Apple Silicon version of PhotoLab?

DxO PhotoLab
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I have been trying to get my Nik Collection 2 to work with my new Photolab 9 on my Mac Studio computer. The only way I can do this is by running Rosetta. It works but it slows every thing else down so much that is unusable. Is there a fix to this without having to spend more money on the updated version of the Nik collection?

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Hi and welcome to the USER forum.

I use Nik Collection since very long, but I’m not on a Mac.

Check → https://support.dxo.com/hc/en-us/articles/4409304781201-Nik-Collection-compatibility-with-OSes-third-party-software for compatibility ( PlugIn ! ).

Can you run that old version standalone?

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Hello there and welcome.

Unfortunately not.
The Nik 2 is 6 years old and predate the Silicon architecture.

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No, it doesn’t like my new Mac it would seem. Thanks for your response and the link anyway :+1:

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Thanks, I guess I have to pay for the new version of the NIK collection. I miss silver fx pro though.

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Just out of interest, I bought Nik with Silverfx and, all I could find that might have been of use was a whole load of presets.

But, since I already have FilmPack, which integrates into PhotoLab, I have never found any use for Nik and have prepared whole exhibitions of B&W work, to critical acclaim.

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@Joanna, I agree completely. I currently have the Nik Collection 7 and had purchased every previous DxO version of it . However, I use it so rarely that I have no current plans to purchase version 8 or future versions.

As you have observed. the starting point of the Nik Collections modules is mostly about selecting and combining presets from the large number provided, and then modifying the results as needed. I can see its appeal to many users but I have never had enough interest in the Nik Collection to take the time needed to master it to my satisfaction. Like you, I also can accomplish everything I want to do directly on raw files from within PhotoLab with the assistance of a FilmPack license.

I find that using FilmPack from within PhotoLab on raw files gives me much more image modification flexibility then the Nik Collection. Even though recent versions of Nik have added some limited ability to re-edit output, for the most part your results are burned in permanently and can’t be modified after the fact. In those cases, if you decide you are dissatisfied with the output from Nik, you have to start over.

Mark

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