Export unedited JPEG of a RAW image in LR4?

Other than the obvious to export images before I edit them, or duplicating and removing all alterations after selecting and editing I don't see an easy way to do this in LightRoom. In Aperture I would select Export Original Photo, and then choose JPEG as format. It appears to me that the only Export Original Photo option in LightRoom will do just that...export a true original - meaning in RAW format. Not helpful. I need to export JPEGs of my final selects, both in the edited form, and in the original unedited form as JPEGs. Am I missing something?
On another similar note, is there any way to see the switch between the original unedited photo and the edited photo?Meaning true original, pre crop / rotation and all? Love the option to see just the other adjustments, but I often would like to see what my crop has done as well to the image quickly. Aperture had a true "Original Master" viewing capability.
Other than these two things, I am loving the transition to LightRoom! So superior in almost every other way, but these are simple things that seem so obvious.
Thanks!

Not having used Aperture—I’m on a PC—I’ve never wanted to export all my picks as Adobe-Default-Settings JPGs; however, I subscribe to the PS+LR photographers bundle for $10/month, and can easily do what you’re talking about using LR and PS:
To get the Adobe default version of each LR pick I would:
Export Originals from LR for all these picks to their own folder.
Delete all the XMP files in that folder using an OS-level file function, in my case Explorer then sort by extension.
Open that folder in Bridge.
Select all and open in Camera Raw.
Select all in ACR and use the Save Image button to create default-setting JPGs.
For looking at the original uncropped version of something I’d go into Before-After mode, swap before and after, then turn it to single mode, again (with the Before image as the current view) then turn on the Crop box to see the entire extent of the image. If the Before version isn’t the initial one, after swapping it to After, I could click Reset to get the very first version of it.
To make this work you’d have to swap go back to Before-After mode and swap things back so the After image is back as the current version.

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I've heard many others raising the issue of an auto-jpeg feature - kinda like auto-write xmp, except auto-write jpeg.
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need some help here. don't know if i can describe this accurately.
i was using lightroom previously. edit my raw file and then export in jpeg. everything appear normal as what i wanted.
recently i got cs4 and started using bridge. now after i edit my photo in lightroom and export,the view of the jpeg file appears overexpose(exposure was increase) and when view on adobe bridge same problem. but if i open photoshop and use my workspace colour setting everything is ok. when i see my picture on iphoto it is normal as per i have edited. i just don't know what setting i have touch that cause my viewing of edited photo on lightroom and bridge goes overexpose. on bridge,thumbnail ok but preview bad...
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grjacek wrote:
Is it possibe to return to a RAW image and edit it once I've exported it to another location as jpeg?
Yes
I've edited and exported an image to a different folder on my desktop. I've realised I still need to do some work on it
but when I try and open it again in Lightroom ( I see it in Library) I get a mesaage saying file not found...Please help
We're going to need a lot more details aobut exactly (EXACTLY) the steps you follow after you do the export, because normally I would say this is one of the easiest things possible in Lightroom. Are any files moved or renamed or disks unplugged in between the time of export and the time when you try to edit again?

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Is it possibe to return to a RAW image and edit it once I've exported it to another location as jpeg?
I've edited and exported an image to a different folder on my desktop. I've realised I still need to do some work on it
but when I try and open it again in Lightroom ( I see it in Library) I get a mesaage saying file not found...Please help

grjacek wrote:
Is it possibe to return to a RAW image and edit it once I've exported it to another location as jpeg?
Yes
I've edited and exported an image to a different folder on my desktop. I've realised I still need to do some work on it
but when I try and open it again in Lightroom ( I see it in Library) I get a mesaage saying file not found...Please help
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dakota8,
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I have been able to open Bridge and view photos from Iphoto so it seems to me that everything that I have in Iphoto is automatically transfered to Elements 4.
There's no transferring involved at all. Bridge is rooting directly inside the iPhoto Library folder. Did I mention that it's best to avoid this?
However I can not find my Raw images.
When you import a file it is saved into the Originals folder. Your RAW files are there, along with any video clips you may have imported.
iPhoto automatically creates a jpeg version of your RAW files and stores it in the Modified folder. It has to do this in order to display the picture on your screen. With video clips, a jpeg of the first frame is created for display purposes.
I am using a Nikon D200 and just to be safe I have been shooting so the images are saved both in JPEG and RAW.
If you import both versions into iPhoto, then you have
Originals - RAW
Modified - jpeg
Originals - jpeg
(Modified - jpeg - if you edit the jpeg version or if they are auto-rotated to portrait orientation)
I don't shoot in RAW, so I can't really comment about which workflow would be the most efficient. I just played with it long enough to realize that there is no easy way to do it.
Regards.

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I’m now where I want to be to edit this image in Camera RAW, but I never before had to go around the horn like this to get there! This is very similar to the procedure I follow when I edit jpegs in Camera Raw.
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I used iPhoto as a ground level library for all my photography. And would easily import RAW images to my Lightroom collection.
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