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Hello, I have observed this problem for years now in every Bridge release and it is getting worse. When Bridge generates thumbnail previews for EXR files generated by 3ds Max, the images appear darkened as if they are using the lowest quality preview settings. I have tried using the default preview settings and every combination available, but they all now produce the same bad looking thumbnails. In the previous releases before 2025 version, the workaround was to simply toggle the preview settings between default and something else and then back. That caused Bridge to correctly produce thumbnail previews afterwards for that Bridge session. Upon restarting Bridge, you would have to perform that ritual again. But now in the 2025 version, no changing of the settings corrects this. The only way to see a proper preview is to right click each thumbnail individually and select the purge cache for selection menu option. That will fix the preview for that one thumbnail only. If you select all t

I’m working on a folder in bridge.  I create a folder elsewhere - or worse *bridge creates the folder*, but it will not update the folder view to show the folder. Its been like this since I got a. macbook ~2 years ago. I don't understand how this is possible.  Unless there is something glaringly obvious I’m not doing?   I make an export to the same folder creating “jpeg” subfolder. Nothing I do will make the jpeg folder appear.  In order to do that I have to navigate to it in finder, and open a file from there.  This is in bridge 16, but it's been the same for 2 years.  I’m on sonoma 14.4

For a very long time (probably over a year), Br has been freezing when switching Workspaces, changing their view from Light Table to Folders, etc. Then only killing it in Task Manager helps. Sometimes it simply shuts down for no reason. Furthermore, indexing thumbnails takes a very long time, and sometimes they don't display at all for larger files. Purging all local cache files helps for a while, but the problem returns quite quickly. Br can also freeze the entire computer upon startup, and only a manual restart is the solution. Task Manager shows two Br processes, one of which persists even after closing it—it also needs to be killed manually. I don't have a GPU in the processor - Xeon W-2255, NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 and 128 GB of RAM, so it's probably not a hardware incompatibility issue. It's strange that the same problem has persisted for so long and nothing has been fixed.

When I zoom a Webp image downloaded from Adobe Community from full screen to 100% size in Bridge, it appears small.I can zoom to 100% when viewing it in Windows Photos. Win11Brdge16.0.2 

I uses last official version of BR.This problem is there since a long time.NOW I have NEW informations for developpent team.This happens when you change the keyboard shortcuts for notes and labels.Bridge crashing when you go into “Preferences” (I use keywords a lot for my photos) isn't always immediate. Sometimes it takes a while before it happens.But it only happens when I've changed the keyboard shortcuts (personally, I prefer using only the numeric keypad, without having to press <CTRL> as well, as is the default).Best Regards.DI DIO  Claudio

​​​​​​See the two pictures - the numbers next to each item doesn’t change after I pick one to filter.​ 

I'm on Windows 11 and all Adobe prodcuts are up to date and Windows.  When I open Bridge or Photoshop and try to do any editing and save or rename I get a "permissions needed" error message.  None of the edits or adjustments to the files save.  This only started 2 weeks ago.   The exact message is  "This file cannot be renamed 'fence'  because you do not have permissions or the file is in use."  

Hello.   I just updated Bridge to 2026 - running Mac OS 14.7.   Prior to the update, I was able to drag a folder of images from Finder to my Bridge icon in the taskbar and it would open that folder. This no longer works.   This old process was super efficient. Now to open something, I need to double click through MANY folders within Bridge to get to what I need.  

Using Bridge (16.0.0.63) and I can no longer send files to (25.6 Build98) Adobe Media Encoder (Tools/Media Encoder/Add to Encoder Queue). Adobe Encoder launches but no files show up in the queue. 

This bug too has been around for some time.  Each time Bridge has an update I hope that it's been addressed but alas, not so. Selecting files in a folder (say, I select all the .NEF files but not the .JPG files) and then drag-and-dropping those selected files to another folder (say I want to move .NEF files into their own directory) moves those files PLUS it moves other random files as well. Scenario:  Folder 1 has a mix of NEF and JPG files.  I select only the NEF files, and move them by drag-and-dropping them into a newly created "NEF" folder.  Bridge will move the selected NEF files, but it will also move random JPG files from the origninal folder, even though those files were not selected. This happens every single time.  It is a major pain in the butt.  Adobe, can you please address.  Thank you.

This bug has been around for as long as I can remember.  I just feel like this needs to be addressed.  Deleting images from a given folder in Bridge, and then Undoing the action (Command+Z) restores the deleted files, PLUS, it restores others, previously deleted from other folders, and restores them into your present folder.  It creates a huge mess.  Adobe, please kindly address.

Subdivision in staples is lost after names are changed in batch, as well with stapled foto's (double blue line) as after funfolding out all staples

Before updating to 16.0.0.63, on a Window computer, I could batch rename my paired files (.NEF and .JPG).  Now the program assigns each its own number rather than the same number for the paired files.  I have to batch rename the NEF files and then repeat the process for the JPG .  

Links in Illustrator .ai files are not surfaced in Bridge like they are for .indd and .psd files. It seems Illustrator link support is missing or broken. I would like to be able to see in Bridge that an .ai file has links and then be able to use the "Show Linked Files" Bridge context menu item. Illustrator links are stored in the "Manifest Reference File Path" metadata, while InDesign and Photoshop use this key: "Ingredients File Path" Perhaps Bridge could read both keys when Showing Linked FIles. 

Bridge (version 16) was working normlly as of this morning. Later, when lauched there were no windows and  most of the items on the menus were greyed out. I tried emptyig the cache, reinstalling the program, etc to no avail. Eveb the "About Bridge" window doesn't appear. Other apps are fine., including Photoshop. This is on a MacBook Pro M5 with Tahoe installed.

just upgraded and now bridge is no longer working with photoshop. both are update. system has been restarted.  who needs a workflow when you are paying hundreds of dollars a year for apps that work inconsistently! unbelieveable how far your products are slipping. 

In Adobe Bridge in a folder with about 20 documents. AKA images. When I select more than two, Adobe Bridge is frozen beyond use. If I wait about a minute it does come back, but then when I try to drag any of the files to move them or try to do anything with the menus Frozen again.

Hello, I'm running 16.0.0.63. When I move a file in or out of a folder, the file path displayed at top changes. The path being shown is the most recent search I did in another Content Tab. To get the correct path displayed, I need to click on any image, preview it in full screen and after closing that, the displayed path is correct.This error existed also in the previous version of Bridge.

Ich kann in der Adobe Bridge in der Ausgabeeinstellung kein PDF als Kontaktabzug erstellen. Es wir angezeigt: aufgrund eines unbekannten Fehlers ist das erstellen eines PDF's nicht möglich 

I recently upgraded to Bridge 2026 on my Mac Book Pro M1 Max, but a bug of some kind is now seriously disrupting my workflow. I can apply my colour labels with no issue; but when I transfer my labelled images across to Lightroom Classic 2026 for final editing, Bridge then systematically deletes all of the labels from the images, leaving them all with no labels. It does not delete star ratings in the same way. The images I have attached show the original labels, followed by two images which document the real time removal of those labes by Bridge after the images have been transferred to Lightroom Classic. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Might there be an error in my settings I can adjust?  Or is this a bug that needs fixing.

After updating to Photoshop 2026 it is not possible to open files straight into Photoshop. 

I work on Macs and use Adobe Bridge nearly every day for organzing large quantities of image files, I also use it in conjuction with dropbox, most of the folders I work in are hosted on Dropbox. For some reason, today a new bug appeared with Bridge.  Essentially if I drag a file from one folder into another, the file dissappears as if it's moved but it does not reappear in the target folder, it's as if the file dissapears into the void.  This is observable from the Mac Finder view, the file dissapears in Finder when moved via bridge.  However if the file is moved using finder, it transfer correctly.  This appears to be a Bridge problem.  The problem also occurs when I host the folders on my local hard drive rather than dropbox, so it doesn't appear to be dropbox related.  I originally experienced the issue while using Bidge 2025, but it's persisting even after upgrading to bridge 2026.  Does anyone have any troubleshooting tips?  Thank

Seit dem Update auf die Vers. Bridge 16.0.0.63 hängt sich das Programm fortwährend auf (keine Rückmeldung). Besonders krass ist die schlechte Performance bei der Stapelumbenennung von Dateien. Soll der neue Name eingegeben werden hängt sich das Programm entweder auf und wenn nicht, dauert es eine Ewigkeit bis überhaupt der neue Name eingegeben werden kann. Ist dies dann mal geschehen, benötigt die Umbenennung wiederum ewige Zeit. Für eine Datei allein fast eine Minute. Mit der letzten Vorgängerversion 15.xxx war dies keine Problem. Beide Versionen laufen (bzw. liefen) unter Windows 10 pro 64 bit.

Dear Adobe team,I just lost around two hours trying to understand why Bridge 2026 behaves completely differently from Bridge 2025 — and honestly, I’m very frustrated.Here’s what happened:After updating to Bridge 2026 on macOS,•I can no longer drag and drop folders from Finder or the Dock into Bridge.•Bridge keeps opening the same “stuck” default folder over and over, no matter what I do.•Even after a complete reset and reinstall, it ignores my actions and locks onto the first folder I ever opened in Bridge 2026.•It also triggers macOS “Move out of Dropbox?” prompts, even though my Dropbox files are fully synced and local.When I downgraded back to Bridge 2025, everything immediately started working again — drag & drop, proper folder memory, and no Dropbox issues.So this is clearly a regression in Bridge 2026, not a system or user problem.I’ve used Bridge for years and rely on it daily for managing photos, videos, PDFs, and design assets.This new version completely broke that workflo