Having got to the stage where I felt Elements had its restrictions, I recently bought Photoshop CS5. I felt that this would be all the software I would need not just for this course but for processing my images and organising them. As with most aspects of photography I have been made to think again.
If you need a tool for organising your photos so you can find them easily, edit your shoots and manage your digital workflow from beginning to end - Lightroom is the way to go.
So after careful consideration I have decided to buy Lightroom which was a bit of a no brainer when you take the student discount into account.
I have also been toying with the idea of purchasing some of Nik Software's plug ins. I have downloaded a trial version of Silver Efex Pro and the results of my conversions to black and white were amazing. The only issue I would have would that is it created a fair amount of digital noise. However Nik have a solution for that too - Dfine. In fact they have a solution for everything including Color Efex Pro with gives amazing results to your colour images. So now I am thinking I would need the complete set. Even with the student discount this is pricey enough so I think I might have to put that one away for awhile.
There are so many software solutions on the market that it would drive you to distraction trying to decide which is best. I have decided to settle for Lightroom and CS5. Once I have mastered these then I can start looking at the others.
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