To create a Smart Object, duplicate a layer in the Photoshop Layers Window. Providing you save your image in the Photoshop format, you can still open and adjust Smart Filters you added in the past. This includes any control points you may have added. The benefit of this is that next time you open your Smart Filter, it displays the adjustment you previously applied. This means any adjustments you apply using the filter stored in the smart object. When you apply a Nik Collection filter to a Smart Object, Photoshop recognises it as a Smart Filter.
A Smart Object is a specially converted layer and appears in the Photoshop Layers Window. One very useful feature in Photoshop is the ability to use Smart Objects and Smart Filters. You will need to change this setting in each one individually. Remember, each of the Nik Collection filters is a separate application. Now when you launch this filter from the Nik Selective Tool, the changes are applied to a new layer. Select this option and click the OK button to close the dialog, saving your change. Here you will find the option to apply the filter effect to a separate (or new) layer. This will display the Settings dialog as shown below. You can change this by opening the plug-in and clicking the Settings button to the bottom left of the interface. If you find this is happening, it could be that the plug-in has a different configuration and is conflicting with the tool. This sometimes happens even when you’ve configured the Nik Selective Tool to apply changes to a new layer. Sometimes you find that the new layer becomes consolidated or flattened when you exit the plug-in.
Now when you launch a plug-in from the Nik Selective Tool any adjustments are applied to a new layer. Select this option and then click OK to close the dialog. When the dialog opens you will see the bottom option is to create a new layer to apply adjustments to. To configure the Nik Selective Tool to create new layers, click on the Settings link at the bottom left of the tool. The plugin then applies its adjustments to the new layer. A great feature is that you can configure it to automatically create a new layer each time you launch a plug-in. These are all very powerful features of Photoshop and a good reason to use Photoshop as your host application for the Nik Collection.īut it doesn’t stop there, the Nik Selective Tool can help you to use these. Layers also help you to use other Photoshop features like Blending Modes, Layer Opacity settings, and Layer Masks. When you do this, you’re using non-destructive editing. This allows you to place your adjustments made using the Nik plug-ins onto an entirely new layer. One of the best features of Photoshop is its support for layers. You can see this in the screenshot below. In the dialog, you can set the tool to open automatically open each time you open Photoshop. To open the Selective Tool automatically when you launch Photoshop, click the Settings icon at the bottom left of the tool. Under the Automate menu item, you will find the Nik Selective Tool. To do this select File and then Automate from the menu. If you can’t see the Nik Selective Tool in your version of Photoshop, you can open it from the Photoshop File menu.
To launch one of the plug-ins from the Nik Selective tool, just click that plug-in on the list. This is the floating window that appears in Photoshop and lists each of the plug-ins in the Nik Collection. Our other option to launch the Nik Collection in Photoshop is to use the Nik Selective Tool. Alternatively, you can try the next option for launching the Nik Collection plug-ins, which appears to resolve the problem for most people.
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If you find this happening to you, one solution is to upgrade to the new Nik Collection 2018 by DxO. This is a recent bug that’s developed when using the old Google Nik Collection with the latest versions of Photoshop. When you click one, it will launch that plug-in, loading the current image you are editing.ĭepending on the versions of the Nik Collection and Photoshop that you’re using, you may find Photoshop crashes when you try this. Here you can select any of the plug-ins in the Nik Collection. At the bottom of the menu, you will see the Nik Collection. To open a Nik plugin from the Filter menu, click on Filter. The first is to use Photoshop’s Filter menu and the other is to use the Nik Selective Tool. In Photoshop you have two options for launching the Nik Collection plugins.
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