

Once the plugin finished to load, click the ‘Classic Camera’ Selection and switch over to ‘Multilens’:įor this tutorial, we want to select the ‘Multilens 5’ preset. Open your image in Nik Collectin by selecting ‘Analog Efex Pro 2’. Use Promo Code JDPhoto if you purchase any Contrastly presets or products and you get a 20% discount. You can do it manually or use presets, such as the ones offered by. This short tutorial is meant to give you some inspiration to edit your photos with Nik’s Multi Lens presets, found in Analog Efex Pro 2.įirst, open your image in PS or LR and edit it to your likening. If you still want to use the old preset version, you should be able to download it from google for Windows and Mac. Please note, I don’t get paid for referring to DxO in any form and shape. But in 2018, the software was sold to DxO and is now available as standalone solution. Google bought the software to offer it for free. It is an awesome plugin for Lightroom and Photoshop. They’re powerful, intuitive to use and well worth sacrificing a bit of space on your hard drive.You may have heard about Nik Collection. Only time will tell but, for now, download the plug-ins and enjoy them. While free access to these outstanding plug-ins is great news, one has to wonder about the future of the Nik Collection and whether Google will continue supporting the software with updates. Although Google has updated the plug-ins in the past, albeit not recently. Google acquired Nik Software in September, 2012 and users were concerned about whether Google would continue Nik’s legacy of innovation. (Check out my Workflow column in the May/June issue of Digital Photo Pro for a deep dive into some of the plug-in’s features.) According to the Google blog post below, anyone who purchased the Nik Collection in 2016 will get a refund.

In addition to Analog Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro, Viveza, HDR Efex Pro, Sharpener Pro and Dfine, you’ll also be able to download one of the best black and white conversion software on the market today, Silver Efex Pro.


The Collection includes a half-dozen plugins-, all compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom and Apple Aperture. As of March 24, Google has made its Nik Collection of plug-ins free–a huge price drop from its recent $149 price.
