1 Reply Latest reply: Dec 13, 2012 10:26 AM by web-weaver RSS

    LR4/Bridge CS5/InDesign CS4

    Heirloom Bob Community Member

      I understand why LR 4 will not allow Drag & Drop from Lightroom to InDesign. Prior to purchasing LR, I was quite happy using the ability to drag and drop photos from Bridge, right into my InDesign document. Since I do not have that luxury any longer, is there a way to ensure that all edits done in Lightroom are automatically reflected in Bridge? So if I edit a shot in LR and want to use it in an InDesgn document, I would like to have Brisge open on a second monitor so that I can drag and drop the shot into InDesign. Workable?

       

      Bob

        • 1. Re: LR4/Bridge CS5/InDesign CS4
          web-weaver Community Member

          Yes, there is.

          In Lr you have to "save metadata to file".

          This will write your Lr edits into a XMP-sidecar file (for Raw images) or into the header of the file (for JPGs, TIFFs, PSDs) - but not into the image pixels.

          Bridge is able to read the edits that are saved to file and diplays the imagesd accordingly.

           

          You "save metadata to file" by

           

          a) In the Library Module go >Metadata >Save metadata to file, or

          b) in the Develop Module go >Photo > Save metadata to file, or

          c) shortcut: press Ctrl / Cmd + letter "S" on your keyboard, or

          d) check the box <Automatically write changes into XMP> in Edit > Catalog Settings > Metadata tab.

           

          Be aware though that not everything that Lr saves in its catalog can/will be saved to file, as for instance virtual copies (they exist only in Lr), collections, stacking, and maybe a few other things.

          But your keywords, title, captions, abd your edits in the Develop Module will be written to file.

           

          Color labels will also transfer to Bridge, provided that the textual descriptions of the labels are exactly the same in both programs (down to commas, hyphens, etc).