
And a few days ago, Google announced that they are giving away the complete suite for free.

In March 2013, I reported that after taking over Nik, Google was selling the complete suite for 149 USD and you were able to get it for even less.

Initially priced at 499 USD, a single plugin like Silver Efex Pro was more expensive than Lightroom at that time. Then there is also HDR Efex to create HDR images, as well as Dfine and Sharpener Pro to handle noise and sharpen your images intelligently.I guess every photographer using Lightroom or Photoshop did at some point look at the Nik collection, a suite of plugins to cover specific requirements. With Viveza, you can selectively adjust the colour and tonality of an image without using complicated masks, or selections. With Nik Collection you can create almost anything from mimicking classic cameras and creating vintage style images in Analog Efex Pro, to colour correction, retouching and creative effects in Color Efex Pro. The Nik programs are easy to use and photographers can create stunning effects through intuitive filter applications. The Nik Collection consists of seven desktop plug-ins for Photoshop and Lightroom. Moreover, if you’ve bought the Nik Collection in 2016, Google will even refund you.

It is not every day that we get free photography software! Previously, photographers had to pay up to $150 for it! As Google continues to focus their long-term investments in building innovative photo editing tools for mobile, including Google Photos and Snapseed, they’ve decided to make their Nik desktop suite available to both Mac and Windows users as well.

This is the best news we’ve had for some time… Google has just announced that their popular photo software, Nik Collection, can be downloaded for free! Note: We are not affiliated with DxO and will not be able to help with any support related queries. Read more about the new Nik Collection 2 by DxO here. You can fill in a request form on the DxO site for the old Nik Collection 2012 here. DxO has acquired the Nik Collection from Google and will be developing it further with a new version.
