- Nik Collection was created in 1995 as an independent studio specialized in creating filters and effects for digital photography. They're also the founders of Snapseed. After being acquired by Google in 2012, Nik Collection 's image filters are now available as a complete set of plug-ins for Photoshop and other Adobe products that you can use.
- The Nik Collection plugins were mainly developed to use with applications like Photoshop and Lightroom, and other photo editing software. But Affinity Photo wasn’t around when Nik Collections was actively developed and updated, so it doesn’t recognize Affinity straight away in the installation process.
- DxO Software; Login/Upgrade; Buy Now; Select Page. Download the new Nik Collection 3 by DxO. A 30-day free trial with all Nik Collection 8 plugins features unlocked. System requirements macOS. Intel Core™ i5 or higher; 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended) 4 GB or more of available hard-disk space.
The famous Google Nik collection with photo editing plug-ins is free since March last year (https://plus.google.com/+NikCollection/posts/AFGsG2Di7EK) - download it here:
If you are using Photos 3.0 on High Sierra you can call the stand-alone applications of the Nik collection simply using 'Image > Edit with', while you are viewing a photo enlarged in Photos.
The Complete Collection includes all of Nik Software's latest award-winning plug-in software titles for Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture including: Dfine 2.0, Viveza 2, HDR Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro 3.0, Silver Efex Pro, and Sharpener Pro 3.0. All products feature Nik Software's U Point technology, giving you the most powerful tools for precise and natural photographic. After you restart the Mac, the External Editor Extension will be able to see them and show them in Photos. To use them, open the photo in Photos in Edit mode by selecting the thumbnail and hitting the Return key. Now click 'Extensions' in the Edit panel and select 'External Editors'. In the External editors select the NIK plug-in you want to use.
In earlier versions of Photos you need a photo editing extension, that will call an external editor, for example the 'External Editors extension'. This extension is no longer available from the AppStore, after High Sierra has been released. I hope, everyone purchased this extension in time.
After downloading the NIK Collection from Google's site https://www.google.com/nikcollection/, run the installer. You will find the stand-alone programs in the Applications folder in the subfolder 'Nik Collection'. Run each of them to test them (but not the Uninstaller 😁).
After you restart the Mac, the External Editor Extension will be able to see them and show them in Photos.
To use them, open the photo in Photos in Edit mode by selecting the thumbnail and hitting the Return key.
Now click 'Extensions' in the Edit panel and select 'External Editors'.
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In the External editors select the NIK plug-in you want to use:
Now you will see the editor window of the selected plug-in and can edit your photo. When done, use the 'Save' button in the plug-in and then the Save Changes in 'External Editors'.
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Now the edited photo will appear in Photos.
Using photo editing extensions will usually create an additional original master image file. It increases the storage required for your photos. Don't use external editors for tasks, that can be done in Photos. By doing simple things in Photos you are able to revert all adjustments individually and to save storage.
On a stand-alone basis Dfine2 and Viveza2 are working well. I am using tis work-around to use them in Photos 2.0. I export the original from Photos to the Desktop, then ctrl-click to to use 'Open with Dfine (or Viveza2). Then I am using the External editor extensions 'Replace with Image from Disk' to pair the Viveza edited photo with the Version in Photos. This is giving the same result as directly editing from Photos.