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June 18, 2013
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15 minutes and already missing Output Module in Bridge CC!

  • June 18, 2013
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As simple as the subject.. please.. bring it back!

Adobe Output Module was an essential tool in Bridge, possibly the key feature to show people why to use Bridge.

Any good news in the near future?

L.

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    Correct answer Brett N

    Sorry, I'm on PC..


    To add the Adobe Output Module to Bridge CC, please follow the directions here: http://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/kb/install-output-module-bridge-cc.html

    We have repaired and updated the files to correct an issue where the panel would appear blank if you did not have Bridge CS6 installed.

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    TORUNN12049970
    Participant
    November 11, 2013

    This just to add my voice to the wishes, pleads and requests for Adobe to please! bring Bridge back so its essential output operations are working. The "possible issues" points posted in the AOM install link do not solve the trouble. LR is not the solution (and I'm a photographer).

    These difficulties will see me explore the market place again for alternatives. A pity, as really I am / was happy with the overall direction of Adobe the last years and would love to stay on board with CC my centrepiece workstation. I agree with other users' comment that it seems you fail to understand your users' need (also photographers') and the true benefits of Bridge over LR.

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    iequezada
    Participant
    June 26, 2013

    I'm also missing this feature, but as Omke points out, Adobe is currently working on it. No idea why would they remove it, but I saw this video: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adobe-evangelists-julieanne-kost/should-i-use-lightroom-or-bridge/ (I know is a Lightroom vs Bridge workflow video) where Julieanne Kost talks about the reasons why Adobe made Bridge in the first place, for me it shed some light on Adobe's POV on Bridge.

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    ACyclingMind
    Participating Frequently
    June 23, 2013

    This... makes me so sad. The whole reason I use Bridge is because we create contact sheets on a daily basis. A few minutes ago I tried creating a contact sheet using the way Adobe now suggests, by going through photoshop, but it took... well it took long enough that I'm now typing on this forum and it's still flashing away in the background.

    Why did they do this?! Adobe LR is not a good solution. I don't upload all of my images to LR (specifically because you have to load them instead of just viewing them... drives me nuts for sorting images on the network). So I guess it's goodbye to bridge, hello to googling programs that make contact sheets efficiently.  /endrant/

    Aha... photoshop just finished making that contact sheet.

    And I should have made the thumbnails a little bigger.

    From scratch we go!

    I
    IceBoxStudios
    Participating Frequently
    June 21, 2013

    http://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/using/whats-new.html#community

    I can't believe they got rid of it. Really really really really really really dumb. What a waste of an hour today to acompish the SAME task as yesterday.

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    Søren Langkilde Madsen
    Known Participant
    June 23, 2013

    Simply do not understand why this has been taken out of Bridge?

    The Contact sheet is not a good replacement, the LR print is not either!

    What's the reasoning behind this decission?
    You have a product with features that are used by us every day. Why take this out?

    A real bad decission not based on user needs!

    B
    Brave_Companion16B8
    Inspiring
    June 30, 2013

    Just discovered this today as well. I had very specific settings I used for my contact sheets in Bridge. Do not want to take the extensive time required to learn how to do this now in Lightroom. I also agree with the comments that it was FAR more convenient with Bridge because it simply looks at a group of images. You must IMPORT the images into LR, which is then added to the catalog. Completely unnecessary.

    Adobe needs to remind itself of the VALUE of Bridge. They seem to see it as their red -headed stepchild, giving it only short shrift attention. When will Adobe REALLY add some actual every day photographers onto their advisery groups so their ivory tower programmers (r.e. Julieannne Kost) can be brought back to reality.

    I began using Creative Cloud early this year. I'm paying now more per year than I was previously. I am getting tired of Adobe forcing unwanted things upon me, and completely ignoring how much time and effort is required when major features of a program are simply eliminated.

    I'm currently trying to find the settings in LR that will emulate the contact sheets I've been making in Bridge for years. It's not easy or intuitive, that's for sure.

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    Limbo_Design
    Participating Frequently
    June 18, 2013

    This deletion is inexcusable Adobe.  Although very Apple like, just deleting something because they feel they know what is best for us and we will have to conform to a different workflow yet again. 

    Don't give your customers any reason to look elsewhere Adobe.

    J
    Jens Gaethje
    Inspiring
    June 19, 2013

    Agreed.

    - The Export workflow has become essential to my work. Luckily Bridge CS6 stayed on my Mac, although i am not sure why i have two versions of bridge now on my Computer.

    They say Adobe CC is cheaper than the constant updates of desktop versions; CC installation issues have cost me so much time, i might switch back to desktop versions in the future ...

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    Anonymous
    June 19, 2013

    You should have CS6 Bridge and CC Bridge.  Just like always with new versions.

    Unless Adobe changes policy there will be no more desktop versions.  CS6 was the last of its kind.

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    simonwb
    Participating Frequently
    June 18, 2013

    Couldn't agree more. It was the simplest and most powerful way to construct a pdf of images that I could find. I missed it within 5 mins - it was the first things I checked!!@!!!

    Omke Oudeman
    Omke Oudeman
    Participating Frequently
    June 18, 2013

    I missed it within 5 mins - it was the first things I checked!!@!!!

    Stay tuned, they are working on it as it seems, see this link and read the bottom lines

    http://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/kb/pdf-presentation-web-gallery-available.html

    Yammer
    Yammer
    Inspiring
    June 18, 2013

    "The Bridge team is working on providing a separate, downloadable solution to reinstate the output functionality after Bridge CC is available."

    I wonder how many people are in the "team".

    H
    hami1car
    Participating Frequently
    June 18, 2013

    http://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/using/whats-new.html#community

    This is a joke. They gutted this software and called it an "Upgrade". 

    Yammer
    Yammer
    Inspiring
    June 18, 2013

    hami1car wrote:

    http://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/using/whats-new.html#community

    This is a joke. They gutted this software and called it an "Upgrade". 

    Did they even fix the repeat extraction bug?

    Sven Brencher
    Community Expert
    Sven BrencherCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 18, 2013

    I miss this too, but I just leave Bridge CS6 on my computer. So I have Bridge CC for High DPI support and Bridge CS6 when I need to create PDF contact sheets.

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    RuthK
    Known Participant
    June 18, 2013

    Good idea. I have not yet uninstalled it. But it's ridiculous.

    R
    RuthK
    Known Participant
    June 18, 2013

    Not responding with anything useful, just agreeing with your rant, installed CC this afternoon and discovered the Output module gone, probably the main thing I use bridge for.

    I don't want to use Photoshop or Lightroom or other raster related products to output my mixed vector and raster files for PDF contact sheets.

    Can we PLEASE have it back?

    I've sold my soul to Adobe, please don't make me regret it on the first day!

    Omke Oudeman
    Omke Oudeman
    Participating Frequently
    June 18, 2013

    Any good news in the near future?

    Here is a copy of part of the article Lesa Snider wrote on MacWorld.com, it sure gives hope for the future:

    Adobe Bridge CC

    Bridge CC is now a separate installation from Photoshop CC, making it even less discoverable than before (and you must install it to get the Mini Bridge panel in Photoshop). Also, in order to optimize Bridge CC for “…modern operating systems and display resolutions,” Adobe unfortunately removed some useful, relatively new features. The most glaring omission is the Adobe Output Module (AOM) for creating Web galleries and PDFs. And if you go searching for the Export panel—useful in converting multiple images from one format to another and quickly posting images on Flickr and Facebook—you won’t find it, either. Also missing is the New Synchronized Window command, which let you have two instances of Bridge open at the same time.

    Will any of these omitted features return in future versions? Only time will tell, though Adobe says its team is working on a separate, downloadable output solution. While it’s understandable for Adobe to focus its efforts on paid products, that’s no excuse for the emasculation of Bridge. If your current workflow depends on the AOM, keep using Bridge CS6. But if you’re new to the program or have never used those features, you won’t miss them, and you’ll be pleasantly pleased by the zippier performance of Bridge CC.

    Here is the link for the complete review:

    http://www.macworld.com/article/2041626/review-photoshop-cc-struts-its-actions-filters-and-enlargements-but-leaves-bridge-in-limbo.html

    Enchanted_difference1549
    Enchanted_difference1549Author
    Inspiring
    June 18, 2013

    Yep I was reading the very same article. Fingers crossed.

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