I happen to use Corel's Paint Shop Pro X2
as my workflow image editing program of choice, versus Photoshop,
Photoshop Elements or Lightroom. For RAW conversions I use
HDR Darkroom. More significate than that is the fact the I have
found
Topaz
Labs Plug-ins. They work with all the programs mentioned. So
far I have acquired ADJUST, DETAIL, SIMPLIFY, and most recently,
InFOCUS. Others for still photography are ReMASK and DeNOISE. Go
to several of my
SmugMug
galleries to see examples for Adjust, Detail and Simplify. (There
is no gallery for InFocus.)