DxO Acquires Nik Collection
Posted: Thu 26 Oct 2017, 07:45
The future for the Nik Collection looks greatly improved with the announcement that DxO has acquired it from Google. The software, especially Silver Efex Pro*, is too good to allow it to disappear into oblivion. It is mixed news. For the moment it will continue to be free but DxO will want to profit from its purchase. There is talk of a new version, "Nik Collection 2018", in the middle of next year. What that means for anyone who paid for the software is uncertain, especially those who purchased it more recently. There was an indecently short period between Google offering it as a commercial product and making it free.
More about this story at DPReview (and no doubt elsewhere) - https://www.dpreview.com/news/167583679 ... ee-for-now.
* Silver Efex Pro has always been the standout application in the collection. For me, at least. It was worth paying the high price demanded by Nik many years ago. It is not without some issues, which maybe DxO will address in the new version. The other applications have never had much interest, although the Glamour Glow filter in Color Efex Pro has some uses.
More about this story at DPReview (and no doubt elsewhere) - https://www.dpreview.com/news/167583679 ... ee-for-now.
* Silver Efex Pro has always been the standout application in the collection. For me, at least. It was worth paying the high price demanded by Nik many years ago. It is not without some issues, which maybe DxO will address in the new version. The other applications have never had much interest, although the Glamour Glow filter in Color Efex Pro has some uses.