Gene's advice is (always) good. That said, I'm bothered by a couple things in your post. "I imported the files into Adobe Bridge" and "I have edited the RAW files in Bridge, it looks like they are all in LR" confuse me.

One of the primary points of confusion with Adobe software is about where the files are. The are not "in" any of the programs. The are "in" folder on drives where you put them.

Can you explain how the files are getting from your camera to your computer? With that, someone (maybe me) can get to the next part about modifying, saving and exporting.

You are doing a couple of extra steps, Pam.

If you are shooting raw, unless you have some need to have access to images immediately, the jpegs at best are unnecessary, and in the worst case, may prevent you from leveraging the extra dynamic range available in raw files. A good jpeg exposure in a high contrast situation may require that you prioritize middle tones and sacrifice highlights. In the same situation, you would be able to prioritize the highlights by exposing as bright as possible without actually blowing them out, and still record enough information to adjust exposure, highlights/shadows and white and black levels in post processing to make a good picture.

You are saving changes to dng. You don't have to do this. When you edit a raw file the edits are saved in a Lightroom preview catalog or an xmp file if you have ticked that option in the catalog preferences. If you are editing in Photoshop the changes are in the xmp file. You cannot open that file directly. If On1 is associated with xmp files then it will open when you click on one.

Bridge is not an image editor. Opening a raw file in Bridge will start an editing session in Adobe Camera Raw. When you close out of ACR, the raw file will have an associated xmp file.

If you are using Lightroom, you no longer need to use Bridge to Browse your files. You can import your raw files directly into Lightroom and use the Develop module, which is the same Adobe raw converter used Adobe Camera Raw. I prefer a catalog-based system to organize my files. Bridge is great if you don't want to open a file in Lightroom, but editing the image in ACR will not automatically add the image to Lightroom's catalog.

My workflow uses a raw file and a working edit file (16 bit psd, ProPhoto color space). I created a collection of export presets for each destination - printer, print lab, competition, social media, instagram, personal website, client proof for review, etc - each with it's own set of parameters specific to the destination. I have no need for jpegs, since I only make jpegs from my psd files, and occasionally directly from the edited raw file.

I hope this gives you some ideas for your own workflow.

For the most part, deleting images from the card via the camera presents no risk. It does use your battery, sometimes a resource even more important than space on the card when out in the field. There's less risk by not deleting using the camera, but really, how much "less risk"? Many tools are quicker at displaying images for culling than LR, particularly if you shoot in RAW. I cull outside LR as much as possible and than import only those files I think I'll edit / keep. I've never had a problem with a card / camera by deleting in the camera, although I typically don't. As a best practice, don't use your computer to delete from the card nor reformat the card. Always format the card in the camera. Copy images from the card to the computer and delete images from those copies on the computer's harddrive.

I am an amateur hoping to become good enough to be able to call myself an enthusiast as some point. LR/PS intimidated me as I started, so after much research, I started with ON1. I do like it. Since then, I have learned a bit of LR in local photography courses, and, so far, it seems like there is nothing that LR can do that ON1 cant. That probably does not continue if one was to look at PS, but that is not where I am at the moment.

One advantage I found in ON1 is that your don’t have to create nor maintain the LR catalog system. You put the photos into a folder however you want, delete them or move them however you want, and it will deal with it. I use the full non-destructive import feature, and it creates its two sidecar files beside every raw photo imported, so if I move them, I just have to move the set. I like this feature of ON1 better than LR as I think it is harder to mess it up accidentally.

If you do create a full folder-tree structure (X:photos main folder and sub folders on down from there), the keyword and smart album functions are just as good, if not better, than LR.

That said, don’t be fooled into thinking of this as a one-time purchase. I think they will do a major upgrade once per year for a while, and this upgrade will not be free (2018 to 2019 was not), so you will still spend 50-80 per year on “upgrades”

Matt Kloskowski Does a nice webinar on comparing features vs LR.

Good luck