PhotoShop Elements, Aperture and Lightroom

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My biggest question has to do with what editing capabilities Aperture
and Lightroom have. It sounds like they're mostly for organizing
photos and doing batch edits (white balance, etc.). I don't use most
of what's in PSE, but sometimes use the healing brush and cloning tool
to remove distractions. And, of course, moving to using RAW will add
another dimension of needed tools which I haven't yet figured out.

aperture and lightroom have a subset of photoshop's adjustments, but
it's the stuff people commonly use. for the occasional extra, you can
round trip the image to photoshop and aperture/lightroom will track it.

raw processing is as straightforward or as involved as you want to make
it. in fact, working with jpegs in aperture/lightroom is no different
than raw, just that the results aren't quite as good.

I realize this question is a bit vague, but figure there will be some
kind souls on this newsgroup who will try to provide information.
Where do these various programs fit in the work flow? What are their
advantages and disadvantages? Thanks in advance.

both aperture and lightroom have free 30 day trials, so you can try
both and see how well they work for you. there's a bit of a learning
curve with either one, so try to find an online tutorial or perhaps a
book, or ask questions here. what i've found is that working with lots
of images is *far* easier with aperture/lightroom.