Lightroom or photoshop elements

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I've been using Photoshop Elements I hear a lot about lightroom, I do some shooting in RAW and wondering if I should stick with photoshop elements or change to lightroom? I read an article that said the 2 work together. When I manipulate my photos, it's usualy color, hue & saturation, levels, white balance. Your comments are appreciated.

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I use an ancient pse, version 2 I believe, and I love it. I havent made the switch to lightroom yet bc pse does just what I need it to and then some and I havent felt the need to yet, but may in the future. Id say if your happy with pse, and can use it to accomplish whatever it is your trying to do, stick with it and save the moolah for somthing else. If you feel lightroom will improve your photos signifigantly, or your workflow, then make the upgrade. As far as them working together, I couldnt tell yah

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thanks for input.

[RexK_Cozumel]

you can download a free 30 day full trial of all adobe software from their website. Adobe.com instead of asking what we think you should do check it out for yourself. Just click on the link and go to the Downloads drop down menu and click on trial downloads.

I personally like lightroom for workflow reasons but use photoshop CS4 for all of my in depth retouching. But some people find lightroom difficult to use. So try it for yourself and decide if you like it more than elements.

P.S. I hate elements because it lacks a lot of features that I use. Same reason that I dont use lightroom for my indepth editing. But CS4 is not very good for massive workflow either. That is why I use both Lightroom and CS4.