which is the better option photoshop or lightroom ?

To do what exactly? Do you need the power and subtly of Photoshop? Raw conversion - organisation - Cataloguing? Lightroom is the answer.
 
Lightroom is for editing your RAWs. Quick to batch andgreat for managing your files
Photoshop is a pixel based processor so you can edit sections of your image much more accurately

Gimp is a very poor substitute - but is free.. There are other RAW converters and it is probably personal preference in what you want to use.
 
Both photoshop and lightroom are a must for me.

Lightroom for cataloging and quick basic edits and photoshop for everything else.
 
Also consider On-One's Perfect suite if you don't need image cataloging.
 
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That settles that then, been looking at the subscription offer for Digital Camera and it includes tutorials for lightroom, was going to put a similar question in a thread, but will go with this one now. I have Photoshop Elements 7.0, but never really got the hang of it.
 
Also look for Anthony Morganti on Youtube - he does a good job explaining how & why to use stuff, although I'd not necessarily follow his processing methods.
 
I find that Lightroom covers everything I would need for my editing and it feels pretty easy to work with from the off. Anything advanced then I use Photoshop but I prefer Lightroom all round. You can download a 30 day trial from Adobe to see how you get on with it :)
 
Before you move to PS ……. your could try PSE 10, 11 or 12 …… only £50 for full version, to see if you can get on with it

LR now seems an essential for many photographers
 
Lightroom missing a few bits of functionality for me, although I was impressed with the way it handles the whole workflow without much bloating. A very good place to start.

Typically I use Bridge for browsing and PS for editing.
 
I use both - Lightroom for enhancing my RAW images and then Photoshop if I want to do things like clone bits out... :thumbs:
 
I do everything in LR although I do have CS3 but rarely use it.

I considered the CC/LR photographer offer but I don't like being tied to a subscription price that is out of my control. I am also still using a 32 bit machine.
My concern would be that they will push the price up after the year's offer and that I would also need to upgrade my PC to keep the subscription going.

I decided that LR is more than adequate for what I need and is cheap at about £100 initially and around £60 upgrade. I just hope that they keep LR as a stand alone product and not change it to subscription only too.
 
LR for me. Very rarely need PS and even then, I only use Elements.

Really depends what you shoot.
 
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LR for me. Very rarely need PS and even then, I only use Elements.

Really depends what you shoot.
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What do you mean by that?, I do shoot a lot of macro especially flowers, I like to try and use what I have taken in camera rather than editing, I may do a bit of exposure correction using Nikon view nx, and then its landscapes and street scenes, typical holiday shots really. I shoot in raw and med quality JPEG almost always, if I edit raw shots, I then delete the matching JPEG and create another with the corrections applied.
 
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I used LR3 and LR4 exclusively whilst i had them. I upgraded to LR5 but did so as part of the creative cloud - finding that I'm using them in tandem and its giving me a new challenge (learning how to use photoshop!)
 
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