I've recently started to use Lightroom for managing photos. I've also started to use it for editing, but I'm not sure whether I like it better than Bridge/Camera Raw from Photoshop. I've got a few questions involving RAW and Jpeg photographs.
- I've set up my camera so it stores both RAW and Jpeg. The RAW files are better for editing, the Jpeg files are usually nicer "out of the box". However, when sorting out the photographs in the Library of Lightroom (just after importing), I've got both. That is not handy, 'cause it multiplies the number of photographs by two. And most often, when I like a photographs, I want to keep both the Jpeg and the RAW. Has anyone got tips for a workflow in which you have both the RAW and the Jpeg of the same photographs?
- In most cases the Jpeg was "developed" almost perfectly by my camera. Just not completely perfectly. So then I start editing, which I always do on the RAW file. However, the RAW file was not "developed" and can be quite different from the Jpeg. I would first like to recreate a Jpeg-like photograph from the RAW file, but in that case it can be quite difficult. Are there any tips for this?
- I can edit Jpeg files in Lightroom, too. However, Lightroom doesn't use and XMP file for storing adaptations, like it does for RAW files. Where does it store its adaptations? (If it is in the Jpeg file itself, why don't other Jpeg-viewers show the adaptations?)
Thanks!