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 11/30/2012 01:12:57 PM · #1
From the perspective of workflow, I'm having a really hard time understanding how Lightroom and Adobe Camera RAW work together, or if they should at all. Is there a simple answer to this?

I use Lightroom as the default to import, organize and perform RAW editing. From there I select a photo I want to over-edit and select Photo > Edit In > Edit in Adobe Photoshop CS6.

I'm new to CS6 and am very unfamiliar with what it can do (my last version being CS), so I've picked up Scott Kelby's book on CS6 and while it's quite nice, nearly half of it is dedicated to Adobe Camera RAW.

Kelby seems to be one of the more enthusiastic supporters of Lightroom, and has written books on it as well... so what's the deal? He goes on at length about ACR editing steps, and doesn't mention Lightroom once.

How do these two work together? Should they? Is my Lightoom import/organize/edit and then Photo > Edit In > Edit in Adobe Photoshop CS6 the proper workflow? Or is there something I'm not understanding?

I am interested in hearing some feedback from others who ave mastered the understanding of how it all works together. If I'm still not able to figure it out it is, of course, Langdon's fault.

Thanks in advance.
 11/30/2012 01:19:20 PM · #2
Lightroom and ACR are the same RAW processing engine. ACR RAW conversion tips are interchangeable with LR pretty much. My bro-in-law is just starting out with LR and CS6 now, so I'm getting some experience with this. There seem to be a couple things different in the LR version, but they're by way of extras, not replacements. So you can take Kelby's ACR advice and apply it directly to RAW conversion out of LR.
 11/30/2012 03:42:16 PM · #3
Thanks, Robert. I was thinking that, but I hadn't seen it explicitly spelled out by Adobe or Kelby or the author of my Lightroom book, etc.

So I can assume the same for Bridge as well, right? If I import and organize with Lightroom I can basically disregard it?
 11/30/2012 03:44:14 PM · #4
Originally posted by bohemka:
Thanks, Robert. I was thinking that, but I hadn't seen it explicitly spelled out by Adobe or Kelby or the author of my Lightroom book, etc.

So I can assume the same for Bridge as well, right? If I import and organize with Lightroom I can basically disregard it?

Affirmative.
 11/30/2012 04:45:56 PM · #5
LOL, yes, please do disregard Bridge! I know I'm a bit of Lr evangelist (funny thing to be for an atheist) but I cannot say how much better off I am now that I have Lr as the start of my editing workflow. A couple clicks to import, easy culling/rating, Exceptional RAW conversion in an efficient workflow, organization that I basically have to do nothing to maintain, exporting and publishing made really easy, fast and configurable... need I say more?
When I need to go to Ps with something, and I often do, I do the following:
- Decide whether I need anything more than JPEG
- Decide whether I need to do the editing on the full resolution file, or ??
- Export image(s)the chosen format and size to a working folder
- Edit the images from there.
In no case do I want to bring an image from Ps back into Lr. Lightroom is the conversion engine, and the library for my originals. My edited work is stored elsewhere.
 11/30/2012 10:59:37 PM · #6
LR is an organization, broadstrokes and output tool. From what i know of ACR, it does an ok job at this, but is not anywhere close to LR capable.

For me, the heavily edited images in photoshop autosave into LR once theyre done as Tiffs that i make sure are single layered(these are stacked with originals or seperated into a folder). I also save a PSD as a separate file, but under the same parent folder.

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