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Google Nik Collection Free for Windows and Mac (Was Previously $150)

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Google Nik Collection Free for Windows and Mac (Was Previously $150)
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wongsun on 31/03/2017 - 12:38 google.com (3721 clicks)
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Easily create the photos you’ve imagined with six powerful plug-ins for Photoshop®, Lightroom®, or Aperture®.

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The below statement from Google.

The Nik Collection is free and compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 through 10.10; Windows Vista, 7, 8; and Adobe Photoshop through CC 2015.
We have no plans to update the Collection or add new features over time.

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  • jv on 31/03/2017 - 12:41
    +4

    Google Nik Collection

    Are these any good?

    Only just this morning someone told me to Get Nik

    • MissKitty on 31/03/2017 - 12:52
      +3

      Silver Efex Pro is excellent for B&W. Dunno about the rest.

      • mooboy on 31/03/2017 - 15:22

        I find for Hi-res files Silver Efex can be a bit buggy (can introduce artifacts at edge of the photo when using certain adjustments such as colour filters).

    • Polde on 31/03/2017 - 13:32
      +3

      Only just this morning someone told me to Get Nik

      Having a case of déjà vu are you jv?

      • jv on 31/03/2017 - 13:33
        +4

        It's fine, i have the copyright…

    • Cordova on 31/03/2017 - 14:00
      +2

      Are these any good?

      Only just this morning someone told me to Get Nik

      It depends whether they told you to get Nikon or Nikoff

      • jv on 31/03/2017 - 14:12
        +10

        When I was in Vietnam last time, the locals kept getting me confused with our tour guide, Phuc.

        • Mixhael on 31/03/2017 - 19:34

          I guess your guide would have been confused why people talked about his face all the time

    • abb on 31/03/2017 - 15:49

      Yes, I've used especially Color & Silver quite a lot in the past, they're very good.
      Can recommend the others too, except HDR, never tried that one.

  • C0mbat on 31/03/2017 - 12:43

    So you can use this as a stand alone application?

    • FeZZa21 on 31/03/2017 - 15:56

      Seems to be plugins for PS, LR etc

  • O O on 31/03/2017 - 12:47
    +33

    It's free since March 2016.

  • rattle on 31/03/2017 - 12:54
    +13

    This has been free for a very long time. Pretty sure way before March 2016. If I remember correctly, Google bought them out and made it free.
    I'm sure I got it for free in early 2015 or even as far back as 2014.

    Anyway, regardless of when it was made free, the plug ins are great and I used them often when I was a semi pro photog.

  • bbourizk on 31/03/2017 - 13:44
    +4

    I paid $150 for it when Google first bought Nik out.
    Has been free for a year or so.

    Defenatly worth picking up.
    Silver effex alone for B&W conversion is worth it.
    Viveza is a great little plugin too. Easy to enhance certain. Parts of the images with the control points.
    Color effex pro has some useful tools as long as you don't leave them on the default preset.

  • syousef on 31/03/2017 - 14:37
    +2

    These are great tools and I love them, but why is free software being listed as a bargain?

  • maxdba on 31/03/2017 - 15:36

    "We have no plans to update the Collection or add new features over time. " That's expected to happen when a large company like google bought a small software company.

    • Diji1 on 02/04/2017 - 02:55

      To be expected when they don't collect data about the user.

  • onggie on 31/03/2017 - 15:39
    +1

    This has been out for ages, so not really a bargain.

    It's also super outdated, while still good for some things, there is a lot better these days.

    Google basically bought Nik Software so they could own Snapseed, as they didn't want to maintain Nik Collection they give it out for free.

    • abb on 31/03/2017 - 15:50

      I suspect some of the tech (and improvements) has made it into the Pixel camera software too.

  • Windows7forever on 31/03/2017 - 16:16

    Ty

  • langitbiru on 31/03/2017 - 16:44

    Other than NIK SOFTWARE, any other recommendation software which is great to edit photos?

    • beerbudget on 31/03/2017 - 16:50
      +3

      Gimp is excellent and free.
      Also Raw Therapee is free.

      Photoshop of course, and Lightroom (my fav).

    • syousef on 31/03/2017 - 17:33

      The standard at the moment Lightroom when you want to do changes that don't include pixel level editing and Lightroom if you do.

      Gimp and RAW Therapee are great if you want to stick to free and don't need all the features of the other tools. I haven't updated my GIMP in a while but you probably still need UFRAW to edit RAW from inside it.

      There are other pieces of software though. Paintshop Pro is a favourite and I still use an old version for printing. Ever since it was bought by Corel they've added some intrusive copy protection software that always runs in the background so I don't use newer versions. There are other editors and even command line programs like Image Macgick. And there are specialised programs like Artrage and Corel Draw if you're doing work with sketches and virtual paintings.

    • Munki on 12/04/2017 - 15:05

      Capture One Pro is currently my favourite. I find it processes colours better than Lightroom.

  • aec on 31/03/2017 - 19:03

    mark

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