I had a similar experience. I had tried to find a decent set of tools for working with my images, and I was not along [1].<p>At some point I caved in and downloaded the LR trial, and it was clear that they had put a lot of effort into making it easy to do your workflow. And having the import&#x2F;culling, undestructive basic editing, and library functionality in one tool won me over.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.donationcoder.com&#x2F;forum&#x2F;index.php?topic=7513.0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.donationcoder.com&#x2F;forum&#x2F;index.php?topic=7513.0</a>