Workflow from PSE to CS5

[Ric]

I have worked with PSE for years and now starting to work with CS5 just last week. I was wondering if I can have a workflow in CS5 like I did in PSE? I shoot alot of high school sports volleyball, football, etc of all 3 levels thru out there season. What I do in PSE is create a new catalog first thing and in that catalog I would have 7 sub folders with specific names and dates of the 7 games I shoot of them. I have a website that I post the picture to so parents can review and buy if interested. I tell the parents to give me the photos 4 digit number and what size print they want and I can then find them very easy that way. When I click on the catalog for Varsity football everything I shoot of them is in that catalog. I want to do the same with CS5 can that be done? I want and easy way to find my pictures in CS5. I shoot so many pictures in a season that my numbers are dupiacated several times over, and I find them easy to find when I use PSE but not sure how to do the same with CS5. I was going to buy a book on CS5 but then wasn't sure what to buy to help me with the workflow. Anyone have a good work flow in CS5 that might be able to help me find my pictures thru out the year?

[George Tyndall]

Anyone have a good work flow in CS5 that might be able to help me find my pictures thru out the year?

The PSE7 Organizer is the heart of my workflow. All the images that I dowload from my camera's memory card to my HDD are tracked there.

If I wish to edit a photo in my Organizer with PS CS5.5 instead of the PSE7 Editor, I go to Edit>Edit with Photoshop (Ctrl-H), which opens the image with PS CS5.

I have my Organizer's Watch Folders option set to automatically add to the catalog any new images that appear in the various folders. The result is that, if I edit an image with PS CS5 and save it it one of the Watched Folders, it will automatically appear in the Organizer.

CS5's Adobe Bridge may accomplish the same thing, but I am not familiar with it. My understanding is that, if you are shooting in Camera Raw, then Lightroom is very helpful for the purpose of organizing and editing.

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

Use Bridge. Googling will show many tutorials that can help you get started.

[Ric]

Thanks guys for the reply.

[momoffduty]

Ric, I hope you post your workflow when you get things figured out. I go back and forth between the 2 programs depending on the project. In Bridge you can tag & rate and I haven't used that feature much. One thing to keep in mind is that some adjustments layers in PS CS5 will get thrown out by PSE.

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

Use Bridge. Googling will show many tutorials that can help you get started.

I started with the original PSE and never got beyond PrEl/PSE v2. When v3 came out I switched to PPro/PS so I have never really used Organiser 'in anger' so I can't say which is best. I just use Bridge. One advantage, I suppose, is that everything is in one place.