Interesting Email from NIK/Google

[Chris Dodkin]

Just seen an Email from NIK/Google hit my inbox

It says:

Dear Chris,

Thanks for being a long-time Nik customer. As a registered owner of one or more of our software products, we are pleased to announce that you are now eligible for a free copy of the new Nik Collection by Google, which includes all six of our award-winning plug-ins for Photoshop, Lightroom, or Aperture.

To be sure you have the latest version of the Nik plug-ins, click the link below to download the Nik Collection. Your download will begin automatically.

So looks like I have been given the option to download for FREE all NIK/Google filters, even though I don't currently own them all

Anyone else seen this?

The tag line on the Email is interesting

You have received this mandatory email service announcement to update you about important changes to your Nik Software product(s).

So I'm guessing this is a stick and carrot approach to get people onto the Google versions of the software

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Ah - a quick Google and I found this http://connect.dpreview.com/post/4452357456/google-nik-software-plugins

So they are doing the whole bundle for a low price now - nice!

And doing free upgrades and rolling out refunds if you spent a bunch recently on multiple products!

 

[Pete Askew]

I've seen the new website and pondered how to register my serial numbers to 'upgrade' but have yet to receive an email despite the fact that we own 4 licenses for the full suite! I guess we are less of a priority!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Just downloaded and updated - I now have working copies of the full suite - nice!

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I've seen the new website and pondered how to register my serial numbers to 'upgrade' but have yet to receive an email despite the fact that we own 4 licenses for the full suite! I guess we are less of a priority!

Odd - worth hitting them up I'd say Pete - this looks like the definitive move to the Google versions

 

[Pete Askew]

Did you need to put in any license keys or did it just work? I wonder if I just download the demo and install whether it would add the keys from the existing installation as it used to.

 

[Beth Anthony]

hmm... i haven't gotten that email yet. off to check the spam box....

 

[Pete Askew]

I've just emailed Nik. I'll let you all know what they advise.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Would it hurt to merge these threads?

 

[Pete Askew]

Good idea.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

No email so far, and I have the complete suite already.

 

[Beth Anthony]

just got my email.

 

[alfie Wright]

Hi all, long time no see...

If you have owned any Nik software in the last 5 years, even if it's just one plug-in i.e. Silver fx pro then you will be entitled to download the full collection free of charge.

*CHECK YOUR EMAIL SPAM BOX* emails from google will probably end up in there. I've just downloaded the collection as an upgrade from silver fx pro. All seems good but I didn't get the HDR fx pro plug-in, not that i'm bothered about that though.

 

[Pete Askew]

Welcome back Alfie. There's been a thread running about this but thanks for thinking of us anyway. I've had the full suite for a long time but still haven't received the email from Google. Same with Rob. But others with only one or two comments have. Odd. Thanks again and look forward to some fully Nik'd images!

 

[Paul Lange]

Still haven't got mine either! I sent an email requesting the link but nothing back yet.

 

[alfie Wright]

Hi Pete, Hope your well mate?

I popped in to share the news, but it seems I'm a little late as there's 2 posts already running here!

I think I read that they would be rolling out the emails over the next few weeks. So perhaps yours & others are yet to come. I'm a fairly new owner of Silver fx so perhaps they are working backwards down their lists.

Hi Paul,

Did you have a good luck in your email spam box? As above I suspect they may well be working down the list from newer owners first.

 

[Paul Lange]

No spam box is empty, suppose I'll just have to be patient.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks to Alfie, I have now located my email in my spam box. Downloading as I write...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

It all looks and works exactly the same as before, except for a little, discrete Google logo.

 

[Stephen McCullough]

No spam box is empty, suppose I'll just have to be patient.

Paul,

Do you remember receiving and answering the email from Nik agreeing to have your account information passed to Google? My understanding is that without this, you won't get the email.

 

[Pete Askew]

I responded to mine and I haven't heard either. I too am awaiting a response to an email to Nik.