Nikon Active D Lighting and Elements 11

[Dem55]

So, after spending a while getting to know my camera and trying to take better shots, I decided it was time to try my hand at some pp and I bought Elements 11.
So far I've used the active D setting in my camera to try to work round photos with very dark & very light areas, but I think there are adjustments you can make in elements which also correct for this.
My question is should I keep active D on at all, or will I get better results by just leaving it off and using Elements to make adjustments? Or does it not matter whether it's on or off?(I usually shoot raw & jpeg)

 

[Bender.oh]

Active D Lighting only affects jpeg.

If you like what it does to them and you mostly use jpegs then leave it turned on.

 

[Jan K.]

Or... if you shoot RAW and wants to add D-Lighting afterwards, use ViewNX2 (came with camera) or CaptureNX2.

 

[Dem55]

Thanks for the answers I've shot RAW + jpeg up to now, but I haven't done much with the RAW files - mainly just sharpening and a bit of straightening if they've needed it. As active D won't affect the RAW files I'll leave it on - it might be good to have something to compare with