Even when a product looks as if it's about to die off, there's always the chance another company will come out of nowhere to save it. Such is the case with Google's excellent Nik Collection photo ...

A few years ago, the Nik Collection of photo editing tools would have cost you $500. Now, Google’s giving it all away. The Nik Collection is a set of seven plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ...

The company announced in a statement Thursday that it is no longer charging for the collection -- comprised of seven desktop plug-ins that allow users to add filters to images, retouch them and more.

Back in 2012, Google purchased German company Nik Software, the firm behind a series of photo editing plug-ins designed for amateur and professional photographers. The acquisition was primarily so ...

It feels like ages ago that Google acquired the Nik Collection of photo editing tools, and earlier this year the company announced that it would be ceasing development on the collection as a whole.