Anyone using Photoshop, Lightroom or Aperture software surely appreciate getting this great Nik Collection "additional editor" for free. There are plenty of tools to add nice effects, for black and white editing, sharpen and much more.
To download and install Nik Collection, just go to: https://www.google.com/nikcollection/
For my surprise it works even with Gimp for Windows. Bernhard Huber has kindly written instructions how to make it work: http://bernhardhuber.blogspot.fi/2013/05/using-niksoftware-in-gimp.html
On Bernhards file editing instructions there are no lines included for all tools you get on Nik Collection. So, you have to add those as well. Here's an example for 'HDR Efex Pro 2':
["HDR Efex Pro2", "\"C:\\Program Files\\Google\\Nik Collection\\HDR Efex Pro 2\\HDR Efex Pro 2 (64-Bit)\\HDR Efex Pro 2.exe\"", "tif"],
So, that is an example what you need to add on ShellOut.py -file, to access that particular tool from Gimp menu.
Grrr... :(
ReplyDeleteI have an old iMac running OSX and a little laptop running linux. No windows... so , no Nik collection. Grrr.... :(
Well, there are also other tools for Gimp, and also other software for Linux ;-) I will start posting about them later on, but I think I have already mentioned few of them before: Elsamuko's scripts for Gimp and LightZone.
DeleteI keep on getting some nasty errors, and Nik Collection software sometimes crash. On some tools it still adds the effect to Gimp, like it should, but some tools like HDR does not seem to work at all. Maybe my reference mentioned on the post is incorrect.
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