Confused about Lightroom

[akphotograph]

<p>LR2/Photoshop CS4 combo for me...seamless. I also start a new catalog every year. Lightroom slows down on my PC when it gets to 15 or 20 thousand images. Wish LR could search through all catalogs!</p>

[emmapal]

<p>you can set preferences to choose if you want the editied copy of the RAW into PS to be saved as PSD, TIFF, 8 or 16 bit, and the dialog has prompts that explain the pros and cons of the choices.</p>

<p>The XMP data written is an option to turn on that makes Bridge play nicer with LR! LR and Bridge remember the settings, but I've found they don't remember the ratings/colors etc. Anyone know how to get my green LR images to show up as green in Bridge? I still use Bridge to organize my PNG graphics files, and have some older shoots done in Bridge/ACR that I have to retag in LR now, and it's a pain.</p>

<p>thanks!</p>