Nik Collection is a powerful and professional plug-in set for photo post-processing, composed of 7 image processing plug-ins for different purposes. The plug-in suite is suitable for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom or Apple Aperture (replaced by Apple Photos). With it, we can quickly complete many professional photo editing effects with ease.

Nik Software's Photoshop filters collection has been very famous for a long time - considered one of 3 sets of most powerful photo filters along with VSCO and Exposure. It was acquired by Google in 2012, then relaunched and eventually has been provided free of charge since March 24, 2016. After that, it became more popular for professional photographers, shutterbug or photo designing enthusiasts.

Of course, Google's aim is to attract more professional users to use their action camera applications like Photos and Snapseed. On the other hand, it also probably means that Google Nik Collection would not be updated in the future.

DxO announced the acquisition of Nik Collection from Google in 2017 and has since continued to develop it.

Build-in Filters 

Tool Intro
Analog Efex Pro Explore the look and feel of classic cameras, films, and lenses.
Color Efex Pro A comprehensive set of filters for color correction, retouching, and creative effects.
Silver Efex Pro Master the art of black-and-white photography with darkroom-inspired controls.
Viveza Selectively adjust the color and tonality of your images without complicated masks or selections.
HDR Efex Pro From natural to artistic, explore the full potential of HDR photography.
Sharpener Pro Bring out hidden details consistently with the professional's choice for image sharpening.
Dfine Improve your images with noise reduction tailored to your camera.

Official Demo Video

Compatible Host Applications

Windows:
  • Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
  • Adobe Photoshop CS4 through CC 2015
  • Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 through 13 (apart from HDR Efex Pro 2, which is not compatible with Photoshop Elements)
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 through 6/CC
Mac:
  • Mac OS X 10.7.5 through 10.10
  • Adobe Photoshop CS4 (CS5 for HDR Efex Pro 2) through CC 2015
  • Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 through 13 (apart from HDR Efex Pro 2, which is not compatible with Photoshop Elements)
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 through 6/CC
  • Apple Aperture 3.1 or later

Edition Statement

AppNee provides the Nik Collection multilingual full installers and unlocked files for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit, as well as pre-activated versions for Mac.

Installation Notes

for v4.0.8+ on Windows:
  1. Download and install Nik Collection
  2. Copy the unlocked files to installation folder and overwrite
  3. Done

Related Links

Download URLs

License Version Download Size
by Google
Freeware v1.2.11 Final 429 MB
589 MB
by DxO
Commercial v6.9.0 0.99 GB
v6.1.0 1.77 GB
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