NIK Collection free?

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E-Niko

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cwgrizz said:
Downloading it now to test it out. With my smoke signal internet it should finish downloading by day after tomorrow. Ha!
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I downloaded it earlier, it was mentioned on my local photography group, after messing with it for a few hours I think it's something I could use in the future. Not sure if it's free for good or a trial, I had nothing come up when installing it asking me about a 15 day trial but I did see it in the info on the website somewhere.
Either way I'm sure I'll use it sometime, probably after watching some tutorial videos on how to use it better.


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E-Niko said:
Not sure if it's free for good or a trial, I had nothing come up when installing it asking me about a 15 day trial but I did see it in the info on the website somewhere.
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The trial version and the full version were two different programs when I installed them. There wasn't any way to include a license key with the trial version or anything like that. I had to uninstall the trial version then installed the full version. The files themselves were different and were different sizes if I remember correctly. I was going to buy it earlier in 2016 but couldn't find any way to submit a coupon code so perhaps Google changed things at the beginning of this year.

By the way, my price with tax came to $157.94. Perhaps they were anticipating this for a while.
 
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E-Niko

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I'm finding it hard to understand why it cost so much, I don't think it's anything that special, I mean it's just pre sets. I used it for a few hours and may never use it again, I'll try in the future but it's likely I won't use it often, unless I learn something new about it.
 
Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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E-Niko said:
I'm finding it hard to understI don't think it's anything that special, I mean it's just pre sets. I used it for a few hours and may never use it again, I'll try in the future but it's likely I won't use it often, unless I learn something new about it.
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NIK is not "just presets". UPoint Technology (aka "Control Points") makes NIK Tools unique, and incredibly powerful.
 
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Fred Kingston_RIP

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It's not just "pre-sets"... It's strongest feature, compared to other editing software is the Control Points. I'm sort of ambivalent about the whole thing... It's nice that it's now free, and I'm not particularly pleased that I paid for it... I do find it to be very useful, and surely their intention is NOT to update or support it, so will miss it when it starts to break...
 
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E-Niko

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FredKingston said:
It's not just "pre-sets"... It's strongest feature, compared to other editing software is the Control Points. I'm sort of ambivalent about the whole thing... It's nice that it's now free, and I'm not particularly pleased that I paid for it... I do find it to be very useful, and surely their intention is NOT to update or support it, so will miss it when it starts to break...
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Interesting, I have to use it more, like I've said I've only used it a little. What do you mean control points?


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Fred Kingston_RIP

Fred Kingston_RIP

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Watch the video on Control points.

Basically, you can drop a Control point on your image... and resize the the Control point... at that point, with the CP selected, the adjustment slders only apply to the area encompassed by the control point.

An example. An image with a face. The face is too dark. Drop a CP on the face, and expand/contract the CP to include JUST the face. Adjust the brightness slider, and only the face is brightened...
 
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E-Niko

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FredKingston said:
Watch the video on Control points.

Basically, you can drop a Control point on your image... and resize the the Control point... at that point, with the CP selected, the adjustment slders only apply to the area encompassed by the control point.

An example. An image with a face. The face is too dark. Drop a CP on the face, and expand/contract the CP to include JUST the face. Adjust the brightness slider, and only the face is brightened...
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Interesting, see I don't know enough about it yet, I'll learn more, Thanks for the info everyone :)


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Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

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FredKingston said:
Watch the video on Control points.

Basically, you can drop a Control point on your image... and resize the the Control point... at that point, with the CP selected, the adjustment slders only apply to the area encompassed by the control point.

An example. An image with a face. The face is too dark. Drop a CP on the face, and expand/contract the CP to include JUST the face. Adjust the brightness slider, and only the face is brightened...
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It's even more than that... Control Points are "intelligent" in that they select not just by size but also by things like tonal value; when grouped the individual points will "talk" to one another to control the selection. Since they select based on tonal values, selections are smooth and transition-less.
 
cwgrizz

cwgrizz

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I have downloaded it and tried what @Blacktop said. The report is that it works as a standalone program. I only played for about 2 minutes with one filter, but it worked. I will have to see what I can do with it now that it was offered free. (I know, the software I use is usually FREE). Ha!
 
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