Google Nik Collection is now free.

[balloonshark]

Today we’re making the Nik Collection available to everyone, for free.

Photo enthusiasts all over the world use the Nik Collection to get the best out of their images every day. As we continue to focus our long-term investments in building incredible photo editing tools for mobile, including Google Photos and Snapseed, we’ve decided to make the Nik Collection desktop suite available for free, so that now anyone can use it.

The Nik Collection is comprised of seven desktop plug-ins that provide a powerful range of photo editing capabilities -- from filter applications that improve color correction, to retouching and creative effects, to image sharpening that brings out all the hidden details, to the ability to make adjustments to the color and tonality of images.

Starting March 24, 2016, the latest Nik Collection will be freely available to download: Analog Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, Silver Efex Pro, Viveza, HDR Efex Pro, Sharpener Pro and Dfine. If you purchased the Nik Collection in 2016, you will receive a full refund, which we’ll automatically issue back to you in the coming days.

We’re excited to bring the powerful photo editing tools once only used by professionals to even more people now. 

https://plus.google.com/+NikCollection/posts/AFGsG2Di7EK

This is the first I've heard of this software. The main site can be found here. https://www.google.com/nikcollection/

 

[Nashemon]

A small bit of research shows that it was selling for $149 two days ago. And $499 three years ago.

 

[CuriousMike]

This is a bomb.

 

[blurredvision]

This is the first I've heard of this software.

It's really awesome software, even for the $149 it was yesterday. Google bought NIK Software a few years ago but basically let this software languish. About a year ago, the 15-day trial quick "working" and would basically just rearm the grace period every time, so it's basically been "free" for a while now.

Again, great software, highly recommended. Awesome that it's now free for everyone.

 

[balloonshark]

It's really awesome software, even for the $149 it was yesterday. Google bought NIK Software a few years ago but basically let this software languish. About a year ago, the 15-day trial quick "working" and would basically just rearm the grace period every time, so it's basically been "free" for a while now.

Again, great software, highly recommended. Awesome that it's now free for everyone.

Thanks for your comments blurred. The fact that everyone says it was worth it at the full price says a lot about the software.

 

[finbarqs]

the HDR software alone is WAY better than photomatix version. Anyways, for those who want preset PP without spending 10 hours on a photo.. this is one of the best out there! (You'll still spend hours if you're a perfectionist)

 

[jhansman]

Excellent, Google! For anyone who processes in LR or PS, these plugins are a must. My wife and I just completed mounting a B&W wall of eight shots, all processed with Silver Efex Pro via Lightroom, and two color shots with Color Efex Pro. And free? Like found money.

 

[ElectricD]

These are incredible plug-ins for anyone who hasn't heard of them or tried them. I spent $149 on them years ago and feel that it was worth every cent.

Silver Efex Pro is easily one of the best plug-ins ever created for B&W photography--a must have for anyone doing B&W work.

 

[luv2liv]

it keeps crashing on my photoshop cc. still cant get it to work...