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Aware of the potential of the apps and the technology behind, DxO reintroduced Nik Collection in 2018, bringing it back from the dead, in true Phoenix style. Six months later, in October 2017, DxO Labs acquired the software. Four years later, in 2016, Google announced the software would be distributed free and one year later, despite earlier promises, it announced it had no plans to update the Nik Collection. Google acquired Nik Software in 2012, reintroduced the Nik Collection, dropped the price to $150 but did nothing tp update the app. A decade later, with Nikon investment, a move that explains the birth of Capture NX, a stand-alone photo editing program developed by Nik Software and Nikon, the company transformed into a software research and development company, the name behind a product that has its name engraved in the history of digital photography: Nik Collection, both popular for its effects and the $500 price tag. Nik Software started, in 1995, the adventure that would become a series of plugins praised by photographers everywhere.

Even if you just want the plugins, try the editor, PhotoLab 2.3 ESSENTIAL, and be surprised. Back from the dead in 2018, Nik Collection is now available in version 2, with a complete photo editor added.

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