Hello,
Just arrived (Nik 7) from the old Google free version.
On the old version you can cycle form one prest to another just moving with arrows. This kind of browse among the various preset is very convenient.
Surprisingly, with Nik 7 (and looks like also DXO previous version) you need to move with the arrow then confirm with enter, which is very, very annoying.
Would be possible to implement in the DXO version too this old behavior (much more efficient?)
Hi and welcome to the user forum,
it is too long ago that I’ve been using the old version ( before Google 
),
so I don’t remember the former behaviour.
Now in Nik 7
you can either scroll through the previews at the left hand side
with the arrow keys and confirm with Enter
or select with the mouse and click (apply the preset)
.
Note, that the → handling with Local Adjustments
is somewhat different. – Experiment and if you need further help, don’t hesitate to ask.
Wolfgang
Hi Wolfgang,
You’re prefectly right. In fact the current behavior is as you described:
"you can either scroll through the previews at the left hand side
with the arrow keys and confirm with Enter"
the optimal (as it was in the Google era) would be to avoid the phase “and confirm with Enter”: just moving with the arrow was enough to apply instantly the preset (much faster and streamlined)
Hope DXO engineers will read this and implement it…
Maxb
I too find having to press enter after the arrow key really, really annoying, really, really annoying.
Au contraire - I certainly hope not !
The current implementation allows one to evaluate the result of applying a preset, without actually applying it - and then actually applying a chosen preset by confirming one’s choice with the Enter-key.
Hi John-M,
I think maybe I’ve badly explained my request: when you browse the presets, using arrow keys, you will se a small preview of the result, but just the thumbnail. At that point, pressing Enter, you simply will get a “full screen” preview, but the image is not yet fully processed. To really process it you need to confirm again that you want to definitely process the image, clicking on “Apply” button. This mean that you have to execute 3 operations in order to process the image: moving among the preset with the arrow, press enter to evaluate the result in full screen (and maybe tweaking the settings) then “Apply” to finally process the image.
With the Google version, when you browse the presets, the preview is shown immediately also in full screen (but, yet, it’s just a preview), and at that point you have to confirm the final image processing (so, 2 alternate keystrokes in total).
When just roughly browsing the different preset effect, now you have to move(arrow) and then press Enter to sse the full preview, instead in the “Google mode”, just moving with the arrow will show the compete preview, just using the arrows.
“Google mode” is much simpler, easier and faster (IMHO).
As noticed too by Pisaacs, the unnecessary “Enter” action is really very annoying.
Now that I have explained better (hopefully!) what I meant, I hope that you will agree with my point of view and request.
Best regards and happy New Year!
Maxb
Thanks, Max - Yes, now understood.
