LR is an invaluable time-saver if you ever need to go back and change something to a photo. Also a great organizational tool. If you level/crop your photo in LR, then export out to PS to finish processing, but decide later on that you want a cooler WB (or some website says you have yellow tint
), you can just go back to LR and just tweak the WB...no need to level/crop your photo again - everything is stored as a non-destructive history state. Or, if you're uploading to A.net/JP, and they say the photo needs slight CCW rotation, you can go in and see the angle of your previous attempt, and just dial in a new number. I think once you start using and get the hang of it, you won't know how you survived without it :) I always export from LR to PS for some of the finishing touches, including sharpening and NR.
What Cary said.
If I had to get rid of either photoshop or Lightroom, photoshop would be gone so fast it wouldn't know what hit it.
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