Real gift or phishing?

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Hi! Today I’ve received a strange email (or maybe not, unsure).

Even if sender and signature seem legit, i’m not trusting anything anymore.
Let me know your thoughts.

Thx!

SUBJECT: A Valentine’s gift for Nik Collection 8 owners

BODY (excerpt):
This Valentine’s Day, we wanted to say thank you.
Thank you for choosing Nik Collection 8. We know how personal photography can be — especially when you’re editing images of the people closest to you — and we’re grateful to be part of that process.
To mark Valentine’s Day, we’re giving you a free preset pack, designed especially for editing portraits of couples and romantic partners.
To download your presets*, simply click the link below.

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Hi,

I admit that I have found this package and this email rather strange :

  • No indication of origin (actually “La Boutique du Fujiste - EKS Creation, a Belgian company - https://www.laboutiquedufujiste.eu)
  • No information about author (see author’s site)
  • No information about the target plugin (apparently Color Efex and Silver Efex for the preset marked B&W)
  • No information about installation (Import from Presets context menu in Color Efex or Silver Efex)
  • According to the author’s site these presets are specifically aimed at images coming from Fuji APNs (this is not mentioned in the email).

However, the email appears to really originate from the DxO mailer (Mailchimp). So, apparently no phishing.

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This seems very similar to a legit email that came from info@news.dxo.com.

Extra Valentine’s savings on your Nik Collection 8 upgrade!

| This Valentine’s Day, celebrate the people who matter most, and the photos that capture them.

From subtle tonal refinements to distinctive creative effects, Nik Collection 8 is the perfect way to edit portraits of the people you love.

Enjoy smoother workflows, improved performance, and even more creative control, helping you achieve beautiful results faster than ever.

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, enjoy an exclusive 10% discount on Nik Collection 8 and a free pack of gorgeous presets from Karim Roland aka @EKS_creation, the perfect way to add a creative flourish to your favorite images.

Use your personal promocode* at checkout…

The email encourages me to download and try out Nik 8, and then to download the presets at the link in the email. It would appear that you are getting the freebies link because you’ve already upgraded to Nik 8.

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Being an existing user, I got the free presets.

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Got this email today too. Downloaded the presets and now? No instructions, nothing. Nevertheless thanks to DXO. Also did the 10% discount.

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The instructions on importing presets are in the Nik8 user manual. I followed them and the presets are now installed

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Thanks Chris, will try :+1:t3:

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When I queried the matter with DxO Support, I got the following reply:-

The presets are intended for Color Efex and are imported directly there:
Download the presets and unzip the ZIP file.
Open Nik Color Efex and click the three horizontal lines next to “Presets” on the left-hand side.

  • Select “Import Preset”.

  • Navigate to the downloaded preset files, select them, and confirm your choice.

You will then find the presets in the “Imported” section.

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