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If I download something from the adobe online store than I have to pay 21% VAT because the European download server is located in Ireland.
If I order the box then I pay the German 19% VAT but additionally I pay the shipping costs That's more than the download costs. I hate this.
If I order the box then I pay the German 19% VAT but additionally I pay the shipping costs That's more than the download costs. I hate this.
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Peter S
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Just wanted to point people to a good deal on Silver Efex Pro 2. BHPhotovideo sells Silverefex Pro for 119.95 and you get a free upgrade to version 2 when you register the software with NIK. Guess they are getting rid of the boxed software inventory of the old version.
ChrisN
Striving
Above, Peter alerted us to a good deal offered by B&H, and the Nik offer to upgrade Version 1 buyers to Version 2 for free. I purchased Ver. 1 from B&H, installed it without problems and registered on the Nik website. I then sought the free upgrade from Nik, and they provided a product key code for me to use with a downloaded copy of Version 2. All good - thanks Peter!
Version 2 does seem to have a problem. I usually work from Lightroom as my primary image management tool. To edit a file in Silver Efex Pro (SEP), Lightroom (LR) first creates a copy of the image in 16-bit TIFF format. SEP edits to this TIFF file are permanent (ie it is not non-destructive). In writing the edited TIFF file which LR subsequently adds to the catalog, SEP2 is mangling the writing of the keywords (if any) that were assigned to the image in LR. When LR catalogs the new (SEP-edited) image, it adds the mangled keywords to your catalog hierarchy, often in a fairly messy fashion. Apparently the problem is well-known but Nik has not yet solved the problem, nor does its website warn users. Bad form!
My workaround at this stage is to export the file to a separate folder, with all keywords stripped out. I then open that folder in Windows Explorer. I open the image in SEP2 by dragging and dropping the image onto a shortcut to the SEP2 executable file. (The SEP2 interface does not have a File - Open dialog. It does work as a standalone application but it expects image files to be passed to it from another application.)
After saving, SEP2 closes and the edited file is saved, still in TIFF format, into its same folder. I then jump back into LR, synchronise that folder so LR adds that file to the catalog, reassign keywords manually and move the file back to its original location.
This is a little messy, but for the time being, works OK for the low volume of files I play with. Hopefully Nik will solve the problem soon.
The program itself does provide a simple interface that lets me easily make the sort of adjustments I'd like, and a number of useful gadgets such as pre-sets for basic treatments, borders, colour filters and film emulations. Localised selective adjustments for brightness, contrast and "structure" are possible via circular control points that can be positioned, sized and linked (allows changes similar to dodging and burning). The program is slow to load and slow to write changes to the screen.
Here's my first effort (from a Pentax K5 raw file original).
Version 2 does seem to have a problem. I usually work from Lightroom as my primary image management tool. To edit a file in Silver Efex Pro (SEP), Lightroom (LR) first creates a copy of the image in 16-bit TIFF format. SEP edits to this TIFF file are permanent (ie it is not non-destructive). In writing the edited TIFF file which LR subsequently adds to the catalog, SEP2 is mangling the writing of the keywords (if any) that were assigned to the image in LR. When LR catalogs the new (SEP-edited) image, it adds the mangled keywords to your catalog hierarchy, often in a fairly messy fashion. Apparently the problem is well-known but Nik has not yet solved the problem, nor does its website warn users. Bad form!
My workaround at this stage is to export the file to a separate folder, with all keywords stripped out. I then open that folder in Windows Explorer. I open the image in SEP2 by dragging and dropping the image onto a shortcut to the SEP2 executable file. (The SEP2 interface does not have a File - Open dialog. It does work as a standalone application but it expects image files to be passed to it from another application.)
After saving, SEP2 closes and the edited file is saved, still in TIFF format, into its same folder. I then jump back into LR, synchronise that folder so LR adds that file to the catalog, reassign keywords manually and move the file back to its original location.
This is a little messy, but for the time being, works OK for the low volume of files I play with. Hopefully Nik will solve the problem soon.
The program itself does provide a simple interface that lets me easily make the sort of adjustments I'd like, and a number of useful gadgets such as pre-sets for basic treatments, borders, colour filters and film emulations. Localised selective adjustments for brightness, contrast and "structure" are possible via circular control points that can be positioned, sized and linked (allows changes similar to dodging and burning). The program is slow to load and slow to write changes to the screen.
Here's my first effort (from a Pentax K5 raw file original).
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