Windows Requires: Intel Core 2 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 or higher; 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended); Windows 8.1 or 10 (64-bit); Microsoft Surface is not supported
macOS Requires: Intel Core i5 or higher; 4GB of RAM (8 GB recommended); macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) or later
Compatibility Photoshop CS5 (64-bit) or later; Photoshop Elements 13 or later (except HDR Efex Pro); Lightroom 3 or later; Affinity Photo 1.8 or later
With the release of version 3, Nik Collection is now a set of eight plug-ins. Six were originally developed by Nik Software and sold individually, then bought by Google and sold as a single suite, with the addition of Analog Efex Pro; they were then discontinued and given away free, and finally rescued by DxO and relaunched as a commercial package.
During all that time, most of the plug-ins have hardly changed at all. DxO added En Vogue presets and new film looks in the previous version, but it’s DxO Nik Collection 3 that has had the biggest update, including the new plug-in. The rest, however, look very much as they always have. For most software that would be a bad thing, but the Nik Collection plug-ins have a ‘timeless’ look about them and don’t seem to date at all.
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