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Aug 5, 2017 12:19:53   #
AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!
 
Some time back I downloaded the NIK tools and used them a bit. They open automatically when I open Photoshop. But the box was always sort of in the way, so I hit the minimize key. That got it off to the bottom left and quite small. Now I want to use it again, and there's no way to make it back to bigger again, and I cannot seem to access any of the tools. How do I get it back to normal again? THANKS, NIK users!

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Aug 5, 2017 12:32:02   #
Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC
 
I take it you're talking about the box that says "Selective Tools". Mine was reduced to a sliver, showing only one entry. I dragged it to the middle of my screen in Photoshop and carefully placed my cursor on the bottom right edge of the box until it turned into a double-headed arrow, then clicked, holding the mouse button the whole time, and dragged it the bottom and right until it resized the window. The mouse movements are really tricky, so you have to hover over the edges, moving just slightly until you get the arrows. After that, it's fairly easy to resize to any size you'd like.

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Aug 5, 2017 14:16:51   #
Racmanaz Loc: Sunny Tucson!
 
AzPicLady wrote:
Some time back I downloaded the NIK tools and used them a bit. They open automatically when I open Photoshop. But the box was always sort of in the way, so I hit the minimize key. That got it off to the bottom left and quite small. Now I want to use it again, and there's no way to make it back to bigger again, and I cannot seem to access any of the tools. How do I get it back to normal again? THANKS, NIK users!


See the two boxes on the NIK that is on the left that look like two sheets of paper, click on the 2 squares.

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Aug 5, 2017 15:20:52   #
Linary Loc: UK
 
AzPicLady wrote:
Some time back I downloaded the NIK tools and used them a bit. They open automatically when I open Photoshop. But the box was always sort of in the way, so I hit the minimize key. That got it off to the bottom left and quite small. Now I want to use it again, and there's no way to make it back to bigger again, and I cannot seem to access any of the tools. How do I get it back to normal again? THANKS, NIK users!


To access NIK : On the PS menu choose Filter > NIK collection

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Aug 5, 2017 16:25:33   #
AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!
 
Bob Yankle wrote:
I take it you're talking about the box that says "Selective Tools". Mine was reduced to a sliver, showing only one entry. I dragged it to the middle of my screen in Photoshop and carefully placed my cursor on the bottom right edge of the box until it turned into a double-headed arrow, then clicked, holding the mouse button the whole time, and dragged it the bottom and right until it resized the window. The mouse movements are really tricky, so you have to hover over the edges, moving just slightly until you get the arrows. After that, it's fairly easy to resize to any size you'd like.
I take it you're talking about the box that says &... (show quote)


That worked. THANKS!!!!!

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Aug 5, 2017 16:26:05   #
AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!
 
Racmanaz wrote:
See the two boxes on the NIK that is on the left that look like two sheets of paper, click on the 2 squares.


Now that I couldn't seem to see.

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Aug 5, 2017 16:27:08   #
AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!
 
Linary wrote:
To access NIK : On the PS menu choose Filter > NIK collection


Oh. Duh. I had found something under "file," but it didn't seem to do anything. Thanks!

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Aug 5, 2017 20:48:00   #
EyeSawYou
 
AzPicLady wrote:
Oh. Duh. I had found something under "file," but it didn't seem to do anything. Thanks!


Interesting.

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Aug 5, 2017 21:13:34   #
Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC
 
AzPicLady wrote:
Oh. Duh. I had found something under "file," but it didn't seem to do anything. Thanks!
The Menu command to open up the Selective Tool is File>Automate>Nik Collection Selective Tool.

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Aug 5, 2017 22:01:47   #
AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!
 
Bob Yankle wrote:
The Menu command to open up the Selective Tool is File>Automate>Nik Collection Selective Tool.


I don't think that's even there. I'll check tomorrow.

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