5 Replies Latest reply: Sep 1, 2010 2:26 PM by john beardsworth RSS

    In what senario would you use Bridge over LR?

    dpick2 Community Member

      This is in no way a slam against Bridge.  I was a late-comer to LR because I liked Bridge--it did everything I needed.   However, since there were so many others who seemed to like LR, I decided to give it a try.  So, I downloaded the trial version (LR2), and within a month I bought the full version and have never looked back.  Since I've purchased LR, I never use Bridge anymore.

       

      In CS5, there's mini-Bridge, and one time I decided to open mini-Bridge.  I adjusted some files, closed, and then opened those files in LR.  The Bridge adjustments were not evident.  I always use .dng files and update automatically so my .dng files are always up-to-date, so I don't know why I didn't see the adjustments (other than Bridge seems to save image settings in Cache or sidecar files which which dng does not access)  It made me wonder if there were any other reasons (other than a quick adjustment in mini-Bridge) to use Bridge at all?  I did a search for Bridge vs LR, and all the threads seem to be a couple of years old.  So, are they any advantages of Bridge over LR?