I'm curious if anybody still uses these? DXO loves emailing me trying to get me to buy it or combine it with PureRAW. I had the full collection pre-Google and then once Google made them free. I liked a lot of functionality of how edits are applied however I feel like a lot of other editing programs have caught up and maybe surpassed Nik's original advantages (U-points, color grading, sharpening, etc). Thoughts?
I'm old school; I still use them (albeit almost exclusively in Photoshop). Nik's Colorefex's pro contrast tool has been worth the price of admission (minus my loyalty/upgrade discounts) for me over the years. That said, Snapseed's tonality tool is awesome for the same purpose; however, it's only available on mobile.
I went from the free google version to Nik collection 8, and will upgrade when 10 comes out. Its a great tool set.
Robin Whalley has some very good youtube videos about various nik collection tools.
Here for instance the depth tool in the latest version
a good one about Nik Viveza (in combination with Affinity Photo).
Also check out his videos about silver efex pro and color efex pro like this one
There are also multiple video out about the excellent Photoshop integration for those using Photoshop.
Unfortunately it lacks the real integration in DXOs own Photolab, like Filmpack. C1 requires a roundtrip too. Best integration is into Photoshop.
Dave Kelly has a video for each Color efex pro tool.
