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This is a powerful black & white conversion tool that simulates the appearance of classic film emulsions and darkroom printing techniques with real depth and richness.
#Google nik collection discontinued pro#
With its sophisticated tonal controls, film simulations and localised control points, Silver Efex Pro 2 is surely in a class of its own Initially this feels vague, but it proves to be a quick and intuitive way to make localised enhancements. You click to add a control point and it adds its own mask, based on the colour values where you clicked, operating over an adjustable radius. Some, though, are near-indispensable, such as Graduated Filters, Contrast Colour Range (which is terrific for enhancing colour in landscapes), Detail Extractor and Tonal Contrast.Įach filter has its own adjustment parameters, and they all use Nik’s control-point technology for localised adjustments. You may never use the burnt landscape look of Indian Summer, the false colours of the Ink filter or the soft-focus Duplex effect. The 55 different filters vary in usefulness.
The longer you spend with this plug-in, the more you’re left feeling you’ve only just scratched the surface. This is where Color Efex Pro 4 reveals its true depth and power. However, each one can be customised and controlled, as well as ‘stacked’ and saved as ‘recipes’. On the surface, Color Efex Pro 4 looks like little more than a large collection of filter effects, some more useful than others.
The Contrast Color Range filter in Color Efex Pro 4 is terrific for ‘polarising’ blue skies and intensifying colours So, what do these individual plug-ins do, and are they all useful? Analog Efex Pro 2 There are no strings: these are the fully functioning, unlimited products that once commanded a hefty price tag, even in Google’s hands. Whatever happens, this looks like an unmissable opportunity to download some truly great plug-ins at no cost.
#Google nik collection discontinued software#
Some see this as a warning that the software is soon to be discontinued.
Now Google has slashed the price to zero. The plug-ins were originally developed by Nik Software, and when Google bought the company in 2012 it promptly rolled them into the Google Nik Collection with a retail price of £95 – a substantial reduction on the prices charged by Nik. The Google Nik Collection contains some of the most highly regarded image-editing plug-ins for Photoshop, Elements, Lightroom and Aperture on the market.
#Google nik collection discontinued upgrade#
One way of thinking of this is that NIK/Google is giving its users an economic incentive to not upgrade their host applications (PhotoShop, Lightroom, Aperture, Elements and so on). I guess I could re-install PS CS5 - but it would only be for a plug-in that I don't use a lot. I like NIK's software, but NIK won't see another penny out of me.
#Google nik collection discontinued license#
For me the issue is this: I am denied using an "older version" of the plug-in simply because I upgraded the host application - this means that the NIK plug-ins that you buy are host-version restricted by license as opposed to incompatibility. The old plug-in works perfectly fine on PS CS5 - not that much has changed. I understand that NIK can't support older versions, but I strongly suspect that this is simply a license restriction so that users are forced to upgrade. I was told by NIK Customer Service that I would have to upgrade the plug-in to version 4 ($100) in order to run it on PS CS6. Thinking that this was an installer problem, I reported the issue to NIK.
#Google nik collection discontinued install#
The install wouldn't recognize PS CS6 as a compatible program. Everything worked fine except for one of the older NIK plug-ins (Color Efex Pro 3, which has been superceded by version 4 which I didn't upgrade to because I don't use it very much). I recently upgraded to PS CS6 (from PS CS5) and installed the NIK plug-ins this past weekend. Basically I upgrade only the plug-ins which I use on a regular basis. I purchased it three years ago and have upgraded a few of its components over the years. I had a bit of a shock as I learned this today with NIK's complete collection. NIK limits the usability of its plug-ins by restricting the ability to install them on host-version upgrades (such as a PS CS5 to PS CS6 upgrade).