What can Lightroom do that Photoshop 5 cannot do?

I already purchased Photoshop 5 and have started trying to learn how to use it. In the box I found a discount certificate for Lightroom. I expected Photoshop to be comprehensive enough that it would include Elements, Lightroom, etc. Is this not the case?

There is a lot of overlap between Lightroom and Bridge+Photoshop.
If you need common access (i.e. you work on photos as a team), I'd suggest Bridge+Photoshop, if edits are done by one person, you may prefer Lightroom's local catalog.
Both have the same core develop features (as provided by Adobe Camera Raw), but Lightroom has some value added, and some people prefer Bridge...
There are many threads (and a tutorial by J.Kost) comparing the two workflows, but I've no links for you.
PS - some of my favorite Lr features (not in Photoshop) are:
* edit history
* before/after compare
* publishing
* plugins
R

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I'm looking through the specs on Aperature.. and for the life of me, I can't seem to get my head around what the product offers that the combination of iPhoto and Photoshop can't handle.
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You're missing the point. Aperture is about speeding up a professional photographer's workflow (quote from apple.com/aperture):
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I heard Lightroom is Adobe's photo specialty program? What can it do that Photoshop can't do?
Hans V

Read the
b Lightroom
and
b Aperture
forums to help understand what this new
i killer app
category can do for digital photographers. Another good source of understanding is the Aperture tutorial videos at Apple's website. By perusing the videos you can get an idea of what these new
i killer apps
can do.
They are not direct competitors to PS, nor are they simply complementary apps to PS,
b they are in a different application space entirely.
Of course there is overlap among the apps. PS as the world's premier image editing app can accomplish (albeit relatively very slowly) most of the things Aperture or LR can do. Similarly, limited editing is available in AP/LR, or either app will open an image in an external editor like PSE with a single keystroke sequence if necessary. However for many photogs 90+% of pix are fully edited in Aperture without needing to enter PS.
Most photogs can suffice very well with inexpensive Photoshop Elements v6 plus either Aperture v2.1 or Lightroom v1.4, Aperture being the superior app on strong Mac hardware. LR runs pretty well on lesser boxes and also runs on PCs which Aperture does not.
Many PSCS users do use the Adobe Bridge/PSCS/Camera RAW app combo to address the Aperture/Lightroom space, but Bridge/PSCS/CR is a far inferior solution from a workflow speed standpoint for DSLR photogs. Generally folks doing so are PSCS-experienced pros either doing very low volume (the real benefit of Aperture/Lightroom shows up as volume increases, with Aperture IMO superior) or simply reluctant to change. Note that although many pro DSLR photogs often do shoot in batches of 500+, by "as volume increases" I mean batch DSLR captures in a 50+ volume, not
i "processing a very, very large number of files"
or
i "thousands of files. ."
See below regarding v2 which you probably should wait for, but I strongly recommend that every DSLR photog with adequate computer hardware first spend $33 and work through the tutorial CD
b Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 1.5
(Apple Pro Training) by Orlando Luna and Ben Long (Paperback - Oct 18, 2006). Have the CD and proper hardware configured prior to ordering the Aperture trial so you don't waste time of the 30 day trial. Note that the value is in the tutorial, not in using the book as a manual.
Aperture version is now at v2.1, and a new version of the Luna/Long tutorial is available for preorder:
b Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 2
(Apple Pro Training Series) by Ben Long, Richard Harrington, and Orlando Luna (Paperback - May 8, 2008). I have not reviewed the v2 tutorial but I have preordered it from Amazon.com.
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