Lightroom CC and Nik Software

[jamiet44500130]

Will the new Lightroom Support the Nik software plugins?

[Brad Lawryk]

That's an interesting question. Not sure how that would be accomplished unless on the desktop version only. Not sure it would would work with Mobile and web based versions.

[99jon · Accepted solution]

No not at present. You would need Lr Classic or Photoshop to run plug-ins.

[michaelw5704970]

Hi, this is very disappointing as I have purchased Lightroom CC and edit all my images in silver efex pro. Do you know if this is likely to change soon or should I just change my subscription to Lightroom Classic.

[Rextilleon]

LR Classic seems to work but Photoshop Classic doesn't seem to work. 

[Rob_Cullen]

Did you know that most (all?) of the NIK (plugins) will work as 'Stand-alone' software?

If you Save your edited image to the hard-drive as a JPG-  From Lightroom-CC,

Save your photos to a hard drive or share on Facebook

You can then simply-

1. Start NIK Silver Efex

2. [Ctrl+O]   or Menu File > Open

3. Edit with Nik and [Save image as...] 

(Note: open a Copy or do 'Save Image as...' because  'Save' will over-write the file that you open.)

Nik does not put links in the Start menu or desktop icons, but it is easy to find the program (in Windows - Silver Efex Pro2  64bit) and add a link to the Start page or the Task bar.