NIK COLLECTION FREE VERSION UPDATE

They have some sort of configuration (maybe itвЂ™s a particular graphics card with a particular OS update, of what-have-you), but it broke their Nik world. IвЂ™ve seen posts and gotten emails from people who have told me straight up that when they updated something and the collection stopped working. So, how much longer will it still work?ДЄ. I would love that, but based on their post about why they are making it free, it seemsВ fairly clear that their desktop plug-in days are overВ (that was my take on it anyway). Will Google ever release a Nik Collection Version 5?ДЄ. Not as best as I can tell, so use it today and enjoy it for as long as it works.

NIK COLLECTION FREE VERSION UPDATE

So,В what if I download it today, and then thereвЂ™s a majorВ Mac OS or Windows update down the road and then it doesnвЂ™t work anymore. Based on what IвЂ™ve read, I absolutely think that is the case, but I havenвЂ™t confirmed it with anyone inside Google yet. Does this mean that future updates for this collection have ceased?ДЄ. Well, I answered a вЂњQвЂќ with an вЂњAвЂќ (see below). So what exactly did you say in that Q&A about it?ДЄ. I wrote about that in my Q&A the day they made the initial вЂњfreeвЂќ announcement, back in March of 2016. They said, in kind of a soft-sell way, that they werenвЂ™t going to support further development of the collection.ДЄ. DidnвЂ™t Google pretty much say the same thing when they first released the Nik Collection for free?ДЄ. Well, long time Nik Collection users are (me being one of them) are pretty much freaking out, so I thought IвЂ™d do a quick Q&A about itВ here on the blog-a-roonie: Tip of the hat to DPReview for uncovering that. Or if a stiff wind comes along, and it breaks the Nik Collection they ainвЂ™t fixinвЂ™ it). Or, if a new version of Photoshop or Lightroom stops it from working, theyвЂ™re not going to fix it. If a new OS from Apple or Microsoft is released and it breaks the Nik Collection from working, theyвЂ™re not going to fix it. We had a blast (saw two awesome shows: вЂWickedвЂ™ and вЂSchool of RockвЂ™ and took aВ hilarious tour of NYC called вЂThe RideвЂ™ вЂ“ highly recommended).ДЄnyway, IвЂ™m back and of course, on Friday (as luck would have it) all hell broke loose when Google added a disclaimer to their download site for the free Nik Collection of plug-ins, that they would no longer be supporting it moving forward.

Sorry I missed out blogging on Friday вЂ“ my wife and daughter flew up to New York City to meet me Friday morning (I was already up in NYC on business), and I got all caught up in that.

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