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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 391208" data-attributes="member: 13090">I've used Photoshop Elements a little bit, yes... In my mind PE is a mixture of both Lightroom and Photoshop. I rather like it, but I don't care for software that catalogs my shots, I have a system for that and prefer to handle it myself.As for NIK Tools, there are tons of videos on Youtube and Lynda that will guide you. The nice thing about NIK is that there are pre-sets you can choose from but you can also adjust them easily (and dramatically) using sliders. If you want to go &quot;full manual&quot; there's an app for that (Viveza). All the adjustments in NIK are applied to a separate layer so if you decide you don't like the changes, you just trash that layer and you're back to square one. All of the tools in NIK are pretty easy to use since they come with pre-sets. Vivzea is the only one you might find confusing at first because it's like shooting in Manual and there's no set path to take or any real direction provided; it's all up to you and what you want to accomplish. Color Efex Pro is probably where most people start but all the tools, really, are pretty intuitive. You might even find yourself being drawn to the &quot;artsy fartsy&quot; B&amp;W crowd once you see how easy Silver Efex is to use...I'd suggest you download the free trial, give it a whirl and see what you think.....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 391208, member: 13090"] I've used Photoshop Elements a little bit, yes... In my mind PE is a mixture of both Lightroom and Photoshop. I rather like it, but I don't care for software that catalogs my shots, I have a system for that and prefer to handle it myself. As for NIK Tools, there are tons of videos on Youtube and Lynda that will guide you. The nice thing about NIK is that there are pre-sets you can choose from but you can also adjust them easily (and dramatically) using sliders. If you want to go "full manual" there's an app for that (Viveza). All the adjustments in NIK are applied to a separate layer so if you decide you don't like the changes, you just trash that layer and you're back to square one. All of the tools in NIK are pretty easy to use since they come with pre-sets. Vivzea is the only one you might find confusing at first because it's like shooting in Manual and there's no set path to take or any real direction provided; it's all up to you and what you want to accomplish. Color Efex Pro is probably where most people start but all the tools, really, are pretty intuitive. You might even find yourself being drawn to the "artsy fartsy" B&W crowd once you see how easy Silver Efex is to use... I'd suggest you download the free trial, give it a whirl and see what you think. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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