Skip to main content
_
_jfriend00_
Known Participant
July 28, 2005
Question

Can you do this in Bridge scripting?

  • July 28, 2005
  • 2 replies
  • 421 views
I'm game to learn Bridge scripting if it can do what I want, but I have no idea how I even get started in learning what can and can't be done from Bridge scripting. So, here are a couple questions. If someone can give me some guidance on whether it can be done, I'll dive in and figure out how.

I'm interested in adding a new view to Bridge that would filter out original files when there is an edited copy in the same directory with a common root name. I'd like to only show the edited copy and not the root name. In other cases, I'd like to select only the latest version.

Is it possible to use the Bridge scripting to make a new menu item that would select only the latest copy of an image? I'd write my own logic in JavaScript to examine the filenames and decide which images should be selected.

Also, is it possible to create new views in Bridge so that I could view only the latest version of an image? Again, I'd write my own logic in JavaScript to device which images should be displayed.

--John
This topic has been closed for replies.

2 replies

_
_jfriend00_Author
Known Participant
July 28, 2005
I've wondered about Version Cue since it came out. It appears that you have to buy the whole suite in order to get it and that it's not available separately or just with Photoshop CS2. Is that correct?

I am a photo hobbiest and the suite is out of my price range (if I was going to spend that kind of money for my hobby, I'd spend it on a lens or towards another camera body), particularly when Adobe's policy for upgrades when you own the suite is that you have to upgrade the whole suite every time, not just a component.

If you know of a good, in-depth writeup that covers the version cue features, I haven't been able to find one.

Thanks for the info directing me at a custom browse scheme. I'll read about that and see how feasible it would be to present a "poor man's latest version display". I had in mind that the naming scheme would be pretty easy. I think the only rule that I'd have to follow in my edited versions is to preserve the original root name in the edited versions. If there were multiple edited versions, I'd pick the one with the later time/date.

I'm off to read some more about how to get started with this. I'm glad this forum exists.

--John
_
_Robert_Stucky_
Known Participant
July 28, 2005
The Short answer: Yes

But before you start, have you tried VersionCue? That's what it does, only without having to save with special file names. It's integrated with the Suite, so you everything you want just "happens".

Bridge Scripting was designed to give access to just about every aspect of how bridge displays thumbnails. You can do just about anything.

To do it in Bridge, you will need to make a Custom Browse Scheme. That scheme would have to do a multi-pass scan of all objects in a directory.

For each root file name it found, it would collect the others of the same root, then show 1 thumbnail for each root.

Do-able, but then you have to stick to your naming scheme.

Bob
Adobe Workflow Scripting
Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices