Seems like a signal that they won't be supporting the Nik Suite anymore. Maybe they are making so much from mobile apps they just want to give away Nik for free? Yeah, I doubt it. I've used the Nik plug ins through Aperture and now Capture One and I really like them.
I use Color, Silver and Dfine quite a bit. Dfine does a much better job at noise reduction than C1Pro 9. Guess I'll have to make sure I have the latest versions and see where this goes. Aren't the Macphun folks the original Nik developers? I may have to check them out as well. I guess it's a sign of the times when you immediately look suspiciously at a company who offers something for free.
Seems like a signal that they won't be supporting the Nik Suite anymore. Maybe they are making so much from mobile apps they just want to give away Nik for free? Yeah, I doubt it. I've used the Nik plug ins through Aperture and now Capture One and I really like them.
I use Color, Silver and Dfine quite a bit. Dfine does a much better job at noise reduction than C1Pro 9. Guess I'll have to make sure I have the latest versions and see where this goes.
Aren't the Macphun folks the original Nik developers? I may have to check them out as well.
I guess it's a sign of the times when you immediately look suspiciously at a company who offers something for free. Snapseed is a really good mobile app.
Probably my favorite for actual post processing (not applying filters) on a mobile. What NIK called their 'U-Point Technology' is what I really like about Nik (and Snapseed). Nikon used to license it for it's editing software and when they lost that they lost everything IMO. It seems to work exceptionally well in Silver EFX Pro.
I've tried other B&W editors and I'm still on the Silver bandwagon. I'm in no rush either way. I'm still pretty happy with C1P9 / Nik. Perhaps I'll keep an eye on Macphun and try a few out. There site doesn't list compatibility with C1P but Nik never really did either. Snapseed is a really good mobile app.
Probably my favorite for actual post processing (not applying filters) on a mobile. What NIK called their 'U-Point Technology' is what I really like about Nik (and Snapseed).
Nikon used to license it for it's editing software and when they lost that they lost everything IMO. It seems to work exceptionally well in Silver EFX Pro. I've tried other B&W editors and I'm still on the Silver bandwagon. I'm in no rush either way. I'm still pretty happy with C1P9 / Nik.
Perhaps I'll keep an eye on Macphun and try a few out. There site doesn't list compatibility with C1P but Nik never really did either. Was going to start a thread about this.
Glad to see someone beat me to it. The Nik suite can do many things, but one of the more useful is the ability to easily make local adjustments within an image. An example where I was okay with the overall exposure, but the eyes were underexposed and the bridge of the nose was overexposed resulting in desaturated colors.
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It was fairly easy using the Nik software to create control points where I could selectively adjust exposure and saturation to the portions of the image that needed fixing without having to create complex masks in Photoshop. The software is pretty good at integrating focal edits that blend seamlessly into the surrounding image, resulting in a final image that isn't obviously over-processed. The suite works really well with Lightroom (and Aperture). The only downsides to the plugin version is that it requires a TIFF image for edits which dramatically increases file size. The changes are also non-editable after the fact, so if you aren't happy with the outcome you have to redo the entire process later. Having said that, it's a pretty amazing tool for post. The fact that it is now free is awesome.
Makes me worried that it's not going to be updated going forward and will quit working at some point in the near or not-too-distant future. Was going to start a thread about this. Glad to see someone beat me to it. The Nik suite can do many things, but one of the more useful is the ability to easily make local adjustments within an image. An example where I was okay with the overall exposure, but the eyes were underexposed and the bridge of the nose was overexposed resulting in desaturated colors. It was fairly easy using the Nik software to create control points where I could selectively adjust exposure and saturation to the portions of the image that needed fixing without having to create complex masks in Photoshop. The software is pretty good at integrating focal edits that blend seamlessly into the surrounding image, resulting in a final image that isn't obviously over-processed.
The suite works really well with Lightroom (and Aperture). The only downsides to the plugin version is that it requires a TIFF image for edits which dramatically increases file size. The changes are also non-editable after the fact, so if you aren't happy with the outcome you have to redo the entire process later. Having said that, it's a pretty amazing tool for post. The fact that it is now free is awesome. Makes me worried that it's not going to be updated going forward and will quit working at some point in the near or not-too-distant future.
Click to expand.That's the u-point tech (control points) and it's what got me hooked on Nik. I started using Nikon's Capture because they licensed the tech and it (not surprisingly) handled NEF files very well. When they lost the license when Google bought Nik their editor became bad.real bad.
More than likely this spells the end of the Nik collection unless perhaps Google sells or licenses it to someone. All they really wanted, I think, was Snapseed. I personally would be utterly pleased for Capture One to license (or buy) the U-Point tech and build these features into C1Pro. It is an unfortunate byproduct to be stuck with a large TIFF after using Nik. C1P could use better de-noise tech and an ability to do local edits without using a mask.
Before you launch the installer, you plan to use with the Nik Collection isn't running. During the installation process, you'll be asked which supported photo editing apps you would like to have the Nik Collection installed in. You don’t have to choose any of the listed apps if all you want is the standalone version of the Nik Collection. If you do select one or more photo apps to host the Nik Collection, the installer will still create a folder within your /Applications folder for the Nik Collection standalone apps.