Re: I need Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom
"I am not sure there is anything other than GIMP to replace Photoshop "
GIMP is not even close to being a replacement for photoshop.
yes, there are alternatives to lightroom and photoshop but nothing integrates with my website or social media channels as well as lightroom. I can publish directly from LIghtroom into my portfolio, dropbox, facebook, instagram, twitter, I don't need to create multiple jpeg copies of any given image, I simply publish the raw files using lightroom, they are converted to the correct format on the fly.
This is such a huge advantage over everything else. all my images are contained within a single environment and greatly simplfies my workflow.