Google buys Nikon Software

[Guest Yachtsman1]

Just read on Flickr that Google have bought Nikon software. Concensus of opinion seems to be unhappy with anything Google do?

Yachtsman1.

[Gérard de Lux]

I think that it is rather Nik Software, which is a different company, even if it has some sort of partnership with Nikon Corporation.

Nik Software produces, inter alia, Snapseed which is a photo editing application for desktop and iOS, and other tools for amateur and professional photographers like the EFEX series.

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see Nik Software website

[davegee]

Correct Gerard - NIK and NIKON are two different companies.

NIK developed NX2 for NIKON with the injection of some cash a while ago but the partnership is now dissolved.

Nik produces some great effects for both NX2 and PS.

I use Colour EFX3 for NX2 and it works extremely well now that it is 64 Bit Compatible. The upgrade from 32 Bit NX2 to 64 Bit NX2 caused a bit of a stir when CEFX3 was not compatible for a short time. But NIK relented and gave us V3.0.0.4 which is 64 Bit Compatible. But it will not be developed any further.

I have used their HDR Software until I found Oloneo which is (IMHO) a better buy.

DG