I'm sticking with RSP also, I really don't like this idea of library Lightroom has, I just want to be able to browse folders on my disk and convert from there.

I think for people with 10,000s of photos it might be a godsend, if you're a pro stills person asset management would be a big issue. For the rest of us I agree, probably overkill.
Bob.

"I'm sticking with RSP also, I really don't like this idea of library Lightroom has, I just want to be able to browse folders on my disk and convert from there."

Would Adobe Bridge then be the answer?

Adobe Bridge is horrible---give Lightroom a try---its free until Feb.

My experience with data management software has left me with a definite perspective that the cure is almost worse than the disease.

My photograph management system involves, basically, an annual purchase of a new external hard drive, to which I write the entire years worth of photgraph raw files. Within that drive, photographs are files by month and day, with seperate directories for RAW and processed TIF files. Adobe Bridge works adequately to recall indivdual photographs when filed by month, albeit, slower than molasses.

I have yet to forget what year I took a particular photgraph; and, since hard drives are so cheap and interchangeable, each years hard drive rests quietly on my bookshelf for remounting.

>>I think for people with 10,000s of photos it might be a godsend...

Ever since Adobe abruptly discontinued Photoshop Album (a photo manager). I will never, ever trust Adobe for photo management software at all, ever again.

They wouldn't even acknowledge discontinuing it until *months* after it was apparent. If you've invested a lot of time in setting up the management categories, this was a really big pain.

I switched to (Extensis) Portfolio and never looked back. At least that seems to have some future. Terrific program.

Pardon my ignorance, but what's RSP? How's its workflow with RAW files ?