Photoshop Elements or Photoshop Lightroom for photo editing?

[zanemoseley]

I'm thinking of getting my wife a D3200 for her birthday and would like to get her some software to accompany it. Which is recommended for general photo editing and tweaking?

[Throckmorton]

Lightroom. I'm guessing she's not going to be doing airbrushing and stuff like that, so Lightroom is much better. It's easy to adjust contrast, color, etc.

[randomrogue]

Lightroom. It's not just the editing, it's the workflow and organization of her photos.

[cbunn]

Another vote for Lightroom. As has been said, the organizational features steal the show. When you shoot digital, you shoot a lot. Having some way to work through the hundreds (or thousands) of images from a shoot will help to preserve her sanity.

Keep an eye out for discounts on Newegg and Amazon. I've seen it for less than $100 several times in the past couple months.

And if she's looking to upload to social media, check out Jeffrey Friedl's Lightroom Plugins.

[swanysto]

I vote Lightroom as well. It is much easier to figure out than trying to change stuff in Photoshop. Once you have Lightroom down it is a much easier transition.

[Bowfinger]

One more for Lightroom. It works very well. I find it invaluable.

[gar655]

Originally Posted by Bowfinger

One more for Lightroom. It works very well. I find it invaluable.

+1

Your handle was quite the funny movie.

[AkumaX]

Eleme- I mean Lightroom

[Uppsala9496]

You can download a full version of lightroom for a 30 day trial from adobe. Why not give it a try to see if you like it.