schachtb wrote:
areohbee and richardplondon,
thanks for your comments.
You're welcome 
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schachtb wrote:
areohbee and richardplondon,
thanks for your comments. i didn't worry about the filename conflict because i don't shoot in BOTH jpg and RAW. But to answer your question. A filename.jpg with some ACR edits applied in Bridge 5 would yield a filename.xmp (just like it would for a filename.NEF).
Maybe this was a problem with Bridge that influenced the decision to stick with embedded xmp in Lightroom - maintains compatibility with previous business / spec without the potential for conflict - just guessing..
schachtb wrote:
Rob you said "there are no general-purpose Mac apps that can interpret the Adobe dev recipe (adjustment metadata). - only Adobe apps..." ... are there any Adobe light/reader apps that do this (ie short of having LR or PS suite or whatever). One would think that Adobe of all developers would understand the benefit of having a free/light reader (see also Acrobat Reader vs Acrobat Pro for PDF)
There are none that I am aware of, but there was a feature request for it, somewhere in the feedback forum I think:
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family
Rob
