Getting Organized - Creative Cloud

[Mike Buckley]

Should I use Lightroom for cataloguing even if not for editing?

That depends on your needs. You can find some very inexpensive stand-alone cataloging software that has a reputation for being far more robust than Lightroom. I recommend considering IDimager's Photo Supreme at least as a starting point.

[Cantab]

I have been following this thread with great interest because I am in the process of getting organised. It seems that Bridge, ACR and Photoshop is the way to go (in spite of my initial problems with Bridge) except that I am not sure about cataloguing. Bridge allows the definition of collections but Lightroom seems to manage collections in a more sophisticated way.

Should I use Lightroom for cataloguing even if not for editing?

I'm not an expert but here are my thoughts. I could never get on with Bridge so was happy to abandon it and use LR. It's great for cataloguing and like a number of other folk I do a lot of my basic editing in LR. It's quick and easy. For the occasional photo that deserves (not many of them) or needs more sophisticated editing, I then use Photoshop CS6 (accessing it via LR so that the finished product ends up in the LR catalogue).