Whether it’s external hard drives, downloaded Internet files, DVD/CD media or devices such as cameras or PDAs, Bridge has the ability to look at the files directly on the media. As a file browser, Adobe Bridge is excellent for those moments when you need to preview digital files. What about Photoshop you ask? Lightroom isn’t Photoshop, and it’s not meant to be. The majority of photographer workflow can be done in Lightroom which is a single program versus Adobe Bridge & Camera RAW. Output with Lightroom’s Slideshow, Print or Web modules. Roundtrip hand-off to Photoshop for compositing or effects. Organize with Lightroom’s Library module. Output with Adobe Bridge (PDFs, slideshows, websites) or Photoshop (print).Ģ. Take the extra $700 buy a nice camera and Photoshop Elements 9 ($79 after rebate). Spend $999 for Photoshop CS5 Extended which comes with Bridge & Camera RAW.Ģ. The key is while photographers use Adobe Bridge, Camera RAW & Photoshop, Lightroom was built for photographers. Built around a database (Lightroom’s catalog files), users can quickly organize, process & output files. Lightroom was designed from the ground up to be a single program solution for photographer workflow. Photoshop is the ultimate program for manipulating raster images, but you knew that already.Ĥ. Adobe Camera RAW is an image processor so good JPEGs asked for an invitation.ģ. Cooler than Finder, hipper than Explorer.Ģ. You want to know the differences between Lightroom & Bridge? You want to know absolutely which one to use & when? Let me break it down for you: Defining The Programsġ.
#Lightroom vs camera raw PS 4#
I have all five revisions of Scott’s PS 4 Photogs series, and Lightroom wasn’t on the scene until the 3rd book. Huh? It’s simple, before Lightroom came along many photographers used Photoshop and therefore Bridge to organize & process images. Perhaps you started off with a copy of Scott Kelby’s Photoshop CS5 for Digital Photographers learned all about Bridge, incorporated Camera RAW into your workflow, only to feel bamboozled when you later discovered Scott also has a book entitled Lightroom 3 for Digital Photographers. It may come as a shock, but with the pending releases of Lightroom 3 and CS5 currently on the brain, folks still have time to debate whether to use Lightroom or Adobe Bridge.Īctually, I can understand the confusion. I’ve updated the information to reflect the latest Adobe products. My article was originally posted on TipSquirrel, February 23, 2010.
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