Robert Campbell
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Neil,The newly released free beta 2.0 incorporates local adjustments such as dodge and burn.
Check out Sean's review site "Reid Reviews" on GX100, GRD1 and 2, DP1, digital RFs (RD1 and M8), lenses, essays, stuff.
Lightroom 2.0 is a beta, a trial to sort out bugs [at no cost to Adobe] and not recommended for saving work permanently. If you don't have a full copy of LR, version 2.0 will only work for 30 days.
I find LR very easy to use -- it's intuitive but the present version doesn't have any local control, for which you need Photoshop [which I find very counter-intuitive and difficult] though LR 2.0 addresses some of these difficulties; others here suggest Silkypix and Aperture for the Mac - I don't have any experience of either.
Sean Reid's reviews cost a bit - about $30 I think - and are very useful and thoughtful, even if I don't always agree with him