Savageduck
On 2014-03-13 17:29:14 +0000, Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com>said:

Tony Cooper
On Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:54:07 -0400, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

nospam
photoshop is an extremely capable image editing app but it lacks some of the stuff lightroom has.

Savageduck
Other than the cataloging/library features they are very similar animals even down to using the same RAW processing engine. Once you consider PS comes with Bridge, you just have a slightly different workflow to learn to gain similar benefits from either LR or PS.

Tony Cooper
And vice-versa. LR lacks some things PS has. The better system is having both LR and either CS or Elements.

Savageduck
For most photography oriented folks LR is all that is needed.

Tony Cooper
It takes some care, but not effort. "It's possible" suggests that it's very difficult, and it's not at all very difficult.

nospam
photoshop elements is a terrific way to get started and it's about $50-60. it's more than enough to keep you busy learning for a while. in the event you outgrow it, then you can get photoshop cs/cc.