I'm also really liking the Cross Processing effect, which is why ALL of my recent pictures are all using it. One day I may tire of it.

I'm just using DPP. I learned of the simulated Cross Processing effect from a trial Corel AfterShot Pro. I learned how you can do it yourself on the web (just adjusting the R, G, and B curves individually in a certain way), and went back to using DPP. I have Elements 10, and so I could use Adobe Camera RAW, but I prefer using DPP. Elements is more for if I want to draw, or use Content Aware Healing.

I know I sort of mentioned doing a review of Corel's AfterShot Pro, but really, I'm not finding myself using it. There's one feature of ASP that I don't have in DPP that I know I'd find useful on occasion. Selective editing. And I don't need that very regularly. There are many things I find better and/or easier in DPP than in ASP. ASP's included noise reduction is so sub-par that it's not a single program solution. People who have a registered version of Noise Ninja may have better luck. But if I need to use two programs, it might as well be DPP and Elements 10 (or even GIMP). I haven't tried Lightroom yet, but from everything I hear, it does much, much, more than ASP, and now it's only $50 more, instead of an extra $200... so yeah, I can't be bothered to write up a review.