Locate the downloaded installation file and double-click on it to begin. Make sure to quit out of any host image editing application such as Photoshop or Lightroom. Installation Left: Mac, right: PC Default installation location (Mac).

Installing an update will always replace the relevant major version (for example, Nik Collection 6.1 replaces Nik Collection 6.0 – you can’t have 6.0 and 6.1 running side by side).If you like, you can run 2 simultaneous major instances of the Nik Collection (for example, running Nik Collection 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 side by side with Nik Collection 6).

If you use an older major version of the Nik Collection and want to test the last major version, you can install the demo without crushing your version, use it and remove it if you don’t want to upgrade.From Nik Collection 6.3 onwards, you can install and have different major instances of the Nik Collection (for example, Nik Collection 5 and Nik Collection 6).They may work with the pre-DxO versions (legacy and Google), but this is not officially supported by DxO Labs. The following rules apply to the DxO version of Nik Collection. You can activate Nik Collection on three computers (Mac and/or PC).Nik Perspective only: English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese.All plug-ins except Nik Perspective: English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Thai, and Turkish.Serif Affinity 1.8 or later, Serif Affinity 2.0 (NB: Nik Perspective is non compatible with Affinity).Adobe®️ Photoshop®️ Lightroom®️ Classic 2022, or 2023.Adobe®️ Photoshop®️ Elements®️ 2021, 2022, or 2023 (NB: Nik HDR Efex is not compatible with Photoshop Elements).AMD Radeon™ Pro 580X graphics card or higher for Mac with Intel® processor.macOS 12.0 (Monterey), macOS 13.0 (Ventura).Intel® Core™ processor with 6 cores or above, or Apple Silicon.NVIDIA RTX™ 2060, AMD Radeon™ RX 6600 or better with latest drivers.

Intel® Core™ processor with 6 cores or higher, or AMD Ryzen™.

Microsoft® Windows® 10 version 20H2 (64-bit, and still supported by Microsoft®).

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