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Google’s high-end Nik Collection photo software is now free, and probably dead

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A few years ago, the Nik Collection of photo editing tools would have cost you $500. Now, Google's giving it all away.</p><p>
The Nik Collection (https://www.google.com/nikcollection/) is a set of seven plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, and Apple Aperture. The toolbag includes vintage camera filters, black-and-white controls, HDR effects, noise reduction, color correction, color enhancement, and sharpening. The entire suite is now available as a free download from Google on either Mac or Windows.</p><p>
Of course, there’s a catch: In explaining the giveaway (https://plus.google.com/+NikCollection/posts/AFGsG2Di7EK), Google says it is continuing to “focus our long-term investments in building incredible photo editing tools for mobile,” including Google Photos and Nik’s own Snapseed app for iOS (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snapseed/id439438619?mt=8) and Android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.niksoftware.snapseed&amp;hl=en). Although Google doesn’t say this outright, it sounds like the desktop Nik Collection is no longer in development.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3048347/software/googles-high-end-nik-collection-photo-software-is-now-free-and-probably-dead.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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