June 01, 2007

Bridge CS3 update (2.1) adds features, fixes

Adobe Bridge CS3 has been updated to version 2.1 (download for Mac | Win) .  In addition to squashing late-breaking bugs, this release includes a number of enhancements (quoting from the Read Me):


Multilevel Keywords

Organized your keywords into groups and subgroups as deep a hierarchy as you want by using the multilevel support in the keywords panel. Bridge now includes keyboard shortcuts for applying single keywords or parent keywords. Advanced options allow for storing hierarchy into the file metadata. Easily import and export keywords using tab-delimited file formats.

Improved Cache Management

Control the size of the Bridge cache of thumbnail and metadata information to better improve responsiveness. The cache can also be compacted to improve performance.

General Improvements

  • Preference control over video and audio file previews
  • Improved scrolling and renaming performance
  • Usability improvements to custom workspaces
  • Improved overall stability

These updates can be found via the Help > Updates menu from within Photoshop and other CS3 apps.  The automatic update system has been serving up a record load (seven different updates this week), so you may want to try using the Web links above if you hit any snags.

Posted by John Nack at 11:14 AM on June 01, 2007

Comments

German Bauer — 12:58 PM on June 01, 2007

Can somebody please work on layout of the documents view (when thumbnails are turned onin bridge, spacing and such needs serious help, it currently looks very cluttered. Have those xd guys have a look at it :-)

[Who do you think came up with what we've got other than Wade (XD) & Co.? I'll talk to people about improving it. --J.]

John — 02:31 PM on June 01, 2007

John,

Though technically not solely within your purview, can you comment on why CS3 inexcusably disables client Firewalls and changes TCP access numbers without notifying the user in OS X upon installation. This is simply, pick your euphemism, unprincipled. Does an installation of PS CS3 do the same?

www.macfixit.com, among other sites, has written about his recently.

Thank you in advance,

-John

[John, I'm looking for more info on this subject myself. Sorry that I don't have more to share at the moment. --J.]

Andrew Meit — 04:19 PM on June 01, 2007

[This is for your help section on Adobe products]
A high five to the Help doc team for the redone help in CS3 (I just installed the ID Demo, because am still waiting for the full version. :-( ). For me, the first thing I do after install is look at Help to see how well its done, for thats the first thing in how to fulfill your door quote; next is how well done the tool gui. And as a visually limited person, to increase font size with ease is soooo nice! More over the weekend... ;-)

[Cool--glad to hear it. --J.]

Alex — 06:14 PM on June 01, 2007

I was starting to get frustrated with Bridge, and started to use my bridge from CS2 instead until this update. This smoothed out the system substantially. I am finding the batch rename in bridge is much more fun and easier than lightroom. I don't know who that is for but lightroom doesn't think like I do. PS3 thinks like me. It comes naturally to me while lightroom is like pulling teeth. Otherwise John this is the best thing since white bread. I want to come down and meet with all of you this fall someplace. I need to get into your heads, especially that pirate guy.

[Heh heh--cool! Thanks for the feedback. --J.]

Andrew Meit — 08:49 PM on June 01, 2007

This is for CS3 Bridge (and thanks for the upate). I gave a pat, now a spat. You got to be kidding on the scrollbar size! Can we say, you must have a nimble mouse to use them; so whatever happened to normal size scrollbars? And for seeing the slim suckers is making me do way too much work for my overworked eyes. A gui should not have to be based on a user having 20/20 vision....um, how about an option to have touchable, findable scrollbars, please. ;-)

James Spahr — 05:17 AM on June 02, 2007

Bridge (and version cue) keep on getting better. Thanks!

[Cool; glad to hear it. --J.]

What I miss most of all with Bridge CS3 is the status icons that were in Bridge CS2. There's no easy way to see what is checked out but myself and others anymore.

[I'll pass along that feedback and ask whether there's an easy alternative now. --J.]

Jesse — 08:16 AM on July 25, 2007

Any idea why a print function isn't included in Bridge? After running my photos through Camera Raw in Bridge, launching a set of 30 or 40 photos into Photoshop just to print seems counter-intuitive.

[We ran out of time, and unfortunately printing is a can of worms. Someone using Bridge with Illustrator might reasonably expect Bridge to do as good a job printing AI files as AI itself does; same goes for InDesign and all the other apps Bridge supports. That's not a trivial effort. --J.]

robynne hayward — 07:08 PM on August 23, 2007

"easily import & export keywords" ... but how? I'm trying to import keywords from CS2 bridge to CS3.

Erin — 02:30 PM on September 12, 2007

Seriously! the "easily import & export keywords" would be great if I could figure out how. Please, please tell us!

I am working on CS3 Bridge.

[Let me see what I can find out & post. --J.]

Terry Eggers — 04:19 PM on October 06, 2007

I'm also having a export import problem. I sure could use help on this. I used the beta version of cs3 went thru the cleanup any help?
Cheers, Terry

Djuna — 09:21 PM on October 24, 2007

I'm also having trouble exporting keywords. For now, I'm using my old system -- attach all keywords I'd like to export to an image then open that image in another copy of Browser.

Aaron — 11:51 AM on November 29, 2007

Printing in the manner of each CS3 app is one thing but to refrain from including even the basic Mac/Windows print function is just lazy.

[Yes, that's us: lazy, lazy. That's really the only explanation for not getting every possible feature *yesterday*. --J.]

I agree that having to launch another app just to print images is slow and counter-intuituve. I expect more from Adobe.

haley richardson — 05:55 PM on December 01, 2007

I have a new setup: vista 32 bit raid setup with an extra imternal 500gb dedicated iram HD to run CS3 solely. I have dedicated 70% of this drive as the scratch disk for CS3. Problem is bridge is quitting all the time and coming up with an error message thatsays "bridge has encountered a problem and has to close" Please shed some light somone! Is there a way to dedicate memory sperately to bridge as I think this is the problem?
Cheers Haley

[I don't know the answer, but I've forwarded your report to Bridge QE for review and input. --J.]

Jonathan Herbert — 02:53 PM on January 07, 2008

I have been trying to find out if there is a way to run two instances of the Bridge CS3 application (or two "unsynchronized" content windows) at the same time. I have not had any luck getting this information. Can you help?

[Sorry, I'm not sure I follow you. There's no way (AFAIK) to run two copies of the Bridge process, but you can hit Cmd-N/Ctrl-N to make as many new windows as you'd like. --J.]

lynn lavia — 10:52 AM on January 15, 2008

I too am having trouble with cs3 bridge quitting all the time and now i can't even get it to come up from photoshop cs3-am using Vista home premium (which i hate)

help!

John Mealy — 01:29 PM on January 25, 2008

Two-parter: Myself and a coworker have been using Bridge CS2 for about a year now, and when we came in this past Monday, we are somehow both equipped with version CS3 version 2.1.1.9. I can still load up CS2, and CS3 doesn't show up in Window's Add/Remove Programs manager. Did Adobe just send out a free upgrade for Bridge CS2, or are we just unobservant?

Second Bridge question - when I drag and drop a file in my folder system, the thumbnail doesn't leave the folder I'm in until I leave that folder and come back. I've actually noticed a few such bugs where it doesn't seem like the graphic interface is keeping up with my activities. Any fix for this little glitch?

Thanks,

John

Cindy Glancy — 06:42 PM on February 05, 2008

I'm having the same problem several people noted above but I can't find the solution anywhere. I have hundreds of keywords & numerous metadata templates in Bridge which don't show up in Bridge CS3. How do you import them? Please HELP!

Robynne Hayward — 04:14 PM on March 12, 2008

Please help .... HOW do I export my keywords from CS2 to CS3????

Eline Borges-Ibanez — 06:11 AM on April 07, 2008

I have run out of memory - Adobe Bridge CS3 tells me - so it is refusing to covert my Raw files. I assume I have used up all the cache allocated, but don't want to purge the current folders. I once increased the cache allocated to 2 GB but have never emptied it, as often revisit older wedding files, but can't figure out how to increase it again or how to selectively purge it! Any ideas?

xx Elaine

Dan Sherwood — 02:49 PM on April 07, 2008

After I make my camera raw adjustments, I'm not seeing them update in Bridge CS3 like they use to in CS2. I've toggled through the preferences, but didn't see anything. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Dan

[Does choosing Tools->Cache->Purge Cache... help?

Otherwise try making sure that you've installed the plug-in into the correct spot:
Mac: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-ins/CS2/File Formats/…
Win: \Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-ins\CS2\File Formats\… --J.]

Dan Sherwood — 09:11 PM on April 07, 2008

I tried choosing Tools->Cache->Purge Cache and the plug-in is in the correct folder. Still the previews won't update for me in Bridge CS3. I can't go back to Bridge CS2 since the camera I'm using isn't supported by CS2.


Dan Sherwood — 09:56 AM on April 08, 2008

Hello John,

Thanks for passing my inquiry on. I deleted my cache folder in my Library, but still no improvement. This is very strange. I've tried all sorts of little tricks to get the thumbnails to show updates. When opened using ACR the adjustments are showing, but not in Bridge CS3.

I'm experiencing the same problems with my copy of CS3 loaded onto my laptop. Could it be that I have a bad copy of Bridge? Would a reinstall work? - hope I don't have to do that.

Regards,
Dan

John Enman — 10:46 AM on April 17, 2008

I downloaded the latest ACR update for the Nikon D3. The images open fine in the Raw converter, but I can't see the thumbnails in bridge.

John Enman — 02:06 PM on April 26, 2008

After opening ACR and using it for a couple of days the "thumbnail images" appeared. Hmm. strange. Oh well all is fine now.

Carlos Perez — 08:23 AM on May 07, 2008

Loving Bridge CS3, however, STATUS of documents is not readily available. Any clue as to why the document status was moved to the Inspector and not directly in the Content window?? Another great feature would be to select checked out files, like you can in Dreamweaver.

Florian Eisele — 11:06 AM on June 05, 2008

Hi, in bridge CS2 when checking the parent keyword box the subkeywords were also included. Now in CS3 it's the total opposite. I can only click the subkeywords one by one and choose whether to include the parent keyword or not. Is there a way to have it like in cs2? Where is the sense behind this modification??

Mike Lynch — 08:28 PM on June 19, 2008

Would love it you could print a complete list with all the metatdata that you are viewing in bridge.
This would be a great way to quickly generate a library list of a folder.

Mike

[This script may give you want you need. It sucks out metadata into a CSV file, suitable for opening in Excel and similar apps. --J.]

Len Robinson — 04:38 AM on June 21, 2008

hello, I am getting the error message 'error 2 Photoshop 10 is undefined' when I launch bridge CS3 from the browse menu of Photoshop CS3.

Do you know of a solution?

Ella Thompson — 06:24 AM on July 23, 2008

it would be great to add print feature to print out the thumnails or list of contents in a folder

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