first published week of: 04/11/2016
Google has made a freebie of its Nik Collection, a set of advanced Mac and PC photo editing tools that, until last week, cost $150, and at one time went for $500. The company is issuing refunds to those who purchased the suite in 2016.
The seven Nik Collection editing tools, a part of Google's 2012 acquisition of Nik Software, work both as standalone apps and as plug-ins for Adobe's Lightroom and Photoshop programs, as well as for Apple's now-defunct Aperture, which some still use. The full download is 590 MB.
The Nik Collection tools are: continued…