Anyway, the good news is that even though there is not an update yet to resolve the problem, NIK is working on it and there is a workaround to eliminate the problem. You can get to the tool from PS by selecting File -> The problem is isolated to the Selective Tool that is a part of Sharpener Pro 3.0 (and other NIK products as well, I believe). This is a known problem and NIK is fully aware of it and is working on a solution. After working on this to troubleshoot, research, and isolate, and after talking with NIK, here's the deal.

I have posed the question to NIK, but do not have a response yet.įirst of all, thanks for the replies I received.

I downloaded the latest (as of today) version of Sharpener Pro 3.0 (version 3.002), but the problem persists. My question is: Is anyone else seeing and struggling with this? If so, do you have a fix other than waiting on an update from NIK? If you do and haven't looked into it too much, then I guess you will be waiting like me. Easily to reproduce and verify, at least on my machine. If I put NIK back, the problem re-occurs.

I am running Windows XP Pro, have 4 GB of memory, and a OpenGL enabled video card. As I have a few, I removed them one at a time until I discovered that NIK Sharpener Pro 3.0 is causing the problem on my PC. In utilizing Adobe's own troubleshooting steps, at the top of the list is incompatible 3rd party plug-ins. If you hover over the button zones, text will pop up that tells you what you are about to select, but it is a nuisance to say the least. Also, the buttons that are displayed when you click on the now blank button on the menu bar are blank themselves. The problem is best described in Adobe's own words from their support site: 'When you choose the Arrange Documents button on the Application Bar, the page icons at the top of the menu don't display.' The best way to describe it is that the buttons are there and look OK until your mouse pointer touches them at which point the buttons go blank. I upgraded to Photoshop CS4 over the weekend and since that time have discovered a bug.

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