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Using Bridge over a network with others

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April 28, 2009
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Would Bridge be a good solution to set up photo library over a network that can be updated and modified with everyone on the network?

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Dale0D45

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Wow, I can't believe how bad Adobe software is yet again! I've fought more with Adobe software over the years (I have been in IT for 30+ years) and I've never had more problems with any other software. Between their random restrictions, ridiculous licensing models, crazy pricing, cloud subscription models, I'm done. I thought I would give it one more shot with the free Bridge software but I guess not. Everyone points to Adobe as a professional photo/video editing product but if it can't even work in a professional IT environment with a server...then they have failed miserably. The market is ripe for a new software manufacturer to swoop in and show Adobe how it's done!

jbm007

Community Expert

Bridge was never designed to operate in a network server environment from the start.

You want a free product to run like a thousand dollar DAM app?

Your dreaming. Don't blame Adobe for not providing you with a free product that others have to pay for to get the features you are looking for.

The market is ripe for a new software manufacturer to swoop in and show Adobe how it's done!

Your right, and none has come to fruition. I wonder why.

Varun Varshney

Adobe Employee

Hi All,

We have released a new version of Adobe Bridge (CC 2019) on 15th October 2018. The new version build number is 9.0.0.204. This version is available to install via Adobe Creative Cloud application.

This Bridge update contains support for centrally managing the Adobe Bridge cache (https://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/using/centrally-manage-bridge-cache.html).

Please check following link to know about all new features in Adobe Bridge CC 2019 - https://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/using/whats-new.html

You may need to update the Creative Cloud application and restart your computer to see the updated installer.

Thanks,

Varun Varshney

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imagearchivist

Participating Frequently

It's been over six months now since we started using Bridge CS4 to share a central image library among a dozen designers and writers in our organization -- and it works. To date I've added more than 120,000 images to the library and more are added each month. You can track the details of what we did and are doing -- as well as catch the latest updates on my blog: http://imagearchivist.blogspot.com/

The simple reality is, you can do this.

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responsible_reporter0176

Inspiring

Simply doing a search does nothing for us. Bridge just comes up empty in a matter of seconds. Am i doing something wrong? or is it the fact that we are using CS3?

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Omke Oudeman

Participating Frequently

You should the use find command itself (Edit/Find or cmd+F) and not the

quick search option in the bridge window and you also must have checked the

option to include non indexed files when using this find menu.

It might be that it is already indexed but to be honest I have no idea or

experience with network set up.

One thing is for sure, the upgrade to CS4 is a very good investment, Bridge

alone is worth it, this version is far better, faster and more stable then

the CS3 edition.

You can always download a trial version and test it for 30 days

Simply doing a search does nothing for us. Bridge just comes up empty in a
matter of seconds. Am i doing something wrong? or is it the fact that we are
using CS3?

Ramón G Castañeda

Inspiring

Bridge is just a file browser, not a robust DAM (digital asset manager).

It uses the same structure as the Finder. If metadata is kept in the central cache rather than written to distributed folders along with the image files, only the local machine will see it.

If a server or a removable disk is involved, Bridge will know nothing of the existence of the files when the server is not online or when the removable drive is disconnected.

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RobPotter

Participating Frequently

I've added specific keywords to a photo on the network using my

version of Bridge and as a test moved the pic to the desktop of a

coworker's machine. When I do a 'file-info' on it, the keywords are

listed - so they are indeed a part of the file. Problem is, her

version of Bridge isn't able to recognize them. I figured that if her

mac can read the metadata keywords, why can't her copy of Bridge?

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cabermanAuthor

Participating Frequently

I am not sure why her version of Bridge would not work. I did test changing labels and keywords with another person over the network and the changes are also reflected on his machine.

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RobPotter

Participating Frequently

I am curious about this too. I work in an office where everyone pulls photos from a shared drive. Ideally we'd all be able to search the collection by metadata keywords from our own macs but I'm finding that only the machine that authored the metadata keywords is able to locate/retrieve said files. Am I missing something?

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cabermanAuthor

Participating Frequently

I just started researching this and have yet to find if Bridge is the right software for the job. Maybe if you could somehow export your setting and data to a file that people could access along with the photo library it would work.

Have you looked into any other options besides Bridge fior this task?

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