Last week, Google announced that the Nik Collection— a suite of desktop plug-ins for advanced photographers , which it purchased from a German developer for its mobile editing app, Snapseed—has dropped in price from $499.95 to $149 to being completely free.
Since Google purchased the collection, it has grown from six to seven plug-ins, including:
- Analog Efex Pro
- Color Efex Pro
- Silver Efex Pro
- Viveza
- HDR Efex Pro
- Sharpener Pro
- Dfine
All of these plug-ins work seamlessly with Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture. With the Nik Collection, advanced editing is made simple and quick. Google also guarantees that anyone who bought the Nik Collection for $149 in 2016 will be automatically refunded.
Google doesn’t seem to have interest in adding anything more to this high-end editing software. They explained that they plan to focus their long-term investments in developing incredible photo editing tools for mobile.
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