I'm a long term DxO user, but have never seen any point in getting Nik. Just curious, what Nik features interested you? Are the same or equivalent features available in FilmPack, or already part of PhotoLab? No, the only integration between them is via one-way file export. I thought the free trial version I messed around with did have it integrated, but I didn't get as much time with it as I had hoped, plus a couple of months have passed. In fact, it is built right in, so if you have an FP licence, its tools are available directly while editing a raw image in PhotoLab. I use DxO FilmPack for those sort of effects, and that is fully integrated with PhotoLab. DxO built the U-point technology into PhotoLab (that was what changed it from DxO Optics Pro), and that is fully integrated. It has never been integrated with the DxO products, other than by file export. Note that the Nik Collection was designed to complement the Adobe products.

I’ll still buy PL, though, and maybe add the Nik Collection later.

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