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Bridge 2023 is a massive FAILURE

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
October 30, 2022
18 replies
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No Choice but to Downgrade Bridge to 12.0.3

As too many bugs and changes done to the latest version (13.0), especially give up New Window option for a content tab, so as many other problematic issues while working, this is the first time I'm unable to use an updated application by Adobe.

I can't believe that whoever thought that this update will serve the users is someone who works massively with Bridge.

Shlomit

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VarunVarshney

Community Manager

Hi all,

We are happy to announce the release of Adobe Bridge 2024 (Version 14.0.0.102).
This release brings back support for ‘Multiple Windows’ along with a few new features.

For a complete list of features available in Bridge 2024 (v14.0), please refer to the community post :
https://community.adobe.com/t5/bridge-discussions/adobe-bridge-14-0-is-now-available/td-p/14081355

Regards,
Bridge Team

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MazStudios

Inspiring

But it's still horribly slow???? Please go back to 12 and start over. You seem to be building on broken foundations at this moment.

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VarunVarshney

Community Manager

Hi,

The latest Beta build 14.0.0.57 brings back support for 'Multiple Windows' along with a few new features.
For a complete list of features available in the Beta build, please refer to the community post :
https://community.adobe.com/t5/bridge-discussions/adobe-bridge-beta-is-now-available-14-0-0-57/td-p/13986216

We would love for you to try it out and share feedback.

Regards,
Bridge Team

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LightBrigade

Participating Frequently

I'll be checking out Photo Mechanic. Seems everytime I work. I'm working on screw ups from Adobe, not my actual photography.

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stevenw6422659

Participating Frequently

Dito, add to list Bridge 2023 startup page now only opens with desktop page icons instead of last page viewed. It is a minor issue, but now every morning I have to click through all the folder I was currently working on the night before. With 2022, it popped right up on opening. I am sure there is a setting somewhere, but where o where can it be in the labyrinth? If they only had a manual that would help.

DuxX73

Participant

Unfortunately, it seems that modern software today becomes too huge and too complicated to be reliable. Probably smaller software companies will see their chance to come with nicely made not too big and complicated software solution. Looking myself... I am professional photographer and photo retoucher. All I need is small capable app to do my relatively simple tasks. I don't need 3D, AI mambojubmo nonsense. Give me old good tools THAT WORK RELIABLY. That's why I'll gladly switch to another app solution as soon as it comes to market.

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anthonyr96265683

Participant

What a convoluted system. What was wrong with the file handling in 2022. 2023 is a complet mess. Back to bridge 2022. Yes get rid of bugs. But if the rest is not broken then don't fix it.

lesnicole

Inspiring

I loved the New Window feature as well, but the multiple tabs option now also does the trick and perhaps even easier. My problem with Bridge is at the slightest touch, suddenly a new panel is open, my panels are all messed up and I can't get it back the way I want. I need to read up on how to do the panels in this version - but PLEASE DON'T MAKE IT SO SENSITIVE! I don't even know how I'm closing and opening panels. It just seems to happen.

Dochartaigh

Participant

I take it you're not a power user, using dual+ monitors in your setup (or heck, I use this left-side, right-side on my single larger monitor setup ALL the time).

The issues is the "multiple tabs option" as you said, or the fly-out "thumbnals ONLY" panel as I call it, is it's ONLY THUMBNAILS!!! There's NO folder tree. No ability to easily go into another folder, browse around. Totally cripples my workflow. Can't use it. I'm back to Adobe Bridge 2022 (which seems to run via Rosetta 2 on Mac, meaning it's NOT fully Apple Silicon compatible and ALSO very buggy...).

Shlomit HeymannAuthor

Inspiring

Dear ADOBE,

Will you bring back the NEW WINDOW or NOT?

Please give us an asnwer to this question that everybody asks:

YES, or NO

Thank you,

Shlomit

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anthonys57530656

Known Participant

I have to disagree with your post. I think Adobe Bridge 2023 was a huge success, please see my attached screenshots showing 700% CPU usage and 123GB of RAM usage.

PECourtejoie

Community Expert

Hello, @anthonys57530656 ouch, that is huge!!!! What were you doing? viewing a folder of raw files, create HQ previews? What where the files you worked on, please be descriptive so that the team can know it needs to be attentive to given files, workflows>

thank you in advance!

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butlerkid

Participating Frequently

I was viewing about 1,000 raw images from the Nikon Z9. The images had
been copied from the CFe card to my custom built desktop PC days earlier.
Simply moving from one image to the next took 15 seconds or more. Bridge
slowed even more - to a crawl....and then froze. I could not exit the
program. Using Task Manager, I could not exit Bridge. I could not shut
down the computer because Bridge was still running. I finally cut the
power to the PC.

I reverted to PS CC 2022........

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Karen
Pleasant Photos <>

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butlerkid

Participating Frequently

AGREE! I have gone back to 2022.03. It was taking 15-20 seconds between each photo to do photo reviews - or longer! Program would freeze and couldn't not be shut down, even using Task Manager.

Way to unstable to use.

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