TOP TOOLS
Adobe Photoshop (Lightroom and Elements)

Photoshop from Adobe is a photo imaging tool for professional and serious amateur photographers as well as graphic and web designers.

Photoshop Elements lets you edit and enhance your photos by fixing common flaws instantly or using advanced options for more control.

Photoshop Lightroom is the professional photographer's essential toolbox, providing one easy application for managing, adjusting, and presenting large volumes of digital photographs
 

Website	Photoshop Photoshop Lightroom Photoshop Elements
Cost	Commercial
Free trial	Yes
Availability	Download
Platform	Windows
2007 ranking	50=
2008 (Spring) ranking	64=

Comments from those who selected Photoshop as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2008

• "I now use Photoshop CS3 for photo editing and am beginning to feel comfortable with its complexities. Alongside it, I use Photoshop Lightroom to manage and edit my photos, as well as make routine edits."  Clive Shepherd
• "Along with Flash this is my creative space as I don't do music. Photoshop maybe a bit unwieldy but it is great for playing with images and optimising for the web. If you can't afford this you can always get GIMP which is free."  Steve Rayson
• "I use an old version of Photoshop, but it does everything I need. Took me a while to get my head around it, but now I find it quick and easy. The 2-up display when compressing images is really useful."  Rob Hubbard
• "I've been using Photoshop since version 4.0. It is no doubt the best image editing/creation program out there."  Adam Kosh

Comments from those who selected Photoshop as one of their Top 10 Tools in 2007

Photoshop

• "Along with Flash this is my creative space as I don't do music. Photoshop maybe a bit unwieldy but it is great for playing with images and optimising for the web."  Steve Rayson
• "I make a lot of screen dumps, copies of images for reports and so on, Photoshop helps me admirably"  Mark van Harmelen
• "For prototyping and proof-of-concept"  Ulrik Juul Christensen

Photoshop Lightroom:

• "I’ve just got this and now use it to manage and edit my photos. It looks so cool it was definitely worth upgrading from Photoshop Elements"  Clive Shepherd

Photoshop Elements

• "A simplified version of Photoshop. It still has a steep learning curve, but at least the options aren't quite so overwhelming" Cathy Moore