Just a few months after Google said that it was abandoning Nik and ending development, DxO has announced it has acquired the collection and will continue development “for the benefit of the photographer community.”

Google originally acquired Nik Software and its popular Snapseed app in 2012. The search giant went on to drop the price of the Nik Collection from $500 to $150 in 2013, and then finally from $150 to free in 2016.Just a few months after Google said that it was abandoning Nik and ending development, DxO has announced it has acquired the collection and will continue development “for the benefit of the photographer community.”