Another vote for NX if you are a Nikon user.
You can download a 30 day trial from here
http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin...php?p_faqid=61
There is a thread ' NX tips & tricks ' with lots of info on it in this forum. All I can suggest is give it a try.
Before getting NX, I used Nikon Capture and before that RawShooter Essentials. In comparison with NX or NC I found RawShooter a pain in the neck.
The major difference when comparing with other image editing programs is that NX has
NO clone brush.
It will not recognise Finepix 6500 raw files but you can procees any jpegs on it.
Don