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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 506590" data-attributes="member: 9240">Clarification here.&nbsp; Bridge acts as an interface between your catalog and various Adobe products.&nbsp; It is not required in order to edit RAW files in Photoshop as you can open a RAW image from the file menu in Photoshop and it automatically invokes Adobe Camera RAW.&nbsp; In this way it acts like the Organizer in Elements.&nbsp; Lightroom does nearly the exact same thing, except that instead of opening something in PS and having ACR pop up you specify your Camera RAW settings in the Develop module within LR.&nbsp; The only difference is that once you've made your adjustments in ACR, LR stores them in the catalog with a link to the RAW image, where Bridge/ACR creates a sidecar (.xmp) file with the settings (something LR can also do).&nbsp; With the Bridge solution you must make sure that the RAW and XMP files are moved in pairs or you will lose your settings.&nbsp; With Lightroom you don't have to worry about lost sidecar files as long as you do all your file moves within Lightroom (doing it outside will cause the same disconnect).&nbsp; You can recover from both, and if you're prone to moving files around then it's easier to relocate 1000 XMP files than it is to reconnect 1000 catalog images (unless you're willing to move the RAW files back to the original location and do it again).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 506590, member: 9240"] Clarification here. Bridge acts as an interface between your catalog and various Adobe products. It is not required in order to edit RAW files in Photoshop as you can open a RAW image from the file menu in Photoshop and it automatically invokes Adobe Camera RAW. In this way it acts like the Organizer in Elements. Lightroom does nearly the exact same thing, except that instead of opening something in PS and having ACR pop up you specify your Camera RAW settings in the Develop module within LR. The only difference is that once you've made your adjustments in ACR, LR stores them in the catalog with a link to the RAW image, where Bridge/ACR creates a sidecar (.xmp) file with the settings (something LR can also do). With the Bridge solution you must make sure that the RAW and XMP files are moved in pairs or you will lose your settings. With Lightroom you don't have to worry about lost sidecar files [B][I]as long as you do all your file moves within Lightroom[/I][/B] (doing it outside will cause the same disconnect). You can recover from both, and if you're prone to moving files around then it's easier to relocate 1000 XMP files than it is to reconnect 1000 catalog images (unless you're willing to move the RAW files back to the original location and do it again). [/QUOTE]

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