ABSTRACT
L ightroom is a true digital asset management system, and much more powerful than a simple or even advanced browser. An image browser allows you to simply browse folder structures and see thumbnails, while Lightroom stores information directly into a database. One of the key diff erences here is that with Lightroom all of your information about your images is available even if the image collection is not online or connected to your computer. This means that you can take Lightroom on a laptop and still see 20 years worth of images and all accompanying metadata, without physically having those images with you. You cannot do this with an image browser.
