Lightroom, PhotoShop, Camera RAW & Bridge?

Hi Guys
I run PS CS5 (in the Master Collection) and I would be interested to find out if Lightroom offers something PS, Bridge and Camera Raw cannot provide separately or combined? I've been using PS for a good few years but now I'm working with my own digital captures, I've started using cameraRaw to clean-up my Raw images. In this respect it would be useful to know if Lightroom offers something additional or some form of efficiency.
Regards,
Graham

Lightroom is a database while Bridge is a browser. That's the fundimental differences. Both Camera Raw and Lightroom work with the same raw processing pipeline and can redner files the same (assuming equal versions of both). But the usability and UI is a bit different in each.
Lightroom is designed more as a single stop raw image processing and image management workflow solution. Whether or not it's your cup of tea depends on what sort of volume you produce and what sort of workflow you want. The best way to try Lightroom is to download the demo and give it a try.

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