I've been using Nik 6.5 since Black Friday, and while functioning has improved somewhat with the latest patches and an Asus z790 motherboard BIOS update, I still have recurring issues.
Most annoying is that when opening as a PS CC plugin, Nik will freeze the first time (after starting my PC) I use any of the Efex. At first I'd have to shutdown PS CC with Task Manager, which was a real workflow hassle, but now just Nik shuts down, and, surprisingly, edits usually get applied. If I attempt to use the plugin again, all is well.
The other is with HDR Efex in Lightroom Classic. When first purchased, it worked fine exporting from LR CC into HDR Efex, but now nothing makes it work. So I have to open DxO Photolab 7 to get the RAW files loaded into HDR Efex. Another workflow hassle.
Anybody else have such problems and solve them? DxO support is responsive via email, but they never have any suggestions other than to update drivers and reinstall, reinstall, reinstall.
EDIT: Just tried opening NIK as a standalone, and it behaves the same as when trying to open as a plugin--freezes upon first attempt. (My workflow goes through PS CC, so I had not tried opening as a standalone for some time.)
Most annoying is that when opening as a PS CC plugin, Nik will freeze the first time (after starting my PC) I use any of the Efex. At first I'd have to shutdown PS CC with Task Manager, which was a real workflow hassle, but now just Nik shuts down, and, surprisingly, edits usually get applied. If I attempt to use the plugin again, all is well.
The other is with HDR Efex in Lightroom Classic. When first purchased, it worked fine exporting from LR CC into HDR Efex, but now nothing makes it work. So I have to open DxO Photolab 7 to get the RAW files loaded into HDR Efex. Another workflow hassle.
Anybody else have such problems and solve them? DxO support is responsive via email, but they never have any suggestions other than to update drivers and reinstall, reinstall, reinstall.
EDIT: Just tried opening NIK as a standalone, and it behaves the same as when trying to open as a plugin--freezes upon first attempt. (My workflow goes through PS CC, so I had not tried opening as a standalone for some time.)
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