Nik Silver FX Pro problem

[Fay]

The above has decided not to work with my PS, everything else is ok. Has anyone any ideas on how to get it working again?
Im thinking I will have to delete and reinstall. dont want anything too complicated to do

Thanks......

Fay

[Chris Sawyer]

Hi Fay,

My Silver Efex plugin is working.

Did you go via the Filter/Nik Collection route in PS?

[Fay]

Yes Chris

Another thing with PS, when doing a layer mask, it has a circle in the mask now, and so you cant see the mask content....

[Chris Sawyer]

Hi Fay,

This is not my strongest skill in PS.  I can see what you have probably been doing.  When you add a layer mask you just get a circle (which is a brush) and cannot clearly see the edges of what you are masking.

There is a 50 second video in PS when you select a layer mask and this shows how you can use 'Select/Subject' to refine what you want to mask.

Here's one I did:



and the end result...



There's lots more to it than this as I found out when I went into the 'Refine' area just above the layers panel.

Good luck!

[Fay]

Thanks a lot Chris, will have a good read