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I've downloaded demos of these two for my Mac and they are no doubt awesome programmes. I've had some experience with Photoshop before but Lightroom is absolutely fantastic. It also came with Bridge CS4 but I have no idea what that is.

My question is how are you supposed to organise your files. Photoshop and Lr don't seem to be taking to each other at the moment. I noticed I can export RAW files from Lightroom with Adobe XMP configuration files which are automatically imported and applied in Bridge and/or Photoshop. I'm still confused however as to which is the ultimate programme for essentially managing/cataloguing my images. If I open one of the files I'm working on in Lightroom, Photoshop doesn't seem to know where it came from.

What is essentially the iPhoto of this package?

Many thanks,
 
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Ok think I figured it out. Ignore Bridge altogether.

1) Import RAW files via Light Room and store in Pictures\Lightroom
2) Edit in Lr and Photoshop if necessary (although why does going to Ps and back cause the file to end up in TIFF format?)
3) Finally publish high quality versions in PNG or JPG for use in iPhoto or Aperture. (Basically an easy way of viewing/accessing/emailing/using the photos)

Is that pretty flawless or have I got the wrong end of the stick?
 
scott212 said:
Ok think I figured it out. Ignore Bridge altogether.

1) Import RAW files via Light Room and store in Pictures\Lightroom
2) Edit in Lr and Photoshop if necessary (although why does going to Ps and back cause the file to end up in TIFF format?)
3) Finally publish high quality versions in PNG or JPG for use in iPhoto or Aperture. (Basically an easy way of viewing/accessing/emailing/using the photos)

Is that pretty flawless or have I got the wrong end of the stick?
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That's about the name of the game. The reason the image ends up as a TIFF when you export is because all of the changes are saved in the library file (or XMP sidecar file) As you can't save changes to a RAW file, Lightroom has to save the file as a TIFF or PSD (You can set this in the options) and then open it in Photoshop.
 
Messiah Khan said:
That's about the name of the game. The reason the image ends up as a TIFF when you export is because all of the changes are saved in the library file (or XMP sidecar file) As you can't save changes to a RAW file, Lightroom has to save the file as a TIFF or PSD (You can set this in the options) and then open it in Photoshop.
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Thanks for the reply. Is TIFF a lossless format then? I'm assuming it is so that there's no loss of quality as the image is taken to Photoshop.

The only annoying thing is Aperture is a true all-in-one application but Lightroom appears to offer superior features. Am I best off simply using iPhoto to view my final images or do Adobe offer anything which will integrate with Lightroom and act as some sort of library viewer. Or is this what Bridge is supposed to do?

Cheers
 
You're right. I didn't notice I just assumed Light Room was solely for editing/developing.

The thing is I still have millions of non-Raw low-quality photos from my "nights out" camera so I think I'll continue to use iPhoto and export high quality versions of my Raw files from Lr for use in iPhoto. I suppose the key thing is keeping the original RAW files.
 
scott212 said:
You're right. I didn't notice I just assumed Light Room was solely for editing/developing.

The thing is I still have millions of non-Raw low-quality photos from my "nights out" camera so I think I'll continue to use iPhoto and export high quality versions of my Raw files from Lr for use in iPhoto. I suppose the key thing is keeping the original RAW files.
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Thats duplications for no reason at all?

Lightroom for D-SLR, iPhoto for nights out etc?
 
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