This is terrible news for owners of Nikon D-SLR's as Nik is the only software provider that has been provided with access to Nikon's file encryption. They received this as they write Nikon's own software.
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Google Buys Developer of 'Snapseed', Apple's 2011 iPad App of the Year
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Being an enthusiastic amateur photographer, I've tried to persuade myself of the added value of Nik's software.
Does this mean that I can unsubscribe from their distribution list without having to worry that I might miss something?
Does this mean that I can unsubscribe from their distribution list without having to worry that I might miss something?
I have camera+ and if I end up getting an iPhone 5 I will probably drop it. i personally feel it was the worst purchase I have made as far as apps go.
i may try it again sometime soon but felt it totally awkward and snapseed is like a mac...it just works and does so easily.
**I know, personal preference here.
well Google is not Apple. Apple buys up a company you can kiss the app good buy. For example the Siri app.
I never used Sparrow so I didn't know how it felt. Now I get it. This sucks. Snapseed is my go-to app for quick and dirty photo editing if I want to get halfway descent results. It's my favorite non-Photoshop album when I'm in a pinch. This is sad.
How do you know that Google aren't just going hire the guys from Nik and let them continue as they were? Just because Google owns the app now, doesn't mean it is automatically rubbish from now on.
We'll just have to see what happens in the next update. If there is going to be one.
Sorry but your wrong. Nik did write NX2 and is (or was) working on NX3. NOBODY else in photo editing provides full reading of NEF's even with the SDK.
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They have already announced on G+ that the snapseed team would be moving to Mountain View and joining the G+ team. Will they not just add the tech to G+ and move the app to Android (work that was already under way) and kill off the iOS version as a competitive thing.
Note that Nik give no direction on their web site other than we are excited to be part of Google and have all of their money.
onOne is the best competitor for advanced work.
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I'm quite correct. A simple search on pro photography sites, and Nik's own statements ae very clear. No NX3 is in the works. No one uses the SDK because of Nikon's terms and the software strategies of the other vendors. Camera Raw comes very close but it's all interpretation anyway.
Ever heard of Sparrow? @Lastsoftware? Measure Map? Milk? It's naive to think that Google doesn't do the exact same thing. Check this out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Google
Lovely.....
This likely means that there will be no further releases of their Photoshop plugs. I suspect that Google overlords will do what all big companies do when they acquire software like this. They'll ignore their previous client-base and only push the technology into their own proprietary apps. This really sucks for us Photoshop users who have enjoyed the power tools within the Nik software plugs.
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I highly doubt it.... I fully suspect they are going to simply cannibalize it for their Snapseed app. This is a huge blow to pro photographers everywhere.
This likely means that there will be no further releases of their Photoshop plugs. I suspect that Google overlords will do what all big companies do when they acquire software like this. They'll ignore their previous client-base and only push the technology into their own proprietary apps. This really sucks for us Photoshop users who have enjoyed the power tools within the Nik software plugs.
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I highly doubt it.... I fully suspect they are going to simply cannibalize it for their Snapseed app. This is a huge blow to pro photographers everywhere.
Unfortunate.
The second Google ****s up Snapseed, I will delete it off my iOS devices.
Good thing I didn't pay for it.
The second Google ****s up Snapseed, I will delete it off my iOS devices.
Good thing I didn't pay for it.
From a linguistic standpoint could we possibly refer to these things as development houses (à la fashion houses) or something? The headline "Google Buys Developer" sounds a lot like some form of slavery or some creepy legal thing. 
No your are quite wrong. ONLY Capture NX (and Nikon's View NX) allows for the in camera processing to be read in the NEF file. Capture NX2 was written by Nik and is still for sale on it's web site today.
http://www.niksoftware.com/cepnx/usa/entry.php?view=intro/capturenx.shtml
Nikon Rumors does not agree with you about NX3
http://nikonrumors.com/2012/09/17/google-acquires-nik-software.aspx/
Yeah, this is bad, bad news for the Lightroom/Aperture/Photoshop plugins, no way to I see Google continuing to support and improve them, they just don't fit into Google's whole thing. Too bad because they are amazing, plugins, especially Silver Efx. Those plugins were very expensive and the cost was unfortunately prohibitive unless you were a professional (i.e. making your living in photography), I wouldn't mind seeing Google sell these products off to another company that could continue them, although the odds of that happening successfully isn't good (Google woult probably retain the talent and IP).
After buying both Colour Efex Pro and HDR Efex pro for Aperture to better help me have more editing control I actually feel physically sick. There isn't one Google product that I've used that's nicely designed or straight forward in terms of privacy settings.
The cost of buying both suits wasn't cheap either, they best not ruin it or get rid of the NX Suite, because I rely on NX for editing my RAW files before importing into Aperture again that didn't come cheap either.
I must have spent well over £400 on these several suites
The cost of buying both suits wasn't cheap either, they best not ruin it or get rid of the NX Suite, because I rely on NX for editing my RAW files before importing into Aperture again that didn't come cheap either.
I must have spent well over £400 on these several suites
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Loving the unfounded google hate going down here. They might mess this up, but ever think they won't?
All modern e-mail providers use TLS/SSL via HTTPS, so i think Google cannot read your passwords (if you do not use gmail). And your WLAN-connection is (hopefully) encrypted with WPA2 and a random password, not shorter than 32 characters.