Nik Collection is now free!

[Bjørn J]

Google has decided to give away the complete Nik Collection for free. Get it before they change their mind
https://www.google.com/nikcollection/

[Chip Chipowski]

Sweet - I like Silver Efex Pro a lot.

[Andrea B.]

Thanks, Bjørn, for the notification.
I tried the Vivenza once and have always wanted to try other of this collection.

[BEZ]

My favourite plug-ins RIP      .....sad day.

[afx]

My favourite plug-ins RIP      .....sad day.

Hmm, the did not say anything about the future.
But yes, it might be an indication that development will cease.

cheers
afx

[armando_m]

My favourite plug-ins RIP      .....sad day.

It does sound like that

[Jan Anne]

Thanks Bjørn, plan to try it out soon.

[Lars Hansen]

Thanks Bjørn! .. I've just downloaded it and look forward to try it.

[Bjørn J]

Thanks Bjørn, plan to try it out soon.

I have used Nik for years, especially Color Efex - my favourite plugins for the final finishing touches of most photos. It has an intuitive interface and the ability to "stack" filters is great. It also offers selective editing with Control-Point technology like in Capture NX (which was made by Nik).

[Akira]

Thanks, Bjørn!  Am downloading it.

I wonder if there would be any future support.  I don't expect any additional function, but the compatibility issue should be addressed.

[Lars Hansen]

It's fun - "Film Noir" flavour and "Pinhole" flavour with Kodak P3200 TMAX film simulation.

[Frank Fremerey]

I paid 149€ for this and it was worth every Cent!

[Akira]

A couple days ago, I was wondering whether/which I should buy, DXO Film Pack or VSCO plugin.  The problem is solved at least for now.

I wonder if there would be any future support.  I don't expect any additional function, but the compatibility issue should be addressed.

Although the current version is known to work on Windows 10 without problem, Nik Collection is officially compatible with only up to Windows 8.  This might suggest that we would not be able to expect the future support, even for the possible compatibility issue.

[Jørgen Ramskov]

Heard a lot of good things about these and while it is nice that it's free, it also makes their future uncertain.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

As long as these plugins work with one's photo-editing software of choice now, why worry about the future? They function under Windows up to Win10 so we should be well covered on the OS front (don't know about the Mac OS compatibility though).

The troublesome aspect is how the IT industry works by buying up companies and kill their products for competition purposes, but that is another discussion and not suited for NG anyway.