ON1 Plugins in ACDSee
Plugins in ACDSee.
In general, Photoshop-compatible plugins can be integrated into ACDSee through the settings. They are then available in Edit mode via the Plug-in menu.
This works without any problems with NIK plugins such as Color Efex or Silver Efex.
Even with the older version of the NIK plugins, which were available for free via Google for some time. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case with all plugins. While they do appear in the plugin menu, nothing happens when you import an image, or a window pops up briefly but its contents are unreadable.
ON1 Plugins
Depending on which version (Professional Bundle, subscription, etc.) you’ve chosen from ON1, the standalone versions of the individual programs are also available. For example, NoNoise and Effects can be installed as separate applications alongside Photo RAW. In addition to the main program, the corresponding plugins are also installed.
If you specify the correct path to the application, the plugin will appear in the corresponding menu, allowing you to edit images in Effects, for example. That’s the theory, anyway.
Unfortunately, what actually happens is that only a brief window or pop-up appears, but nothing else happens. It all happens so quickly that any error message cannot be read.
Workaround/Solution
There are several solutions/workarounds for this dilemma. The simplest option is to integrate the relevant program (Effects, NoNoise, etc.) as an external editor. This works without any problems, and you can open your images in the program to, for example, remove noise or enhance the photo with effects.
I find the following solution more elegant. In my opinion, however, it’s only practical if you have two monitors (or more).
On the first monitor, launch ACDSee as usual, and on the second, launch the corresponding ON1 product. You can now drag images directly from the filmstrip in Edit Mode to the window of, for example, Effects, and continue editing them there. When you’re done, save the image as a TIF, for example.
If you also set ACDSee to monitor the save folder in the options, the image will be available immediately.
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