Quote Originally Posted by Mad Aussie View Post
Photoshop is indeed great. But look into Lightroom 2 (or 3 if it's out) as well. At a recent seminar my wife went to on Adobe products they admitted that they are going to develop Lightroom as the premium software from Adobe for photographers. It already does some things better than PS.

However, for photo manipulation of any kind (over and above the usual colour, level type adjustments) then PS is still king.

Far as I know the education copy doesn't limit you in any way for future upgrades.
yikes, how to decide: PS, PSE, lightroom?