Google made its $149 professional photo editing software free

What was once a $500 package of professional picture redaction software package is currently utterly free. The high-end Nik assortment of picture redaction tools, that was priced all the way down to $149 when being noninheritable  by Google in 2012, is currently out there for transfer by everybody.

“As we have a tendency to still focus our semipermanent investments in building unbelievable picture redaction tools for mobile, as well as Google Photos and Snapseed, we’ve set to create the Nik assortment desktop suite out there for complimentary,” Google declared on Mar. 24. those that have already bought the software package in 2016 can get their a reimbursement




The redaction suite includes seven applications overall, as well as a tool to use filters and alter color and brightness, a tool specifically for redaction pictures in black and white, and a tool for giving pictures higher definition. It conjointly includes a not bad “spot” redaction feature, that enables you to apply effects by selection by selecting specific components of a picture.

Google’s acquisition of the Nik assortment was a part of a package deal that conjointly enclosed the software package behind mobile photo-editing app Snapseed, Google’s answer to Instagram filters. saying its intention to boost Snapseed whereas creating Nik free could also be an indication that Google intends to specialise in mobile photo-editing, to the dismay of a lot of serious photographers and editors World Health Organization tend to use desktop tools.

Update: Mar. 29, 3:16pm EST: Google confirmed to Quartz that the Nik assortment can still be updated for compatibility with different operative systems and programs, as well as Lightroom and Photoshop, however there'll be no new versions of the suite within the future.