What do you think? Do you use the Google Nik collection? Now that they are free, will you be downloading them? Please let us know. All this means more expense and another learning curve to tackle. There are other alternatives available which I, and many other photographers, will have to switch over to. The Google Nik collection has been my go-to set of plug-ins for many years and I am saddened to see that Google may well be ditching support for them. Camera Kit allows you to start from scratch and choose custom settings for your image which you. I started with Camera Kit using the tools Zoom & Rotate Blur, Light Leaks, Dirt & Scratches, and Vignette tools. Silver Efex Pro and Viveza got an interface update and new features in the previous update, and now it’s the turn of two of the most powerful tools in this collection. I loved that idea and worked with it here using Silver Efex Pro, and next, choosing Analog Efex Pro from the Nik Collection by Google. Either way, I am certain that Google will no longer be supporting the Google Nik collection and we will have to wait and see what happens to the price of the other plug-ins. With the Nik Collection 5, DxO finishes its task of updating and redesigning the creative plug-ins at the heart of this suite. This move to make the Google Nik collection free to all can only mean two things, in my opinion Google are either going to drop the plug-ins completely or they are going to launch a completely new version. You can see that some of these plug-ins are still very expensive, although they do seem to be dropping their prices, maybe in reaction to this announcement by Google. Now, I know there are many of other plug-ins available, including: The full list of plug-ins is:įor many years, I have considered these plug-ins to be the best available, even when they were originally priced at $495 for the complete collection. All of my black and white images are created using Silver Efex Pro and I regularly use some of the filters included with Color Efex Pro. Many photographers, of all levels, own and regularly use the plug-ins as part of their regular workflow. Since its launch, the Google Nik collection has been a mainstay in the photography world. The suite of plug-ins was originally developed by Nik Software, a German company, and was bought by Google several years ago. The suite of seven plug-ins for both Photoshop and Lightroom was previously priced at $149 but on 24 March 2016, Google took the decision to offer the entire suite free of charge. The Google Nik collection of photographic filters is now free! Yes, that’s right, free.
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