First impressions - New MacBook Pro 2016

[Jakov Minić]

Oops, I forgot about this thread, so here it goes again:

I have noticed that the Nik Collection crashes with the New Mac Book Pro?!
I reinstalled it but with no luck 

[Akira]

Unfortunately, Nik Collection seems to be abandoned.  The latest OS's to be "officially" supported have long remained macOS 10.10 and Windows 8.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Nik collection runs just fine on Windows 10/64 bit.

[MFloyd]

I do not now, nor did I ever need (or ask) for a super-thin laptop.  One assumes that Apple's
 market research told them that enough of their customers wanted it thin.
The soldered-in memory and HDD are exchangeable by service shop, right?  If so, that's a regrettable inconvenience and moderate cost penalty. 

Hi Pluton. Personally, "thicker and bigger" 17" laptops do not bother me.  But looking at my children (late 20's) and their friends, they are more in favor for lighter and smaller - more MacBook Air - oriented gear. They are also more mobile with their equipment.  Whereas  I move, most of the time, with an iPad. This might be a trend indication; but frankly, I don't know.

PS: BTW, my Nik collection, as Lr plugins, works fine under Sierra.

[Jakov Minić]

PS: BTW, my Nik collection, as Lr plugins, works fine under Sierra.

I am running Sierra and my Nik Collection causes PS5 to crash...

[MFloyd]

I don`t use everything.  But hereunder a quick test with Color Efex Pro 4 "Midnight", Lr, Sierra:

(1) screenshot
(2) picture

[Akira]

I am running Sierra and my Nik Collection causes PS5 to crash...

Jakov, I'm rather surprised to know that PS5 still runs on Sierra...   

[Jakov Minić]

MFloyd, can you show me the output sharpener, please

[Jakov Minić]

Jakov, I'm rather surprised to know that PS5 still runs on Sierra...   

Akira, I was pleasantly surprised too

[MFloyd]

MFloyd, can you show me the output sharpener, please

No problem, but I'm not sure what you mean ?

I run Nik under Lr (not Ps) and both are CC latest version.

[Akira]

Nik collection runs just fine on Windows 10/64 bit.

Yes, I know.  But, if it is abandoned, there would be no support for the fix when compatibility issue would arise.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

I have a VMWare ESXi server to run my virtual machines on, if the mentioned situation should occur.

[Jakov Minić]

No problem, but I'm not sure what you mean ?

I run Nik under Lr (not Ps) and both are CC latest version.

When you open the Nik Collections there is an Output Sharpener tab together with other tools, like the one you posted.

[MFloyd]

Here it is:
- TIFF without compression
- type of TIFF recording: scratches (??) stripes
- JPEG quality: 80%

Translation in English, but I do not know what they mean by "scratches".  I changed to English: and what is meant are "stripes".  I do not know what this means either.

[Andrea B.]

A TIFF may be saved in either striped (long horizontal rows) format or tiled (rectangular or square shapes) format. Strips and tiles are simply a way of dividing up a TIFF file's pixels for analysis.

The striped TIFF format came first. So older converter/editors/readers will know how to use that basic format. The tiled format is supported by a later TIFF 6.0 standard and considered an extension. I do not know if newer converter/editor/readers will be required to support the older striped TIFF format, but I would tentatively think 'yes' because strips are the basic format in TIFF 6.0.

Here's the thing to test. If you save a TIFF in striped format, can you later re-save it into a tiled format? Interestingly, I do not have an converter currently which permits me to test this myself.

EDIT:  I clarified the explanation.

ADDED: http://www.fileformat.info/format/tiff/egff.htm
This link describes the TIFF standards. Way more there than any of us want to read, methinks!!