Having said all of that, I have seen some excellent work with Color Efex, but for occasional use I think On1 is more accessible - but of course you are already familiar with it.ĬaptureOne Pro v9.x has Layers but what is delivered in the future may be an enhancement to this but I dont know any details. To do the same thing with Nik you have to go via Photoshop and invoke Smart Objects, which is a step too far for me. It's stored in the Catalogue, so although you can't usefully re-edit in Lightroom, you know where it is. psd which allows you to re-edit your image. I also like the large number of filters (in the paid for version), the supplied Presets (actually filter stacks), and the ease of stacking filters in general.Īnother key difference is that using Perfect Layers you can create a.
Of course, it uses conventional masking rather than control points, so it's blemish remover, Perfect Eraser, for example, works very well. I think On1 is much more full featured than Nik. My main use of Nik is b&w through Silver Efex, which I like very much so I haven't explored On1's b&w module. I do have both, though 95% of my editing is in Lightroom.
