For some reason Aurora doesn't create this preset upon installation Macphun did create "edit in." presets for all my other Macphun applications. If you don't want to use Macphun's RAW conversion, the "edit in." preset is dead simple to create, and then use TIFF as described (that's how most of the Nik plugins work, except for the HDR one, which uses an export preset). Macphun has several other plugins, and they have over others in that they do what Nik does not: they transfer RAW to the Macphun applications so that you can use Macphun's RAW conversion and the benefits of editing directly off RAW. Good enough for testing as it shows the edits are carried over. I took a single image and created two copies then over and under exposed them to simulate a bracketed set of images (I simulated a bracketed set simply because on my test laptop where I'm currently doing this I don't have a proper exposure bracketed set of images). Here are some screen caps I took to show it working. While the 3 are still selected, right click on one of the images and say "Edit In Aurora HDR".Go back to Library to make sure the changes were made in all 3 images. ![]() Highlight a bracketed set in the Library and then click on Develop.You'll have the option of exporting as TIFF - keep it there for quality Go to LR Preferences, External Editors and choose Aurora HDR.Here is the workaround steps he provided: Guess we both need to take a step back and breath normally again.įor anyone else that was initially disappointed with the Aurora plugin not carrying along edits when exporting to Aurora, Kevin La Rue from Macphun created a great workaround using Aurora HDR Pro as an external editor (avoiding the plugin I'd imagine). But by that time you weren't interested anymore, and it seems you still haven't really thought about what it implies. The fact that this plugin sends raw files to Aurora explains why Lightroom adjustments aren't applied. Then I did try the product and found the answer to your second question. The other things I wrote were kind of philosophical questions, not meant as a definite answer but to get the thought process going about why this plugin would not apply Lightroom adjustments. I don't need to install this particular plugin to confirm that, so that was the reason that I gave my first answer before I actually used the product myself. In my first reply, I confirmed that ' /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Modules' is the correct place for plugins. However, it seems to me that you also didn't read my answer carefully enough, perhaps because you were annoyed. It just occurred to me that this might be the explanation, so I wrote that without checking. I didn't see that you mentioned already that you restarted Lightroom after the installation. OK, I apologize for making some assumptions at first and for not reading your initial question carefully enough. I searched around and finally found the AuroraHDR plugin located here: ![]() (later I upgraded to 6.3 but no progress).ġ) Issue one is that the Aurora automatic install doesn't seem to actually work. I tried it on two separate machines I have with same result all running OS 10.11.1 and Lr 6.2.1. After relaunching Lr still no visible sign of Aurora plugin anywhere. The product documentation states that once installed you should be able to right click on an image in Lib or Dev modules and export to Aurora but there was no option available so I went back into Aurora, uninstalled the plugin and reinstalled it. ![]() I then went into Lr and was not able to find anything that related to Aurora anywhere (including in the Plugin Mgr). The product confirmed back with a status of installed. Upon first launch it asked if I'd like to install various plugins available. AuroraHDR officially launched today so I downloaded and installed it. Of course I contacted Macphun for support but the response I got was less than helpful and amounted to repeating what the documentation stated on how to install even though I had indicated to them that I had installed/uninstalled/reinstalled several times before contacting them). I'm just curious if anyone else has got the AuroraHDR Plugins to actually work properly or even install properly.
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