[jdepould]

Originally Posted by zona5101

So I modify a photo, color balance, saturation crop, etc. In PS while I am still modifing the image I can go to the history pallet and remove a step, redo or adjust. Once I save it I'm done. I have to go all the way back to the original file and redo the color balance , the saturation and the crop (unless I am progressively renaming and each step in PS). In LR, I don't have to start over. I open up LR, select the image and redo just the crop without changing/ redoing any of the color settings. That seems like a pretty effective difference.

No, work in layers, and don't crop your lossless file. Just crop the jpg.