Never heard of these. How do they compare to Lightroom's built in features?
it is not a lightroom replacement nor a photoshop one. It has really good filters. my wife and bought it.
Google Nik collection now available for free
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Couldn't they add it to Picasa?
Picasa is dead, Google Photos is the primary photo product
Such a travesty. Someday we will look back and see the whole web application trend as a technological plague that wiped out great native desktop applications replacing them with inferior web versions that nobody actually wanted.
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#14This is a real bummer because it implies they are done developing it. I bought the Nik Collection a couple years ago and I have gotten good value out of the product. I hoped they would continue to improve it. If you like photography should should definitely download it.
I always thought it was a slightly odd acquisition for Google. Didn't seem like it would really fit with Photos use case, and I suspect, sadly, that you are right.
I think the whole team was used to build out the Google Plus (now Google Photos) product (which has pretty awesome/fun editing features so far). So, honestly I'm impressed that they have kept supporting Nik Collection this long already.
Even a couple years ago when I bought this software, it was pretty obvious that it was mostly abandonware and Google weren't planning on improving/adding any new features any time soon.
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#15Never heard of these. How do they compare to Lightroom's built in features?
I only used Silver Efex. It's more flexible and powerful than basic Lightroom and more specialized than Photoshop. It's great for black and white work, it is a tool specifically made for photography, not a general purpose one.
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#16Never heard of these. How do they compare to Lightroom's built in features?
I've had them since v.1. They're the best photo filters by far. Very usable.
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Picasa is dead, Google Photos is the primary photo product
Such a travesty. Someday we will look back and see the whole web application trend as a technological plague that wiped out great native desktop applications replacing them with inferior web versions that nobody actually wanted.
Google Photos is amazing, superior, and everything I've wanted for years. Seriously.
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Picasa is dead, Google Photos is the primary photo product
Such a travesty. Someday we will look back and see the whole web application trend as a technological plague that wiped out great native desktop applications replacing them with inferior web versions that nobody actually wanted.
I'm sure the usage of the Picasa desktop app wasn't very high, and the Photos web version captures most of the features users wanted like albums, editing, tagging and sharing (lacking folders still).
Nothing wrong with Google thinking that Picasa usage didn't justify continued development. Other companies are free to make a great native desktop app for photos as their core product, but Google is surely thrilled with the reception of Photos.
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#19Hoping for Google Photos integration...
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#20Never heard of these. How do they compare to Lightroom's built in features?
They are complementary. I use the suite with Lightroom all the time. In general I find them super easy to use and they get me the results I want.