Adobe Bridge
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- pixzen
Is Bridge used much by people and has it proved to be useful?
I'm just about to start a project involving a lot of studio photography and am wondering whether this is the time to learn and start using Bridge in the workflow.
Thanks.
- designerror0
Don't bother, I set it up for a mag we are doing, but after two days I places it all in folders by myself instead. Maybe if a 100 people are working on the same thing it could be useful. Otherwise, it's too much work for too little benefit.
- agentfour0
i was going to post this same question about a week ago. Ive never used it. i dont really understand what it's benefits are and why anyone would find it an improvement in workflow. When ive opened it and checked it out in the past, it seems pointless and annoying to me. But maybe im way off the mark.
- pixzen0
I used AcdSee for years as my main image browser but recently switched to XnView as it's a bit leaner and doesn't hog file permissions like AcdSee.
I installed Bridge with CS3 and gave it a look but it didn't seem 'quick and dirty' enough for the work I usually do but I was watching through some of the CS3 video workshops this morning and some of the Bridge stuff seemes useful such as raw processing and image cleanup which can be done without going into Photoshop.
Like I said I'm about to start a project involving studio photography which is a little out of the ordinary for myself so I was wondering if it would be useful in that context.
Thanks for the replies - both helpful. If I use it I'll let you know how I get on and if it was worth it.
- rafalski0
bridge is the best image browser/viewer for osx I've used. Not that it's so good, it's that the supposedly all multimedia system lacks one and third party ones suck
- elms0
anyone know, is it possible to view pictures from multiple folders as a slideshow?
- imadesigner0
If you're browsing RAW, Bridge is good. If you're just using JPG I still really like iView Media Pro. Even if it is now owned by Microsoft.
- pixzen0
Thanks for the further replies - again like I said what got me interested in trying it was doing initial image processing and correction of RAW images within Bridge - using the healing tool to get rid of dust artefacts alone is pretty impressive.
- forcetwelve0
bridge is fantastic for browsing and organising raw files i believe. integrated well with photoshop too with the raw plugin.
- jox0
I only launch it when I slip and accidentally click on "Browse" instead of "Open" in the menu.
- pixzen0
I only launch it when I slip and accidentally click on "Browse" instead of "Open" in the menu.
jox
(Sep 14 07, 03:20)Its icon is very similar to Maya 8.5's also:)
- mrdobolina0
I only launch it when I slip and accidentally click on "Browse" instead of "Open" in the menu.
jox
(Sep 14 07, 03:20)ahhh I hate that, I have a dell with 2gigs of ram and it easily takes 25 seconds for bridge to load.
- Ampersanderson0
It batch renames files. That alone has me sold. iView not necessary.
- pixzen0
ahhh I hate that, I have a dell with 2gigs of ram and it easily takes 25 seconds for bridge to load.
mrdobolina
(Sep 14 07, 05:13)I read the first reviews of using Bridge a while ago and concensus seemed to be if you intend using it open it before everything else - it does take a while to kick in!
- 23kon0
take me to the bridge!
- Rand0
I just use it to browse images on my hd folders
- e-pill0
i use bridge for the best viewing of all my fiels at once, the OS cant for reasons i dont know show a lot of images over a certain file size while Adobe Bridge can show any file. its great for locating something you need to see visually.
it can crash though often...but its a simple restart of the program and your back...
- Sickman0
i can't believe nobodys mentioned Lightroom.
After using it I have no idea why adobe still makes Bridge.
- horton0
as some poeple are saying, Bridge is fantastic for bulk processing RAW photos.
you can preview, organize and shortlist all your images in Bridge prior to RAW conversions, color label, tag, batch rename, batch save resized copies as jpg, tif etc, or apply any of your photoshop actions.
i just finished a 72page garment catalogue which involved shortlisting and editing 100s of photos.. was my first time fully taking advantage of Bridge and there will be no looking back.
- Sickman0
you can do all those things in lightroom plus it has a significantly better interface that is packed with functionality.
i sound like a rep.
- pixzen0
i can't believe nobodys mentioned Lightroom.
After using it I have no idea why adobe still makes Bridge.
Sickman
(Sep 14 07, 07:42)I suppose since Bridge is 'free' with CS3 but Lightroom is a standalone package and more photography specific?
Lightroom isn't listed on Adobe's site (or I can't find it) any links to a product page for it?