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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 444026" data-attributes="member: 9240">Nik works differently from the way it does in Photoshop.  In PS each new invocation becomes a new layer.  In LR, since there are no layers, each invocation creates a new file.  Need to go back, go to that file and re-invoke.  Delete unneeded files as necessary the same way you'd collapse layers in Photoshop.  Not nearly as convenient, so if you need to use it, do it in PS. I would say that the LR HDR Merge is neither better or worse than Nik, just very different.  LR produces a 32-bit DNG file with tons of light information that you then need to manipulate using whatever editors are at your convenience.  If you're working in LR you will always have access to 32-bits of light.  If you send it to another program you're limited by the parameters of that program, and ultimately the depth available on the output file produced (you cannot edit and save a DNG file the same way you can't do it to a NEF file).Nik takes you RAW files, produces TIFF files which it than combines using software to allow you to manipulate all that information until you are satisfied and then save that file as a TIFF or PSD.  You lose access to the depth of light information at that point, but the idea is that you've already done the manipulation you wanted in the module.IMHO, Nik is a more satisfying HDR experience because the tool allows a much more severe level of light manipulation from LR, even if all you want is a natural looking HDR image.  That said, if I'm doing some rote HDR work as a matter of habit (like room after room of real estate shots) I believe that you can likely come up with something more quickly and consistently in the LR process, but there'll be a learning curve.</blockquote>

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