After incorporating a number of their mobile editing tools into Snapseed, Google has apparently chose to make their range of desktop photo editing plugins available for free. Yes, you read that right. "Photo enthusiasts all over the world use the Nik Collection to get the best out of their images every day", Nik wrote in a Facebook update. Nik Software is known for their very popular mobile photo editing app, Snapseed which is available on both Android and iOS. If you're one of the people who purchased the Nik Collection for $149 in 2016, you will automatically be refunded. The plugins for Adobe Photoshop and Apple Aperture do such things as color correction, retouching and creative effects, and image sharpening.
Tech analysts from the Verge seem to suggest that Google is not interested in supporting Nik software in the future, besides Snapseed.
Nik used to be a household name, but after their acquisition by Google a few years ago, many modern photographers have either stopped using it or have never heard of it altogether.
The Nik Collection was developed by a German developer also named Nik and retailed for $499.95.
So, this announcement that all of this is available free of charge is a big deal.
For more information on the Google Nik Collection jump over to the official website for details and to grab yours of photographic plug-ins for free. The NIK Collection, a $150 bundle of processing tools and filters is now a freebie. That's likely the main reason why it made the decision to offer these plugins for free as of today. If you purchased in 2015, you are out of luck.
In other news AndroidPolice reported, "Brief refresher: in September 2012, Google acquired a company, Nik Software".
The software can now be downloaded free for Mac or Windows at Google. "This software was priced at $149 till a couple of days back".
Source: Google makes photography tools worth $149 available for free
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