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<blockquote data-quote="emm2600" data-source="post: 195719" data-attributes="member: 15763">I'm sure you would be happy with lightroom and perhaps photoshop but if budget is the biggest concern it might be worth looking at free/cheaper programs as well. I think nikon's free ViewNX software might have a few features iPhoto doesn't so it might be worth a look. GIMP is a widely recommended photoshop alternative as well.Ultimately it would depend on what you actually want to do with your software though - for example if you intend to create heavily-edited composite images photoshop/GIMP might be the best bet. ViewNX (and perhaps iPhoto) could be fine for creating a quick crops, batch re-sizing and converting to jpeg but once you start dealing with thousands of raw files something like lightroom really begins to pull away and shine. There are plenty of alternatives to the above mentioned programs as well like Corel's Paintshop Pro - many that are free or offer trial versions so it's best to just find one (or a few) that work for you and your needs. If you end up happy with free software or even your current iPhoto you could always put the money you would've spent towards an external hard-drive for backups or another lens/etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="emm2600, post: 195719, member: 15763"] I'm sure you would be happy with lightroom and perhaps photoshop but if budget is the biggest concern it might be worth looking at free/cheaper programs as well. I think nikon's free ViewNX software might have a few features iPhoto doesn't so it might be worth a look. GIMP is a widely recommended photoshop alternative as well. Ultimately it would depend on what you actually want to do with your software though - for example if you intend to create heavily-edited composite images photoshop/GIMP might be the best bet. ViewNX (and perhaps iPhoto) could be fine for creating a quick crops, batch re-sizing and converting to jpeg but once you start dealing with thousands of raw files something like lightroom really begins to pull away and shine. There are plenty of alternatives to the above mentioned programs as well like Corel's Paintshop Pro - many that are free or offer trial versions so it's best to just find one (or a few) that work for you and your needs. If you end up happy with free software or even your current iPhoto you could always put the money you would've spent towards an external hard-drive for backups or another lens/etc. [/QUOTE]

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