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<blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 139986" data-attributes="member: 9521">That's a question that, by the way you're asking it, can't really be answered. To begin with, Nik is a plugin software that was originally intended written to be a plugin for Photoshop that has since been adapted to work with Lightroom, too. Both Lightroom and Photoshop are free standing programs and do not need each other but Nik needs either PS or LR (or Aperture) in order to function. That said, Nik is a great plugin for both LR and PS. In a perfect world you would want all three. Using Nik from Photoshop is much more powerful than Nik from LR,&nbsp; I suspect it has something to do with Nik being originally a PS plugin. So if it's at all possible that you can get both PS, Nik and LR, you'll be set for a long time. It is a powerful combination so I would suggest you save and scrimp your pennies and buy them both. You can get a great deal on PS using the student/teacher option.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave_W, post: 139986, member: 9521"] That's a question that, by the way you're asking it, can't really be answered. To begin with, Nik is a plugin software that was originally intended written to be a plugin for Photoshop that has since been adapted to work with Lightroom, too. Both Lightroom and Photoshop are free standing programs and do not need each other but Nik needs either PS or LR (or Aperture) in order to function. That said, Nik is a great plugin for both LR and PS. In a perfect world you would want all three. Using Nik from Photoshop is much more powerful than Nik from LR, I suspect it has something to do with Nik being originally a PS plugin. So if it's at all possible that you can get both PS, Nik and LR, you'll be set for a long time. It is a powerful combination so I would suggest you save and scrimp your pennies and buy them both. You can get a great deal on PS using the student/teacher option. [/QUOTE]

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