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Originally Posted by laurontario
Do I still need Photoshop if I have Lightroom?! Is Lightroom enough to post-process my pictures and convert them to JPEG?
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No, you don't need Photoshop, but it does complement Lightroom very well. Lightroom is enough to post-process and convert to JPEG.
Back to your more general question - they are two quite different packages. Photoshop is a generic raster manipulation tool - it can be used for any sort of bitmapped image, not just photography. Lightroom is specifically designed with photographic workflow in mind, and for manipulating digital photos. I spend probably 97% of my time in Lightroom, and once they add photomerge to Lightroom, I probably won't need Photoshop at all.
Of course, there are certain post-processing looks that can only be created using Photoshops tools. If you are a big one for PP'ing, you'll want Photoshop. If you're more interested in taking photos and getting a quick turnaround in your digital darkroom, then Lightroom will be of more interest.