I am trying to decide on what photoshop program to buy.  I have to admit, so far Lightroom is proving to be the easier one to learn and use.  It is less than half the cost, but it does less neat things.  One review on CS3 that I’ve read at B&H photo said the learning curve is steep.  It’s not a curve, it’s a mountain.  I downloaded free trials of both programs.  I turned out some nice pics by the time my 30 day trial of Lightroom was over.  I have had CS3 for nearly 2 weeks and just finally figured out how to upload my pics.  Lightroom does it automatically for you.  The pics are on a little scrolling screen at the bottom of the monitor.  Soooo easy to choose your pics.  

  Wish me luck, now that I finally loaded the pics in CS3.  I might need some safety lines, this mountain is steep and huge!