Recovering Lost Nik Software Presets Following "Full Nik Collection" Installation

I just installed the “full Nik Collection” (only $126 with the ApertureExpert discount!) and much to my chagrin noticed that a collection of recent Silver Efex Pro 2 presets I’d created were missing. This was kind of a Big Deal™ because I’m working on a gallery show, have been experimenting with settings, and really needed my history of saved attempts to go back on.

Oddly, some of my presets were there. Namely, older ones. Probably the same ones I’d imported back when this exact same thing happened after the Aperture 3.4 “sandbox” upgrade. If you need to catchup, read this and this.

Based on the sandboxing theory, I started digging and sure enough found the presets I was looking for. Here’s where they were hiding:

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Aperture/Data/Library/Preferences/Nik Software/Silver Efex Pro 2/UserPresets/

I haven’t got a clue why the some presets moved and others didn’t, but suffice it to say, finding them again is excellent.

To reimport them, as before, copy the presets to your desktop, open your Nik plug-in, click on the Import button, and select the copied presets.

If you upgraded from a partial collection of Nik plugins, did you notice if your presets were carried over or not?

Job Opportunity for Bay Area Aperture Editor

Posting this for my friend Matthew London, a photographer on Treasure Island looking for a photo editing assistant who’s proficient in Aperture.

Check his ad here… I know he’s gotten quite a bit of interest but is still looking for “the one”.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/med/3683097768.html

Nik Software Collection Now Just $149

This is huge news for those who’ve been drooling over Nik Software plugins but hedging on the price…

The entire collection is now just $149!

This is huge… it used to be $499, so that’s what we call a Good Deal™. For those who weren’t sure if the Google acquisition was going to be good for the software or not, you can’t argue with a massive price drop. They also made Snapseed for iOS free, however they did kill Snapseed for OS X. Owell, ya can’t win ‘em all.

You can read more about the price drop here, and you can get the software here.

And as made famous by the Ginsu Knives commercial…

But wait, there’s more!

The 15% discount code “ApertureExpert” still works as well, so that brings the price down to a piddly $126.65! The code is now automatically applied when you use this link.

Didn’t one filter used to cost more than that? Yeah… that’s a good deal. 

Don’t forget the training…

Of course with all that freed up change, now you can afford to pick up my Nik training, too :-) Check out my course Nik Creative Effects Workshop — a must have now that you’ll be getting the entire collection!

Update on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 9:19 AM by Joseph Linaschke

Thanks Tobias for this update… apparently Google is offering a generous plan if you’ve bought any plugins in the past and paid more than $149. Check out the details in this article on dpreview.

Update on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 10:51 AM by Joseph Linaschke

NOTE: The discount code “ApertureExpert” appears to have expired. I’ve inquired about it because I wasn’t told this would ever expire, and will update this post if that changes. For the moment though, the price is $149, no more discounts (still a hell of a deal though!). Please be sure to use this link to purchase. Thanks.

Forcing Aperture to Locate Referenced Files

Version 3.4 of Aperture vastly improved the way the “Locate Referenced Files” works. It does the task much faster and it automatically navigates to the selected offline image when you click on the appropriate drive. These two things are huge time savers.

However, on occasion, it won’t let you reconnect the files. You can navigate and see the file in question, but the Reconnect All button is not active.

Well, if you are suffering from this annoyance, I have a solution and it’s very simple. But, unless you know about it you’ll never think to do it.

Ready, here it is, write this down: Hold down the Option key and the Reconnect All button will light up and reconnect the files. That’s it. It’s called “Force Reconnect”.

Notice the “Reconnect All” button is not lit up even though the corresponding photo has been located. Hold down the Option key and the button will light up.

NOTE FROM JOSEPH:

It’s been a while since I looked into this, but if memory serves, Aperture is doing several things to compare the file it’s looking for to the file you are attempting to reconnect, including file size, name, and more. Holding option key to enable force reconnect will not, in my experience, allow you to reconnect to any file at all — i.e. you can’t force it to connect to a completely different photo. However it will bypass one of the checks, and usually allow you to force the reconnection to the right file. Perhaps that’s changed now and it’s more liberal, but that’s how I remember it. If you are having these sorts of reconnect issues, here are a few more things to read:

“Reconnecting Missing Files in Aperture—A Discovery” — the fourth post ever on ApertureExpert, back in January 2010!

“reconnecting pictures in Aperture” — a forum post also dating back to 2010

“Relocate Masters - Changed Names” — a recent forum discussion (Jan 2013) where the option key didn’t help (maybe someone reading this can offer other insight?)

Huge onOne Software Sale, 50% Off!

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The sale expires March 8th, 2013, so don’t wait too long…