Google recently announced that there would be no further updates to the Nik Collection. This is a real shame. These tools are excellent and I personally don’t want to see them fall behind, ultimately becoming incompatible with new operating systems.
I doubt this will change Googles mind but Sascha Rheker has started a petition to Save the Nik Collection. If you have a minute please register your support.
The Lightweight Photographer 
If Google no longer wishes to support the Nik Collection, they should open source the code as they brag they have done with many other projects https://opensource.google.com/,
That’s another excellent idea.
Good idea. Suggesting this in posts to Google might have an impact.
This topic has been given lots of space on blogs / web sites etc since the announcement. However, it must have been apparent to most, that when Google made Nik free, the end was nigh. In fact there haven’t been any updates in over a year and surely if the apps work for people now, they always will until either MS or Adobe stop them from doing so.
In that case (and especially if people want further development) there would be a cost and I can imagine the outcry if Google were to say ‘OK, we’ll further develop and maintain NIK, but it’s then it will be sold for $XX a copy’. Or is it that people just want their cake and eat it too ?
BTW, I am a NIK user and paid for it before Google gave it away.
Hi Steve,
I agree with you in so far as people who had this for free will complain. But if a great new set of tools were launched I would expect and be happy to pay (a comment I made when signing the petition).
Thanks for providing this link. I too use Nik and will miss it if and when it becomes obsolete. Google is only interest in Nik for phone apps. Very unfortunate.
I have heard this argument before but even Snapseed is now free so I don’t understand why they would do this.
They will harm themselves by their actions. I don’t use Google for search for obvious reasons. I know friends (with PC’s) that used Picasa, that’s gone. They replaced it with Google photos, if NIK does go, would you want to upload your pics to Google Photos to store them…!!??
They do seem to be stepping away from imaging.
Google strip-mined Nik and then left a gaping hole in the landscape. Typical Google classiness.
But they did launch Analog Efex 1 and 2 whilst Google were in charge. I suspect there are other factors that we aren’t aware of that caused this decision.
I like NIK and parts of the collection are ‘go to’ for many photos but there are others. Google was just a corporate raider.
I also use other tools but I tend to use Nik more than most. It may be just a habit.
Robin, I have signed the petition against losing NIK Software, however,I would have expected to find something to this effect when I did a google search. But Google still seem to be promoting this product. From your information, have they given any indication of when they will not be supporting this software?
Thanks for signing. If you go to the Nik Collection site and look at the header they now have a note on there saying no furtehr updates.
I have signed the petition about losing NIK Software. This situation has happened before, a good company is bought up and put out of business. Being a Nikon user Nikon got Nik Software to develop Capture NX2 for Nikon, it was regarded as a really good piece editing Software for processing Neff files, such as picture control , D lighting, white balance etc. which was all built into the software, and now it’s all gone what a shame.
Thanks for signing. At least if nothing happens we can say we made our thoughts known. I do recall Capture NX2 during my brief flitation with the D800. It was good.
this is a exo program please keep going
Thanks. Hopefully something positive will come out the the petition.