Bridge

Hello. Yesterday I've tried to create a custom search-dialog in a tabbed palette for Adobe Bridge.I need this custom dialog in a tabbed palette because I use Bridge as an image-database where I often need to search for keyword-combinations. It is not efficient for me to open the find dialog for each search and add a search-criteria for every keyword. So I want to create my easy custom search.In this custom dialog I have my keyword-list where I can select the keywords I want to search for and the search-option "match all of the keywords" or "match one of them".The creation and selection of the keywords and search-option works.Now I want to click on a button in my tabbed palette (like clicking "find" in the find dialog), give the data to the Bridge search and execute it. But I don't know how.It seems to me that I need the function getBridgeUriForSearch from the ExtensionHandler. But I don't understand how to do this (I didn't create the dialog as an extension) and I think there must be a

I lookign for scripts which will help me to share photos on Picasa and Flickr.I hope tehre is somethign like that available!?Tahnk you.

Hello Everyone, I am brand new to scripting and need some help... I would like to create an inter-application javascript (.jsx) file that will perform the following steps in sequence:1) Target Bridge CS3 and:a) Automatically select files (thumbnails) (the names of, and path to these files never change so scripting them is no problem). Path & Files are: C:\files\1.psd, C:\files\2.psd and C:\files\3.psd.b) Run Tools > Illustrator > Live Trace [Live Trace Dialogue Box Settings (Tracing Preset: Color 16, Save & Close Results (checked), Document Profile: "Basic RGB", Width: "576", Height: "720", Units: Pixels, Destination: "C:\files\, File Naming: Document Name + .ai)].After Live Trace finishes, C:\files\1.ai, C:\files\2.ai and C:\files\3.ai are created.and then....2) Target Illustrator CS3 and:Run my Illustrator precreated Action: "Add Border". This action adds a precreated border to the files. The action is coded with the paths and file names of the .ai files as well as savi

Wow, I actually managed to get that question down to the allotted space given.I need to turn a batch of PNGs to AIs for an InDesign document.  They're prepped and ready to be traced, but it would save time if I didn't have to go into every document manually after live tracing to reduce the artboard sizes to the artwork bounds.  Is there a setting or a script that can do this either in Illustrator or Bridge?I assume this has been answered by someone before.

I need to remove the shooting data from a batch of images (f/stop, shutter speed, ISO, file size, etc...)The metadata portion of Bridge does not allow access to this portion of the data (that I can see).Is there a way to remove this specific information?Would still like to have the option of leaving or at least adding back in other metadata such as date, copyright, etc.

Hi all,I'm looking for a solution to create thumbnails on my web application server (eps, ai, psd.. files).Did you think that it a good idea (and possible) to use Bridge on a server (I have a licnese for InDesign server) to generate thumbnails with a jsx script ?Thanks,Cedric

Hi all,A customer of mine wishes to have a widget to help their users deal with XMP metadata. However they don't want them to use bridge because the principe is to make the tasks as easy as possible. But bridge has a convenient library to edit XMP so my ambition is to find a way to get access to Bridge DOM from outside.Unfortunately, I can't see much workarounds. No command line, using #target bridge generates a prompt, applescript provides a do javascript" but only with strings and my first attemps scared me a bit ( working alternatively without reasons).So question is, do you know if it's possible to run js script for bridge from outside BRIDGE ?TIA Loic

I've created (modified) a couple of Bridge Scripts and finally have them working nicely. Now, I want to add a couple of Menu Commands to execute them. I tried modifying a script in the SDK, SnpAddMenuItem.jsx, which would work fine if I only had one Menu Item/Command. Here is what I have. I obviously don't understand the 'this' object or how to separate the Commands. Help much appreciated.function SnpAddMenuItem(){          this.requiredContext = "\tAdobe Bridge must be running.\n\tExecute against Bridge CS5 as the target.\n";          this.menuID = "snpAddMenuItem";          this.menuCommandID = "snpAddMenuItemSub";            $.level = 1; // Debugging level}SnpAddMenuItem.prototype.run = function(){          var retval = true;      &

A newbie question. In the ExtendScript Toolkit, I'm examining a script that uses BridgeTalk to send a script to Photoshop. I understand how to step through and examine the variables and functions that execute within the Bridge application. But how can I step through and examine the variables that are sent to the Photoshop application? The script executes without breaking as soon as the BridgeTalk script is sent.ThanksHelp Getting Started with Bridge Scripting

I am not sure why Adobe Bridge, which created Flash Galleries keeps .jpg extensions in the file name, but I would like to remove them. This was never an issue in versions prior to CS 5.5.When I open flash and try to remove the .jpg extension the files are not recognized by Bridge any longer.What's even worse, is once the Flash Gallery is created in the htm file, the .jpg extensions still remain in the name portion. Kinda dumb since the photos are now part of an htm Flash Gallery, and no longer a .jpg file.Is there any work around this?Thanks in advance.

I've downloaded the DNG 6.6 ACR update and images still don't open in PS/Bridge.  Does the "Convert to DNG" box need to be checkmarked under Bridge Preferences?Thanks for helping.MJ

bridge cs4 crashes when open mac ox10.6.8. I reinstalled but did not work.whats next???

Huge new issue.Images preview (full rez previews) -- some look blurry in Bridge in the Preview. Then I use magifier or open in PS and it's just fine very sharp. What is this? real drag.

I'm looking for somebody who can write a script for Bridge that will allow me to export specific XMP Metadata fields to either a spreadsheet or XML document. I have 1,000's of files I need to retrieve the metadata for, I'd prefer a script that can do them all in a batch. Can anybody either help me, or direct me to somebody who can help me?

The problem is, I work with a two-monitor setup. One is the actual working area with a painstakingly constructed layout of panels, the other one has a synchronized window with a full-screen Preview. Every once in a while I accidentally close the working area window, and because Bridge only saves a "current state" in workspaces, my painstakingly crafted window is just gone, poof (sound effect, not slang).I know I can save a duplicate working space. That makes it somewhat easier, but I still have to delete the botched working space and create it again as a copy of the duplicate. This, coupled with the fact that the first stage of any troubleshooting on Bridge is to nuke all settings, makes me a bit uneasy with the solution.I would be very grateful if someone knew of a way to export workspace settings so I could just load them back in when I mess up or Bridge does.

After being frustrated by this error message in Bridge while trying to apply keywords to various image files I finally took the time to investigate, and I think I found the cause of the issue. In a nutshell, if the extend attribute "com.apple.FinderInfo" has not yet been created for a given file, then this message appears.The start of the puzzle was that some files would take the keyword and others would not. After observing identical permissions on files that worked and files that did not, I noticed that in a terminal listing of the files in question, some files had extended attributes and some did not (extended attributes are identified by an @ symbol when running ls -la in a terminal window. For example:-rw-rw-rw-@   1 mike  staff  26131946 21 Jan 23:56 120114-133059-4612.cr2-rw-rw-rw-    1 mike  staff      5710 21 Jan 22:42 120114-133059-4612.xmp-rw-rw-rw-@   1 mike  staff  27200794 17 Jan 17:52 12

For the past few weeks, Bridge has repeatedly been freezing immediately after opening the program. The normal screen appears with either Favorites or Folders showing, but no thumbnails. In the lower left corner, only part of the little rotating circle shows that normally indicates Bridge is working, and it is frozen. Sometimes if I just let everything sit for 5-10 minutes, the thumbnails eventually appear, but if I click on another folder it freezes again. I have repeated trashed the Preferences and rebooted the computer, but it coninues to happen. Any suggestions on what else I can try?MacBookPro (early 2008, Core 2 Duo), OS Lion 10.7.2, Bridge 4.0.5.11Thanks, - Greg

I'm trying to add metadata to videos for CQ5. We don't have any use for the DICOM fields but it would be great if I could just rename the field title in Bridge and then carry that data over to CQ5. I guess I could try adding new fields but it seems like it would just be easier to rename an exsisting field.

Joseph Heller would be proud.Adobe Bridge, CS5 crashes when starting up.  I downloaded Photoshop CS5 Extended, installed it on my new MacBook Air (this computer has never seen any CSx product).  Installed the CS5 serial number, installed the SC4 legacy serial number, all is well.  Photoshop runs fine.  I installed all my Nik plugins and Bokeh Plugin.  All is well.  I tried running Bridge, and it crashes during the launch "The operation could not be completed.  An unknown operating system error has occurred."  Adobe released an update, which I downloaded, but during installation, it too crashed (couldn't perform the update and provided a link to Adobe support.  Fours hours later with Adobe.  Tried:1) Deleting the PLIST file for Bridge, no luck.2) Tried the Option Bridge trick to reset all preferences in Bridge, no luck.3) Created a new Admin account, logged into it, Bridge worked.4) Adobe technical help said it is now an Apple problem si

I'm trying to learn enough about scripting to understand/modify some simple Bridge scripts, but can't seem to find the proper documentation. I have downloaded the Bridge SDK, have the documents for Adobe Intro to Scripting, Adobe Bridge CS5 javascript Guide and Javascript Reference Manual, and a general Javascript manual. But I can't find where BridgeTalk commands (such as send, onResult, and remote Photoshop calls) are described, as well as many other commands like push, localize, or the use of $ signs.Can anyone point me to reference materials I would need to learn these things??Many Thanks

After doing a clean install of CS5, everything seems to work well except for Bridge. HDV mpeg clips will not display a visual thumbnailor playback in preview window of Bridge.  When double-clicking icon, I get an error "Windows cannot find '%ProgramFiles(x86)%Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe'. When I double-click an AVI file, Bridge finds and uses Windows Media Player just fine.Need MPEG preview badly!!!!MPEG clips are working fine in Premiere Pro CS5 and AME rendering is awesome!!!Thanks, rg

Is there a way to open a folder tree with one only click?In a massive ammount of folder and inner folders it would be great to have this with only one click.

I'm writing a script to help users install custom info panels in the Folder.userData + '/Adobe/XMP/Custom File Info Panels/3.0/panels' location.  I have a working script to copy files, but I also want to delete previous versions of the same info panel.   I also want to allow for the possibility that could be several older versions so I need to loop through them.  I know that I need to empty the files of a folder before it can be removed.  I can remove one instance of a ninfo panel, but not several - I'm having trouble getting the function to loop. For example, if I have two old info panel version to delete (myPanel_v1 and myPanel_v2) can use getFiles (myPanel*) to get an array with the names of the two parent folders:~/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/XMP/Custom%20File%20Info%20Panels/3.0/panels/myPanel_v1,~/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/XMP/Custom%20File%20Info%20Panels/3.0/panels/myPanel_v2What I can't do is the loop through the subfolders and their contents based on the index

I am seeing ".spec" in some of the bridge scripting but cannot find any details on this property. Could someone help me out. Thanks in advance.

Is possible to create a batch from adobe photoshop 5.5 and use a command line to execute? I need easy batch like "open and save in another kind of extension" but can't find the solution to automate the process from command line.Any1 can help me?Thank u all