Why I Don't Use Lightroom) Please Add This Adobe!!)

[Chinablix7]

I love Lightroom, it is superior to Photoshop, easier to use and the list is almost endless, except for one thing, CATALOGUES!! I HATE THE CATALOGUE SYSTEM!

I don't want nor do I need to be bothered with it. I just want to right click and open up my image like I can with Photoshop.

Can anyone explain why Adobe needs to do this, and is there a work around, or a plug in, or anything so I don't need to use the catalogue system? The whole thing adds steps and more complications to an otherwise great software.

[Rob_Cullen]

Just scrap Lightroom if you hate it that much, and use Adobe Bridge and Photoshop ! (or Lightroom-CC if you like the "Cloud" ) The choice is yours.

Lightroom, from Version 1, was designed primarily as software for Digital Asset Management and raw interpreter, and the Catalog is the integral 'database' file necessary for DAM.

[AxelMatt]

Lightroom is not only a program for developing RAW files, it's also a tool for manage yours photos. You can categorized and sort your picture for quick access. All these informations located in the catalog inclusive all development steps.

There's no work around. When you use Lightroom you have to use the catalog.

BTW: I don't understand where you see a problem to use the catalog. But I accepted your opinion.

[Ricky336]

I think the catalogue system is great - all your photos no matter where they are, are located and brought into one system/programme.

In this way it is more useful than Bridge, although in this case your option would be to use Bridge - but then you are using ACR like Photoshop and do not have access to the other functions that Lightroom uses - as you are well aware of.  You say you love Lightroom apart from the catalogue system, but that is a fundamental part of Lightroom. It's all or nothing I think.

The only step that you have to do is import, rather than just clicking on the file - but I don't see that this 'complicates' the system.

(Although, then you have to move files in Lightroom so the programme can keep track of where everything is, but that shouldn't be a problem if you're organised).

So, why do Adobe need to do this? Refer to WobertC's post.