Google made an announcement at last night that will make photography enthusiasts smile. It has made the entire Nik Software collection of photo-editing plug-ins available for free download for Windows and Mac users. This software was priced at $149 till a couple of days back.
Users who have already purchased that Nik Collection in 2016 will get complete refund, said Google.
Nik software came under Google after it bought out Snapseed developer Nik. Before Google bought the company, the Nik Collection was selling for $500.Nik Collection comprises seven plug-ins that work with Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture. These seven plug-ins are Color Efex Pro, Analog Efex Pro,Viveza, HDR Efex Pro, Silver Efex Pro, Sharpener Pro and Dfine. You can get a low down on all these plug ins here.
Google said in its blog post
"As we continue to focus our long-term investments in building incredible photo editing tools for mobile, including Google Photos and Snapseed, we have decided to make the Nik Collection desktop suite available for free, so that now anyone can use it".
