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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 504851" data-attributes="member: 13090">Short answer: I'm all Photoshop with NIK Tools thrown in. Long answer: I don't care for Lightroom because I don't like its data-base methodology (catalogs and so forth) which, for many, is one of Lr's biggest selling points. Adobe Bridge allows me to tag, filter, sort, cull, view etc. and it integrates with Photoshop. So that's how I handle such tasks without Lr. I also like working with Photoshop's Layers and Masks which are either simply not available in Lr or, if they are, require a plug-in and even then it's just not the same in my experience.The standard selection tools in PS leave a lot to be desired in my opinion which is why NIK Tools is absolutely HUGE for me, and only second to Photoshop. Control Points allow me to make selections similar to a Luminosity Mask, but even better in some ways because I can move Control Points all around the image, group them, etc. and they're &quot;smart&quot; enough to &quot;talk&quot; to one another... It's a hard thing to explain but simply put, the power of NIK's Control Points is a &quot;game changer&quot;.&nbsp; Lastly, NIK's tool for noise removal application, Dfine, is also just about a joy to use. As is Silve Efex Pro for B&amp;W conversions. Gawd I could go on all day about how awesome NIK Tools is........</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 504851, member: 13090"] [B]Short answer: [/B]I'm all Photoshop with NIK Tools thrown in. [B]Long answer:[/B] I don't care for Lightroom because I don't like its data-base methodology (catalogs and so forth) which, for many, is one of Lr's biggest selling points. Adobe Bridge allows me to tag, filter, sort, cull, view etc. and it integrates with Photoshop. So that's how I handle such tasks without Lr. I also like working with Photoshop's Layers and Masks which are either simply not available in Lr or, if they are, require a plug-in and even then it's just not the same in my experience. The standard selection tools in PS leave a lot to be desired in my opinion which is why NIK Tools is absolutely HUGE for me, and only second to Photoshop. Control Points allow me to make selections similar to a Luminosity Mask, but even better in some ways because I can move Control Points all around the image, group them, etc. and they're "smart" enough to "talk" to one another... It's a hard thing to explain but simply put, the power of NIK's Control Points is a "game changer". Lastly, NIK's tool for noise removal application, Dfine, is also just about a joy to use. As is Silve Efex Pro for B&W conversions. Gawd I could go on all day about how awesome NIK Tools is... [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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