{"id":11375,"date":"2016-05-15T08:32:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T13:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=11375"},"modified":"2016-05-28T21:45:54","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T02:45:54","slug":"the-nik-software-plugin-collection-is-now-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=11375","title":{"rendered":"The Nik Collection Is Now Free!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Color-006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11381\" title=\"160516-Nik-title-Color-006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Color-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1272\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Color-006.jpg 1272w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Color-006-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Color-006-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Color-006-454x300.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1272px) 100vw, 1272px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With excellent reviews, the Nik Collection of seven software plugins is highly desired. Discriminating photographers have been buying individual plugins or paying $499 for the whole set. Google bought the Nik Collection and dropped the price for the full collection to $150. Now you can download the whole collection for free. This is great news for everyone who has been wanting this powerful set of software editing tools but has been putting it off due to the price.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Dfine-005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11383\" title=\"160516-Nik-title-Dfine-005\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Dfine-005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1274\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Dfine-005.jpg 1274w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Dfine-005-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Dfine-005-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Dfine-005-454x300.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1274px) 100vw, 1274px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Nik collection works with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop Elements, and Apple Aperture. Compatibility information is <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/nikcollection\/answer\/3000889?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=3000839\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11378\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160419-Google-Nik-free-002b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11378\" class=\" wp-image-11378\" title=\"160419-Google-Nik-free-002b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160419-Google-Nik-free-002b.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Capture: The Plugin Software Suite\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160419-Google-Nik-free-002b.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160419-Google-Nik-free-002b-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160419-Google-Nik-free-002b-428x300.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen Capture: The Plugin Software Suite<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Nik Collection includes:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/nikcollection\/products\/analog-efex-pro\/\">Analog Efex Pro<\/a> &#8211; for converting your digital images into several classic &#8220;film looks&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/nikcollection\/products\/color-efex-pro\/\">Color Efex Pro<\/a> &#8211; with a suite of color correcting tools<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/nikcollection\/products\/silver-efex-pro\/\">Silver Efex Pro<\/a> -which has long been a favorite for converting color images to black and white<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/nikcollection\/products\/viveza\/\">Viveza<\/a> &#8211; for selective color adjustments<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/nikcollection\/products\/hdr-efex-pro\/\">HDR Efex Pro<\/a> &#8211; for creating high dynamic range images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/nikcollection\/products\/sharpener-pro\/\">Sharpener Pro<\/a> &#8211; for first class image sharpening<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/nikcollection\/products\/dfine\/\">Dfine<\/a> &#8211; excellent noise reduction software<\/p>\n<p>The links will take you to more information on that plugin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11379\" style=\"width: 875px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160419-Google-Nik-free-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11379\" class=\" wp-image-11379\" title=\"160419-Google-Nik-free-003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160419-Google-Nik-free-003.jpg\" alt=\"Screen Capture: Workflow\" width=\"865\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160419-Google-Nik-free-003.jpg 865w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160419-Google-Nik-free-003-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160419-Google-Nik-free-003-491x300.jpg 491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen Capture: Workflow<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There will be times when you will want to use more than one of these plugins on a single image. The workflow order is important as this screen capture indicates. For example you want to reduce noise in an image before you sharpen the image or the noise will be sharpened and harder to remove.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Silver-007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11382\" title=\"160516-Nik-title-Silver-007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Silver-007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1277\" height=\"846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Silver-007.jpg 1277w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Silver-007-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Silver-007-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Silver-007-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1277px) 100vw, 1277px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/nikcollection\/\">Google Nik Collection<\/a> &#8211; home page with download link<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/nikcollection\/?hl=en#topic=\">Nik Collection Help Center<\/a> &#8211; everything you need to know to begin using this software<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Sharp-008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11380\" title=\"160516-Nik-title-Sharp-008\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Sharp-008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1269\" height=\"845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Sharp-008.jpg 1269w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Sharp-008-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Sharp-008-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/160516-Nik-title-Sharp-008-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1269px) 100vw, 1269px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With excellent reviews, the Nik Collection of seven software plugins is highly desired. 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