Mary

Could I sharpen in PS, ( but not flatten )go back to LR , crop and export  ? 

Just when I thought I had it. Why do I have to do that step ? Can I not just crop, sharpen and export from LR ?

Thank you so much, that is in fact what I was doing before I started the layers and masks class, just got confused about how to move between LR and PS. This makes perfect sense. 

Hi Damien,

i have been working on layers and masks and learning lots, thank you. I am a Lightroom user and am not sold on bridge, sorry. I know it has not been 30 days... Anyhow, please explain to me why it is disastrous to work on an image in PS  then return to Lightroom for the export. I must be missing something. This is my work flow

open in LR 

basic edit

if anything needs fixing go to PS work on it, flatten layers and return to LR

export as JPEG 

this may seem a ridiculous question, but when you use your actions to save files in PS, where are the images saved ? I can only get a choice if I use save as.

Thanks