Nik Collection 8 offers a wide range of creative tools with numerous filters, renderings, and editing options that are easily mastered both by demanding photographers and by photographers who are looking for easy-to-use tools. This new version 8 (released May 2025) also features major improvements in integration and workflow within Photoshop, along with the ability to leverage Adobe’s selection tools — including those powered by AI.
Compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Lightroom Classic, Serif Affinity Photo and DxO PhotoLab, it is based on the following suite of 7 plugins or external editors:
Nik 8 Analog Efex, emulates the look of various traditional cameras and films.
Nik 8 Color Efex, offers a wide range of stylized color renderings and recipes.
Nik 8 Dfine, provides accurate global and localized noise reduction.
Nik 8 HDR Efex merges and processes multiple exposures of a scene into a single image.
Nik 8 Silver Efex, provides a rich palette of black and white rendering tools that emulate the look of silver-based films.
Nik 8 Sharpener, which includes Nik Presharpener and Nik Sharpener Output supports all sharpening tasks, throughout the workflow.
Nik 8 Viveza, uses the principles of darkroom technique to let you quickly correct tones and hues.
The Nik Collection is based upon a wide range of technologies, initially developed by Nik Software and then by DxO Labs, such as local adjustments, simulations based on the characteristics of old silver halide films, tone compression and 32-bit image support for HDR.
In this guide you will find a complete description of all the tools, plugin by plugin, as well as everything you need to know about host application workflows and the different user scenarios.
Thank you to the photographers who contributed to illustrating this user guide. All images are copyrighted and may not be reproduced without the permission of their author and DxO Labs.
- Alexandre Gendron
- Antoine Mutin
- Denis Nevozhai
- Espen Helland
- Fabio Mirulla
- Felipe Ditadi
- Gilles Theophile
- Grant Durr
- Jérôme Galland
- Kah-Wai Lin
- Leio McLaren
- Martin Katler
- Martin Morgenweck
- Matthieu Venot
- Michiel Annaert
- Mourad Saadi
- Nina Papiorek
- Olivier Brunet
- Rumman Amin
- Ryuichi Aoki
- Scott Stulberg
- Solli Kananisoup
- Stef Kocyla
- Thanh Nguyen Phuc
- Thomas Voland
- Val Velez
- Wanja Wiese