Just bug fixes and the addition of Analog Efex (which was probably already in the pipeline when Google acquired Nik). And while Snapseed was developed further and further, the Nik collection did not see any major development. Snapseed is a solution to process and enhance your pictures on a mobile phone. The real reason they acquired Nik was Snapseed. So – why I am posting this under “Commentaries” and not under “News”? 1.The future of the Nik collectionĪt first sight, this seems to be good news for us photographers, right? A very capable suite of plugins available for free, there is not a lot to complain about, right?īut then, you might have followed Googles approach of acquiring companies and products for purely strategic reasons.
You can download your copy on the Nik homepage. And a few days ago, Google announced that they are giving away the complete suite for free. In March 2013, I reported that after taking over Nik, Google was selling the complete suite for 149 USD and you were able to get it for even less.
Initially priced at 499 USD, a single plugin like Silver Efex Pro was more expensive than Lightroom at that time. I guess every photographer using Lightroom or Photoshop did at some point look at the Nik collection, a suite of plugins to cover specific requirements.
