- Shop the latest Chromecasts, Phones, Speakers & Smart Displays at Google Store. Buy Pixel 5, Nest Audio, Chromecast with Google TV, Nest Wifi, and more!
- Google’s Nik Collection gained in popularity when it became a free download in early 2016. It also raised the bar for other editing tools like Lightroom and Photoshop but fear not. The ability to use the Google Nik Collection as a plug-in means that you don’t have to pick favorites.
Google’s Nik Collection gained in popularity when it became a free download in early 2016. It also raised the bar for other editing tools like Lightroom and Photoshop but fear not. The ability to use the Google Nik Collection as a plug-in means that you don’t have to pick favorites.
The famous Google Nik collection with photo editing plug-ins is free since March last year (https://plus.google.com/+NikCollection/posts/AFGsG2Di7EK) - download it here:
If you are using Photos 3.0 on High Sierra you can call the stand-alone applications of the Nik collection simply using 'Image > Edit with', while you are viewing a photo enlarged in Photos.
In earlier versions of Photos you need a photo editing extension, that will call an external editor, for example the 'External Editors extension'. This extension is no longer available from the AppStore, after High Sierra has been released. I hope, everyone purchased this extension in time.
After downloading the NIK Collection from Google's site https://www.google.com/nikcollection/, run the installer. You will find the stand-alone programs in the Applications folder in the subfolder 'Nik Collection'. Run each of them to test them (but not the Uninstaller 😁).
After you restart the Mac, the External Editor Extension will be able to see them and show them in Photos.
To use them, open the photo in Photos in Edit mode by selecting the thumbnail and hitting the Return key.
Now click 'Extensions' in the Edit panel and select 'External Editors'.
In the External editors select the NIK plug-in you want to use:
Now you will see the editor window of the selected plug-in and can edit your photo. When done, use the 'Save' button in the plug-in and then the Save Changes in 'External Editors'.
Now the edited photo will appear in Photos.
Using photo editing extensions will usually create an additional original master image file. It increases the storage required for your photos. Don't use external editors for tasks, that can be done in Photos. By doing simple things in Photos you are able to revert all adjustments individually and to save storage.
On a stand-alone basis Dfine2 and Viveza2 are working well. I am using tis work-around to use them in Photos 2.0. I export the original from Photos to the Desktop, then ctrl-click to to use 'Open with Dfine (or Viveza2). Then I am using the External editor extensions 'Replace with Image from Disk' to pair the Viveza edited photo with the Version in Photos. This is giving the same result as directly editing from Photos.
SHARPEN UP YOUR IMAGE
With Nik Sharpener Pro, you can be sure of extracting the perfect level of sharpness from your images so that every image file has plenty of extra detail that you can’t always see. With Sharpener Pro you can reveal the full sharpness of your images and apply the perfect level of sharpening depending on how your photo will be viewed.
Lifetime license no subscription
including the 8 plugins
Free trial availablehere
Attention to details
Every image, no matter how good it looks, can always be improved by applying just the right level of sharpening. Nik collection Sharpener Pro is a brilliant plugin that includes two unique stages of sharpening. The first stage is RAW Pre-Sharpener that cleverly extracts the correct level of detail from an image file. The second stage adjusts the image to automatically apply the precise amount of sharpening to suit the image’s intended destination, whether that’s a color printer or a high-definition display.
Selective Sharpening
Buy Google Nix Collection For Mac 2016
Sometimes you might only want to sharpen up just a small and selective area of a photo. Selective sharpening is great for drawing a viewer’s attention to a specific detail or to make just one feature really stand out. Sharpener Pro includes U POINT Technology that harnesses Control Points to sharpen selective areas with adjustments for structure, contrast, and focus.
CUSTOMIZED FOR THE IMAGE’S FINAL DESTINATION
The Output Sharpening stage applies the perfect level of sharpening to suit the type of printer or display where your image will be viewed. With professional levels of sharpening your photos will sparkle and stand out from the crowd however they are viewed.
Buy Google Nix Collection For Mac 2017
Buy Google Nix Collection For Mac Os
The most powerful suite of 8 photo plugins offering almost 200 high-quality creative effects as well as a range of innovative image-editing tools, all available with a single click while giving you non-destructive editing for total control.
Buy Google Nix Collection For Mac Free
Lifetime license no subscription
including the 8 plugins
Comments are closed.