blank work screen, but I will start a new thread about that, once I've had more time to check whether the problem is being caused by user error).

Long-time user of Serif products, chiefly PagePlus and PhotoPlus, but also WebPlus, CraftArtistProfessional and DrawPlus. Delighted to be using Affinity Designer, Photo, and now Publisher, version 1 and now version 2.

There was an issue with the initial update, however a lot of our users are reporting that the plugins are starting to work with the newest beta. If you haven't already gone through the process of re-adding them, I would give it a go as they may have been knocked out from the Preferences > Plugins dialog.

I originally had several Topaz programs as plug-ins, but recently Topaz have unified all their software packages under the banner of Topaz Studio.

When I select the Plug-ins under the "Filters" drop down in Affinity I see all my Topaz programs, including Studio.

However, whichever plug-in I select it always launches Studio.

What I'd like to do is delete everything that isn't "Topaz Studio" so that I can just select that one item.

When I'm in the "Photoshop Plugins" setup menu, I can see all the Topaz programs listed but I don't seem to be able to edit or delete them.

I have "Allow unknown plug ins to be used" checked.

I originally had several Topaz programs as plug-ins, but recently Topaz have unified all their software packages under the banner of Topaz Studio.

When I select the Plug-ins under the "Filters" drop down in Affinity I see all my Topaz programs, including Studio.

However, whichever plug-in I select it always launches Studio.

What I'd like to do is delete everything that isn't "Topaz Studio" so that I can just select that one item.

When I'm in the "Photoshop Plugins" setup menu, I can see all the Topaz programs listed but I don't seem to be able to edit or delete them.

I have "Allow unknown plug ins to be used" checked.

Just set it up like you see in my screenshot, you just need to use the top folder in each directory and the plugin files will be picked up, don't point to the folder that photoshop plugins are installed in as some products use links and not the actual plugin files. In this case all NIK, older Topaz and new Topaz show including things like Clarity in Studio:

That's exactly the same as I see.

AFX Pro2 and CFX Pro4 are the only NIK programs that are highlighted as "Working", although all the others appear to work as well.

TBH the only NIK program I ever use is Silver Efex Pro2 and that works OK, although I'm finding some of the other recent B&W conversion programs are producing results just as good as the ones I can get with Silver Efex, so I'm probably going to be using that less in future.

The slightly annoying thing is, whatever Topaz program I select (like "Adjust" or "Detail") it actually opens "Topaz Studio", which also appears on the list as a separate program.

I can then select the plug-in from within "Studio" and use it that way.

I only use the 64-bit versions so my plug-in programs are in the "Program Files" directory and I don't need any "Program Files (X86)

I thought Affinity was a 64-bit program, so why are you using 32-bit (x86) plug-ins?

The slightly annoying thing is, whatever Topaz program I select (like "Adjust" or "Detail") it actually opens "Topaz Studio", which also appears on the list as a separate program.

I can then select the plug-in from within "Studio" and use it that way.

I only use the 64-bit versions so my plug-in programs are in the "Program Files" directory and I don't need any "Program Files (X86)

I thought Affinity was a 64-bit program, so why are you using 32-bit (x86) plug-ins?

As I said, the view I have is the same as your screenshot.

The only difference is I do not have a "Programs (x86)" folder, since all of my plug-ins are in the "Programs" folder.

I'm not at my desktop machine at the moment so I cannot post a screenshot.

I've now taken some screen grabs of the plug-ins setup page to illustrate what I'm saying about the folders.

None of my plug-ins are in my Program Files(x86) folder since they are all 64-bit files.

I'm no expert, but I thought 64-bit files always went into the "Program Files" folder and 32-bit files were in the "Program Files(x86)" folder.

I don't understand how you can install 64-bit files into the x86 program folder.

This is what I see on my system:

The only option I really need for Topaz is Topaz Studio, since whichever Topaz plug-in I select it launches Studio.

I simply wanted to tidy things up so that Studio was the only Topaz option.

It's not a big deal and I can live with it the way it is, so it's a case of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"

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