tdekany wrote:
Again, and I may be wrong, but on my computer a 5k iMac - since it isn't a stand alone program, I can't just go to NIK. Unless. I right click on an image in Lr and tell it to edit in any of the NIK programs.
In the pursuit of knowledge I right clicked on an image in finder and selected open in silverFx tried a few settings and now pats cat isn't the only thing black & white. Being a plugin SilverFx only has the controls it needs as the calling program can do the rest (open a file pass a copy to the plugin add the returned copy as a layer or a standalone jpeg depending on the host program) There is a save button and it overwrites the file that was opened. So to use standalone you need to make a copy first or lose the original version. I sacrificed the color version :)
with hdr there is a save and open menu as you need to open several images and combine them in to one file. But there is no print menu item for example just the bare minimum.