Hi everyone. Niks collection and howto install into Gimp. I have version 2.10.12 the Niks collection is unpacked. decompressed .... whichever. each extension says efex pro2.8bf where do I put them and do I need shellout. some say I don't.

We've had several threads about this in the past. I never really was able to get PSPI to work with this collection, but fortunately we do have shellout. Details at link below.

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=13847&start=0&hilit=Nik+Collection+8bf+plugins

The entry in the above ink in particular: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=13847&hilit=Nik+Collection+8bf+plugins&start=10#p188410

Install the (monster) nik executable to the default location C:\Program Files\Google\Nik Collection.

Gimp does not use the .8bf PS plugins, make sure you have the 64 bit executable in the Nik folders installed.

Not worth modifying the shellout plugin - all the work has already been done.

Use the python plugins that Partha Bagchi has in his version of Gimp - zip attached.
Unzip, put the six python plugins in C:\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\plug-ins.

Find the plugins in the Gimp filters menu.

A 2 minute demo of the above https://youtu.be/u309pfmGaKw

Just my opinion These effects are largely achievable with the gmic_gimp_qt plugin.

The Nik Collection has seven filters, while the Gimp Plugins only have six. HDR Efex Pro 2 is missing from the gimp plugins. Is it possible to get that plugin as well?

Thanks Jappaloe63

Hi, I installed the nik collection on my Ubuntu laptop via wine. Since the plugins are recognized by my gimp flatpak is there a way to make them work? Thank you