NIK - R. I. P: Remember a while back when Googles started giving Nik away for free. Turns out there was a reason for that. Google is done with Nik. No more support or development.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Remember a while back when Googles started giving Nik away for free. Turns out there was a reason for that. Google is done with Nik. No more support or development.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

jerryc41 wrote:

Remember a while back when Googles started giving Nik away for free. Turns out there was a reason for that. Google is done with Nik. No more support or development.

My plug-ins still work fine...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

burkphoto wrote:

My plug-ins still work fine...

I'm sure everything will keep working, but there will be no improvements and no support.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

We all pretty much knew this was going to happen.

jerryc41 wrote:

I'm sure everything will keep working, but there will be no improvements and no support.

rafikiphoto Loc: Spain

jeep_daddy wrote:

We all pretty much knew this was going to happen.

What makes you say that?

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

rafikiphoto wrote:

What makes you say that?

For me, when they posted it was free and that there were no plans to update or improve the plugins over time pretty much told me it was a dead product that would work as long as it works, and when it no longer works then it no longer works

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Dngallagher wrote:

For me, when they posted it was free and that there were no plans to update or improve the plugins over time pretty much told me it was a dead product that would work as long as it works, and when it no longer works then it no longer works

Exactly.

Software isn't forever.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Dngallagher wrote:

For me, when they posted it was free and that there were no plans to update or improve the plugins over time pretty much told me it was a dead product that would work as long as it works, and when it no longer works then it no longer works

So why did Google acquire it in the first place? To use the technology elsewhere?

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Dngallagher wrote:

For me, when they posted it was free and that there were no plans to update or improve the plugins over time pretty much told me it was a dead product that would work as long as it works, and when it no longer works then it no longer works

Yep. It works very well, and as a standalone if desired.

I can't comment on MAC environments but I have quite a bit of 1990's era software that works just fine on the latest iteration of Windows 10.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

rehess wrote:

So why did Google acquire it in the first place? To use the technology elsewhere?

Probably. In addition to the software itself, they got all the technology that went into creating it.

rafikiphoto Loc: Spain

Dngallagher wrote:

For me, when they posted it was free and that there were no plans to update or improve the plugins over time pretty much told me it was a dead product that would work as long as it works, and when it no longer works then it no longer works

Oh, I just re-read the initial announcement of March 2016 and I can see no reference at that time saying there would be no further development. In fact, they seemed very excited about it. Apart from the one today, when did they make an earlier announcement about abandoning it? I can't find one.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

May be a good idea to make a back up of the software if you plan to continue using it in the future, so that you can reinstall it whenever necessary. That way you will be able to use it as long as you have an operating system that can run it.

rafikiphoto Loc: Spain

Good idea!

frodoboy

They wanted NIK for its infrastructure so they can use it in their smart phones. Some of the new features in Android camera I'm sure were ported from CEP. Google doesn't care about PC or MAC computers, just smart phones and tablets. I think there are already features of NIK incorporated in the new Google phone. NIK also had a killer cloud infrastructure which Google wanted. Kind of like an Instagram thing. CEP has worked so far for years after this acquisition and hopefully will for many years to come. There is also Topaz Labs and On1 Photo Raw if CEP ever stops working.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Peterff wrote:

Yep. It works very well, and as a standalone if desired.

I can't comment on MAC environments but I have quite a bit of 1990's era software that works just fine on the latest iteration of Windows 10.

That's because Microsoft has so many corporate and government customers who squeal like stuck pigs when they break something obsolete.

Apple customers are used to frequent software replacement.