On 7/1/2018 12:57 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On Jul 1, 2018, PeterN wrote
(in article ):

On 6/30/2018 11:17 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On Jun 30, 2018, PeterN wrote
(in article ):

On 6/30/2018 12:21 AM, Savageduck wrote:
On Jun 29, 2018, PeterN wrote
(in article ):

On 6/29/2018 12:58 AM, Bill W wrote:
On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 20:43:15 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On Jun 28, 2018, Bill W wrote
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Their new version (2018.5) for Windows finally fixed an issue I
complained to them about at least a year ago. When in develop mode,
and arrow keying through the filmstrip, it changes to the next photo
pretty much instantly now. The delay of at least a few seconds (with
raw files) used to drive me nuts. I'm assuming that they also fixed a
related crash issue, but I haven't checked that yet.

That wasn’t an issue I had noticed with the Mac edition.

2018.5 is also a free upgrade if you own 2018. Some of their
promotional emails seemed to imply that you had to pay for an upgrade.
They also have a promotional price for their latest version of NIK. I
believe it's $49.

They?

These days NIK is owned and distributed/sold by DxO. I seriously doubt
that On1 has a NIK Collection that they are selling.

Oops - you're right, it's DXO.

I think that most understood you were talking about DXO.m The only
reasons I used it before were for its denoise and lens distortion
correction. Now I find that the new Topaz Denoise works extremely well,
although there is a slight learning curve, and the lens distortion
correction in PS sees to work pretty well.
YMMV

For NR I had used NIK Define, and then Macphun’s (now Skylum) Noisless
CK which is now integrated into Luminar. It is a NR app which can apply a
very adjustable NR either to the entire image, or selectively in a way I find
superior to the way it is done with NIK Define.

I am yet to be sold on Topaz stuff.

Despite Skylum's claims, there are functions that have not yet been
implemented in the PC version. I don't see the need to go into details.

That’s OK, I was just pointing out that the NR within Luminar (the macOS
version anyway) was particularly good, even when compared with NIK Define.

Having said that, I purchased Aurora, and found that it helped to
produce a reasonable HDR image, but I had issues going back an forth
from from Aurora to LR. I contacted Skylum support, and they were aware
of the issue.

I take it you opened Aurora from LR via the Plug-ins Extras menu, rather
than as a standalone?
Yep!

If so are you having issues saving the finished Aurora HDR/or tone mapped
single back to LR?

I save it to the same directory it came from, but have to import the
image into LR. It does not work that way with the Apple O/S.

I would have a similar issue with On1, except that with On1 there is an
"edit in," option and I don't have that issue.

Yup! On1, Exposure X3, and Luminar all behave nicely with LR.


Also, Aurora works as a PS plugin, but every time I tr, it keeps telling
me to update. I Already updated Aurora.

That is strange. I would delete the plugin from PS and reinstall from the
latest Aurora edition you have.

Been there, done that :-(



I will try again on Monday, as I
have an image that I want to try to tone map with Aurora.
My workaround is a real PITA: open the image in Aurora, make the
adjustments, place the Aurora image as a layer on my PS image and save.
There's gotta be a better way. I am really getting tired of being an
unpaid beta tester. I understand glitches, and that **** happens, but I
think the publisher has an obligation to tell me about known bugs, and
then I can make an informed decision.


Watchagonnado.

Wax philosophical.



--
PeterN