Accessing the Nik Collection
While the collection works fine as a standalone package, to get the best results it is best to use it as a set of plug-ins for your main image editor, such as Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop, or as part of DxO’s PhotoLab 3. I mainly use it as a plug-in when working on raw files in Lightroom Classic, and you simply right click on an image to access the collection’s programs. A key improvement in version 3 is the ability to make non- destructive edits in Lightroom Classic, via the TIFF Multipage fill format. In other words the original image is left unchanged, and you do this by ticking the ‘Save and edit later’ box in the bottom right corner of the screen (Multiple TIFF files are quite large, however). A new box, called the Nik Selective Tool, now appears in Photoshop too.