I use bridge for browsing/organizing Lightroom for manipulating RAW files (it's a really nice editor with a good UI) Photoshop for final tweaks/generic photoshopping
Does lightroom work better than photoshop for RAW files? The options in photoshop seemed kinda basic... ill have to snap a raw file and try messing with it during this trial...
I use lightroom to organise and edit photos, I really like the way it's photoshop with all the non-photo stuff stripped out and as Jordan mentioned the UI is good too. If I'm going to spend time with a single photo though, I'll still use photoshop lol :)
I realize this would probably be a better question asked on a photo forum, but there's enough photographers here to answer this :P Anyway, I have Photoshop CS4 (had to upgrade from CS3 because CS3 doesn't like Sony's RAW Format), but I was wondering if this is the best photo editing software? I see people recommending…
For using .ARW on earlier photoshop versions and possibly other softwares you need to download the plugin. Search on google for it. I have a Sony A230 and I had to do this before I could open the .ARW files.
That's how I felt from the trial too. I freakin' hate when I accidentally hit 'Browse' instead of 'Open' in PS and Bridge decides to open. Bridge is a slow monster... Anyway, thanks for the replies everyone. Looks like Photoshop will work best for me. Sony's software that comes with the camera is a joke!