Got a bundle of software but confused.

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Hi folks, got a nice deal off a mate of a mate for a bundle of software but not sure which ones I'll actually need. I'm new to the imaging software and would prefer to just use 1 or 2 programs if poss and would welcome any advice you can give me out of the following ones that I currently have sitting here.

Adobe Lightroom 2
Adobe Photoshop 7
Adobe Bridge
Adobe Photoshop CS4

Basically I'm at the stage where I want to dive into online tutorials and start learning how to use them but don't want to start on ones I won't actually need as it's guaranteed to confuse the hell out me. Ones I've seen mentioned a lot are the Lightroom, the Photoshop and the CS4 (never heard of Bridge before), so really wondering which would be best to use for a complete package. I don't mind if one is more complex than the other as I'm pretty patient and don't mind putting in the time to learn the aspects of one but would rather I started with the right one or ones to avoid any confusion.

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Tommy.
 
Thanks Andrew, nah they aren't copies. guy is moving abroad and selling up all his PC gear and software and my mate happened to mention to him that I was getting into photography so he gave me a buzz. Got a load of games and various other things too in the boxes he dropped off which was nice. :)
 
Lightroom is good if you use RAW photography.

Photoshop 7 was superceded by the Creative Suite range (now in version 4), so this is good for older computers but won't be supported for RAW on newer cameras.

Bridge is a file viewer system used by Photoshop and other parts of the CS suite.
 
Photoshop 7 is a bit dated now and can't do a lot that lightroom 2 can do. CS4 is like version 11 of photoshop so it's well up to date and the industry standard so using CS4 with Lightroom 2 is the way to go.
 
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