Help! I cannot get photoshop/lightroom to recognize my Nik Software plugin?

Doug b said:

I've had issues with LR recognizing the SEP plug in's at one point, and had to just uninstall and reinstall. Not sure why it did that, but stuff happens. In regards to your second question:

Lightroom and PS are two entirely different beasts. Sure, they both do their share of editing, but there are very distinct differences. First off, and most importantly... LR is a DAM, which is short for digital asset manager. A fancy way of saying that it not only edits your content, but also manages the library in a database environment. PS only edits, while you'd have to use something like Bridge in order to maintain your catalog.

Furthermore, you also have to consider what type of photo editing you'll be doing. If you're only going to be doing basic editing to a RAW file, such as fixing exposure white balance and tweaking of this sort, LR should be more than enough (and then some) for most anyone.

Where LR falls short (and for obvious reasons, it's cheaper than PS) is in its advanced editing capabilities. For instance, you can clone out spots and such in LR, but you'll never be able to do the type of clone stamping or advanced cloning out of objects, that PS affords you.

PS is also more geared towards those in the fashion industry or graphic artist who wants to do more than just color and light correction. Don't get me wrong, if you don't shoot fashion and are not a graphic artist, then LR is more than enough.

I do however use both, but only seldom do I use PS on non fashion type shoots. If you shoot subjects outside of a studio, and are not looking to alter your work to the point of where it's unrecognizable from the original product, then LR or Aperture etc are perfect.

Doug

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