Posted by Igor Doncov on April 26, 2017 at 8:45 PM
After recent 2017 CC upgrades some of the components of NIK are no longer working. So far 'Define 2' is hanging when invoked but a search of the internet indicates that many other modules are hanging for other users. I'm running Photoshop CC on a MacbookPro.
Has anyone else encountered this?
Has anyone found a workaround?
Posted by Paul DeCesare on April 27, 2017 at 3:47 AM
Igor,
It's frustrating, Nik sold out to Google, now Google is shelving it. It'll always be available but they are not upgrading anymore, nor plan to. However, it works on my 2017 CC installation, I downloaded the latest installer and simply re-ran it. Have you tried that? https://www.google.com/nikcollection/?
It is really too bad that Google is not supporting Nik. I used the plugins on an earlier version of PSCC and found them buggy. When I installed CC 2017 I decided to leave the NIK plugins behind. I can do everything I need in Photo Shop, and saved almost 500 MB of disk space, too.
--P
Posted by Igor Doncov on April 27, 2017 at 12:27 PM
Perhaps the problems are OSX specific. What operating system are you on Paul?
Posted by Keith Bauer on April 27, 2017 at 1:12 PM
There is indeed a problem with PS CC 2017.1 and the Nik filters (specifically Dfine2) on the Mac platform. Note that it works fine on PS CC 2017, just not the latest update to 2017.1. Looks like Google's lack of commitment to the products is catching up.
The issue is with the plugin version in PS. Standalone it works fine, or from LightRoom.
There is an entry from an Adobe Product manager that said they would at least look into the problem and see if there is a fix Adobe can provide, but in the end this is Google's problem and unless they sell the product off, it will eventually die. Too bad as I think it is excellent software.
Posted by Igor Doncov on April 27, 2017 at 5:53 PM
Thank you Keith. I didn't know that I had installed NIK as standalone apps. I verified that 'Define2' does still work in this mode.
Posted by Bill Chambers on April 28, 2017 at 2:00 PM
Do you know if they're having the same problems in the Windows platform? I still use PS CS6 so I'm not currently having any issues but one day I may have to upgrade to CC. I love Define2, it's the best noise reduction programs I've used.
Posted by Keith Bauer on April 29, 2017 at 8:20 PM
I don't have a windows box, but my understanding is this issue is only on the Mac.
Discussion
8 repliesHas anyone else encountered this?
Has anyone found a workaround?
It's frustrating, Nik sold out to Google, now Google is shelving it. It'll always be available but they are not upgrading anymore, nor plan to. However, it works on my 2017 CC installation, I downloaded the latest installer and simply re-ran it. Have you tried that? https://www.google.com/nikcollection/?
Hope it works for you.
--P
Here are two threads about the issue:
From Google:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/nik-collection/sMRr2L6VsIY/1QI3kWRiAwAJ;context-place=home
From Adobe:
https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/photoshop-cc-2017-1-nik-dfine2-hanging-in-sierra
The issue is with the plugin version in PS. Standalone it works fine, or from LightRoom.
There is an entry from an Adobe Product manager that said they would at least look into the problem and see if there is a fix Adobe can provide, but in the end this is Google's problem and unless they sell the product off, it will eventually die. Too bad as I think it is excellent software.