Some people thought that it was similar to lightroom (it is not) and others thought that it was a glorified set of crappy filters (it is much more than that). I recently saw a discussion about the NIK collection recently and I realized that there are a lot of misconceptions about the collection. It can help in a pinch and could make the difference between a boring photo and one that really has some pop. Before we get into the secrets there are a few things that you should know about the collection. This should not put you off from downloading it and adding it to your lightroom arsenal. However, this is not such a bad thing as the plugin is well made and while an update would be welcomed, not quite needed at this point. By not a lot, I mean outside of making it free, they have not updated a single thing. The sad part is that since Google purchased the NIK collection, not a lot has been done with it.
The NIK collection was and still is my go-to plugin for creative ideas and attempts to make a boring image better. Years ago the NIK collection was one of the leading plugins for lightroom and it was competing with the likes of ON1 and other plugins.
