Yes, the TIFF format seems to be available from the scanner.. I have a Coolscan 4000..and SW.. both Vuescan and NikonScan. That would be the starting point for scanned images.. I am not fond of SW that is not directly supported... I tend not to do well unless I can ask a question when things go wrong... Frank Filippone red735i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If the bulk of your work will be from scanned negs, you really want Photoshop, rather than Lightroom. If you don't want to pay the price (at least until you are sure that's the way you want to go) try GIMP v2.6, which is a superb PS replacement, from the Open Source foundation. David Young,