Nik filters no longer free but still alive and kicking!
Thursday 13 December 2018, 11:12 by Michelle Peeters | 11,820 views | 6 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
The popular Nik filter collection is finally getting its long-awaited update. DxO has just announced Nik Collection 2018, the first major new version of the popular software suite since DxO took ownership.
The Nik Collection, together with Snapseed, was acquired by Google in 2012 before being abandoned in 2017. DxO then decided to come to the rescue and agreed to acquire the collection just a few months later.
DxO filed for bankruptcy protection in April 2018, but the company promised that this was for reorganisation purposes and that it was still working on its plans, including updating the Nik Collection.
The new Nik Collection 2018 suite with Lightroom and Photoshop plug-ins now provides a better user experience and improved stability. It is now "fully functional" and compatible with both 64-bit Windows / Mac and the latest versions of Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC and Photoshop Elements.
DxO says that the developers spent months analysing and optimising the source code of the seven plug-ins.
The process was long and complex, says Bruno Sayakhom, owner of DxO. It was necessary to restore and recompile the source code, which had not been maintained for some time, to make it compatible with the latest versions of Adobe products and the latest updates to Apple's operating system.
This is a first step that allows us to start again.
The new website now offers users support and tutorials in four different languages, and the plug-ins themselves are now available in 13 languages. They come with a free 30-day trial.
The Nik Collection is no longer free, however! Google began offering the suite for free in 2016, after charging 127 euros for it for years.
DxO is bringing back the price tag: Nik Collection 2018 costs 42 euros for the rest of the month and will be priced at 59 euros from 1 July.
If you are mainly concerned about the survival of the Nik Collection, the fact that it is now paid software is a good sign for its long-term survival.
Source:PetaPixel
Nik filters course at Photoshop Academy
We have a great course at Photoshop Academy: Introduction to Nik software, which you can watch if you want to learn more about this subject.
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Michelle Peeters is fotografe en oprichter van DeuxBleus Fotografie. Michelle herkent het bijzondere in het gewone en het gewone in het bijzondere. Ze heeft zich nooit willen specialiseren en is daardoor van alle markten thuis.
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6 comments
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Mac wrote on Friday 8 June 2018 at 07:40 | replyIf you go to the site, it costs 49€, and from July 1 69€.
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but luckily my old collective still works perfext -
Wilbert Maximus wrote on Monday 11 June 2018 at 21:16 | replyI already had these NikTools before they became free, right after Nikon stopped with Capture pro 2, which I had been working with for years.
Translated from Dutch.
Plugins in combination with Adobe Photoshop and later, when Adobe started charging a monthly fee, in combination with Elements.
As far as I can remember, I did not pay 127 Euro for NikTools. What I do know is that everyone who had purchased NikTools within a year after they became free benefited, because they got their money back. Unfortunately, I fell outside that group at the time.
In the meantime I have purchased the DxO NikSuite and hope that DxO will eventually release updates that are once again only for paid users. Good software is worth its money.
NikTools are fantastic tools, even still. I find DxO photo editing software itself too expensive, otherwise I would have switched already, but a complete package with all the additional plug-ins is over 300 Euro. That is at the price level of Adobe Photoshop, which I would choose sooner.
In the meantime I work with Affinity Photo, which the NikTools also work very well with.
Only Vivenza2 still does not really work properly with Affinity Photo, the colors make no sense, so unfortunately it is a matter of making do and Affinity does not seem to be in any hurry with it.
But anyway, if Affinity ever solves that, it will be a golden combination. -
Ann Cornelis wrote on Tuesday 12 June 2018 at 16:27 | replyAt the time I purchased the NIK plug-in set, I believe I paid €99. Will my existing NIK Collection also be updated to NIK Collection 2018, or do I have to purchase the new version for that?
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Jaap Koer wrote on Tuesday 12 June 2018 at 17:03 | replyCan you also use the (new) NIK Collection with Lightroom 6?
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peter wrote on Wednesday 13 June 2018 at 09:46 | replyHello Michelle and Wilbert
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Already working on it since Friday evening. I only have the 7 plugins in the list of programs. Nothing else at all in LR (MAC) It doesn't work. Sent 2 emails to DxO but dead silence there. Regularly check all the sites about DxO but only on their own complaints list are there many complaints.
Who can help me here?????
information, Mac, latest version of software, Lightroom CC Classic.
Awaiting, peter nadort (my wife's laptop). -
guest wrote on Wednesday 13 June 2018 at 09:49 | reply
for Jaap Koer, Not yet for me. See my response on my wife's site.
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greetings, Peter
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