Should I import Photoshop composites into Lightroom or manage them in Bridge?
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I use Lightroom as the main catalog for my photos, including images I send from Lightroom to Photoshop and then save back. But sometimes I start directly in Photoshop, for example when making a composite that mixes my own photos with other elements. In those cases, I’m unsure whether the finished file should still be imported into Lightroom or kept elsewhere and managed with Bridge instead. What workflow makes the most sense for organizing these Photoshop-created images alongside a Lightroom library?
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I always just use LR and let it keep track. Stacks work nicely if it is primarily based on one image, though if you have combined multiple, perhaps either using keywords or putting it in some collection of edited works would fit well.
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A simple approach is to keep using Lightroom as your main organizer, even for Photoshop-created files. If the finished image is primarily based on one source photo, you can keep it with that image and use stacking to group the versions together.
If the file combines multiple sources and doesn’t fit neatly under one original photo, organize it in Lightroom with keywords or place it in a dedicated collection for edited/composite work. That keeps your work searchable and managed in one catalog instead of splitting your workflow between Lightroom and Bridge.
Bridge can still be useful for browsing files, but based on the workflow described, there’s no strong need to move these finished images out of Lightroom just because they were started in Photoshop.
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