Nik Collection 9
The biggest update ever:
AI-enhanced tools, color grading, bold new filters
Nik Collection 9 marks the biggest update in the history of DxO’s legendary creative photo editing suite. With powerful AI-enhanced masking tools, an innovative new approach to color grading, and a range of striking new filters, the latest version expands what you can achieve while keeping the fast, intuitive workflow that has made Nik Collection a favorite for more than three decades.
Depth Masks and AI Masks introduce a new generation of intelligent local adjustment tools, making complex selections faster and easier than ever. At the same time, a brand-new tool in Nik Color Efex offers you a streamlined way to shape color across shadows, midtones, and highlights. Alongside these additions, new filters including Halation, Chromatic Shift, and Glass Effect open the door to bold creative effects, while expanded Blending Modes across the suite multiply your creative options. Combined with refinements to the user experience, this update truly transforms what’s possible.
“For more than 30 years, Nik Collection has been a favorite tool for photographers. Effects that need ten layers in Photoshop can be achieved in just a few clicks in Nik Collection. With version 9, we’re introducing powerful new features while continuing to enhance speed and refine the intuitive workflow.”
AI-enhanced masking
makes local adjustments faster
Nik Collection 9 introduces two new AI-powered masking tools designed to make precise selections both faster and more intuitive. Depth Masks analyze an image to generate a detailed depth map, allowing adjustments to be targeted based on distance from the camera. You can easily refine the range of the mask using intuitive sliders, with adjustable feathering that creates natural transitions between zones. The resulting selection can then be combined with other adjustments for fluid, layered edits.
AI Masks deliver pixel-precise subject selection in seconds. After applying a filter or tool, you can simply click on a subject or draw a bounding box to define the area you want to target. The result is fast, accurate selections that retain the flexibility and control needed for advanced workflows.
These new tools join Nik Collection’s renowned U Point™ technology, giving you multiple ways to build precise local adjustments.
“A practically bottomless source of inspiration and ideas.”
DIGITAL CAMERA WORLD
A fresh approach
to color grading
Nik Color Efex receives one of its most significant upgrades to date with the arrival of the new Color Grading tool. Instead of juggling multiple color wheels, you work with a single intuitive wheel that controls shadows, midtones, highlights, and global color independently. A unique feature allows selected colors to be locked together, enabling users to rotate several tonal ranges simultaneously without losing the relationship between them. The result is a flexible, expressive workflow for crafting moods and refining the atmosphere of your image.
“Nik Collection goes into new and uncharted creative territories.”
LIFE AFTER PHOTOSHOP
New filters and functionality
expand creative potential
Nik Collection 9 also brings major updates to Nik Color Efex and Nik Analog Efex, introducing three new filters that expand the expressive range of the suite.
Chromatic Shift
Nik Color Efex
Inspired by traditional offset printing, Chromatic Shift recreates the look of subtle ink misalignment. Individual color layers can be shifted to produce authentic imperfections, with palettes including red/cyan, magenta/green, and yellow/blue. Adjustable angle, offset strength, and scale allow anything from delicate texture to bold graphic effects.
Glass Effect
Nik Color Efex
The new Glass Effect tool introduces a rich collection of distortion effects, adding a striking new dimension to creative editing. Choose from a variety of glass types and fine-tune the result for scale, distortion, and smoothness, making it easy to craft anything from subtle textures to intense, abstract transformations.
Halation
Nik Color Efex
The Halation tool recreates the distinctive glow seen in classic analog film stocks, where bright highlights bleed gently into darker areas, often with a subtle reddish halo. Adjust brightness, radius, intensity, hue, saturation, and overall opacity, and apply the effect locally for precise control.
Blending modes open up endless artistic avenues
Nik Color Efex and Nik Analog Efex now include 18 Blending Modes, each offering a distinct visual effect and massively expanding the creative possibilities.
With options such as Darken, Multiply, Difference, and Color, these modes dramatically extend the range of existing filters. For example, Nik Analog Efex already includes 30 Paper Textures. Combined with 18 Blending Modes, this opens the door to hundreds of unique variations, encouraging experimentation and more expressive results.
A smarter editing experience
Finally, Nik Collection 9 introduces a series of refinements designed to make everyday editing faster and more intuitive.