Lightroom or Bridge?

[GoneOffShore]

I've got over 30k files and have been using Bridge for years. I'm drowning in files and need to find a way to organize them.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. I could never see the point of Bridge. I use Lightroom, Photoshop & GIMP. I don't use Bridge at all.

[GoneOffShore]

2. I like it because I can work with either DNG or CR2 files along with JPG

I've got the subscription with Lightroom and Photoshop, and Bridge.

[ManiacJoe]

3. How are your images currently organized?

Both Bridge and Lightroom store your images on the hard drive(s).

Lightroom uses a SQLite database to track your images and store your edits to the files. To see the edits outside of Lightroom, you need to "export" your edits into a new file, usually JPG. The original images are never changed.

When you "import" your photos into Lightroom, you can choose that the files can stay where they already are or LR can move them elsewhere to be organized as you choose. The database contains references to the files by pathname.

[GoneOffShore]

4. This is the first answer I've gotten that actually is telling me what I need to know

about what LR does with the files.

Thank you.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. You didn't ask that. I answered what you asked. . . . nt

[GoneOffShore]

6. I realize that I didn't ask that question because I had been searching on my own on other forums

I'm glad that someone answered with information that I needed.
It's all good.