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rafaelg98584780
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November 8, 2022
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Adobe Bridge 2023 very slow for sorting/culling images

  • November 8, 2022
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I updated a few days ago and just got around to start culling a photo session and the load time for each photo was just unbearable. I tried everything I could possibly think of to speed up the process but nothing worked.
I turned on high quality, purged cache, increased cache, different view modes, waited for previews to render, etc.. Nothing worked at all. Before the update I could advance to the next image and basically instantaneously be able to view the image, rate it and move on. This new update requires each individual photo to load, which could take half a second or even a full second to load and then apply a rating, really slows down my process. I am used to being able to sort through 3-5 photos a second and be able to recognize a photo and apply the rating. The buffer this new update has is just not up to par with the previous versions. As I am advancing through the photos it will freeze on a photo as i am advancing and will not update until I stop advancing. 
I think this is pretty crucial as a photographer that needs to sort and cull through thousands of photos (weddings) in a single session. It definitely is not my computer as it's custom built with a ryzen threadripper 3960x and 128gb of ram.

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    bijoux71
    Participant
    January 23, 2023

    I'm having the same issue. It's absolutely paralyzingly slow. Just deleting one photo takes several seconds and it's really not tenable for sorting photos like it used to be. It's been going on for WEEKS. Can we please get a fix already?

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      Bozzified
      Participating Frequently
      January 23, 2023

      Just dump that turd of software like I did and use XnViewMP.. It's basically Bridge, it's cross platform and it's LIGHTNING fast. Reads all formats too and shows previews. There are a few minor annoyances but nothing major. It works super fast.

      Ash Mills Photography
      Ash Mills Photography
      Known Participant
      January 23, 2023

      If XnViewMP (or any of the myriad of better-than-bridge alternatives) were able to open raws in bulk direct to ACR without opening Ps I would jump in an instant.   I personally use PhotoMechanic to ingest, label and cull images before I open the trimmed down folder in Bridge (so it doesn't have to do any real work!)

      raymondf7754359
      raymondf7754359
      Inspiring
      January 13, 2023

      It's January 13 and Bridge is still very slow to view images. I've tried Bridge Beta and it's slow also. Lightroom is OK, so what gives?

       

        Ash Mills Photography
        Ash Mills Photography
        Known Participant
        January 14, 2023

        I believe they have broken it. For me it is also slow, with copying/deleting even rating issues (it misses rating files)  Mine also seems to have issue with doing anything in the background.

        Zylenia
        Zylenia
        Participating Frequently
        December 21, 2022

        Having the same problem, it's driving me insane. 

        It just messes with my workflow and makes it impossible to advance on a steady pace.

        It's like with every update the software gets worse.

        I'm trying the update suggested below, but if it doesn't work I think I'll see if it's possible to go back to the 2022 (or even previous) version 

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        Bozzified
        Participating Frequently
        December 23, 2022

        It's terrible. What happend to this company. Stop hiring "diversity" incompetent developers and hire people who know what they are doing for christ sake.  We are all sick and tired of it. I'm starting to look into completely replacing my workflow with alternatives. This is starting to completely make it impossible to work with their software.

         

        Every single version is getting worse. I've been using Adobe products for past 25 years and the state of their software is right now is criminal. Completely unusable. 

         

        And btw, same problems just like everyone reported. Bridge is a dog, CPU usage is ridiculous, you can't even smoothly scroll through like 100 images. Photoshop is absolute atrocity on Windows and how many resources uses and don't get me started on Illustrator. 

         

        As soon as I find a few final pieces of apps that fit into my workflow I'm out of this crap. So dissapointing.

          davidpoling
          davidpoling
          Participating Frequently
          December 11, 2022

          I've been having this very issue and it's been horrible, was to apoint of just deleting bridge and look for a different work flow.
          Until I chose to uninstall bridge completely and restarted my computer (for good measure) and reinstalled Bridge 2023 and did not import past settings and wa la...it's back working to what I have been use to for so long...

           

          davidpoling
          davidpoling
          Participating Frequently
          December 11, 2022

          That was short lived, went back to it a little later and tried it out, well back to the same slow use of bridge.

          charlesoharapohoto
          charlesoharapohoto
          Participant
          December 15, 2022

          "Upgrading" from Bridge 2023 to Bridge 2022 is awesome, you should try it 😉

            Rahul Saraogi
            Community Manager
            Rahul SaraogiCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            November 24, 2022

            Hi,


            Many of the issues reported in this and different threads are fixed in the latest patch release #13.0.1.583. Please install and confirm if it fixes the issues you are facing.


            You can refer to the issues fixed in the patch at the following link https://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/kb/fixed-issues.html


            Thanks,
            Bridge Team

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            MazStudios
            Inspiring
            December 21, 2022

            No, it didnt solve it. CPU really high, Starts as soon as I get into a folder with images. Also, scrolling is really slow. And I cant use page up/down any longer??

             

              BrennanWest_Photog
              BrennanWest_Photog
              Participant
              November 15, 2022

              Same problem  here Nov. 2022. Clearing cache, using optimized previews or leaving preview settings to all recommended settings.

               

              i9 -14 core 4.6ghz all cores

              32gb DDR4 ram

              GTX 1080Ti

              Windows1022H2

                MegaTorque-01
                MegaTorque-01
                Inspiring
                November 9, 2022

                Yes, I see the problem as well. Having a folder with a large amount of assets it just sits there forever and uses 40% CPU for no reason until you go to a different folder. I can't even use multiple tabs because it just keeps the processor busy for no reason. Went back to using Bridge 2018, the last version that actually worked.

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                  stephenv70437356
                  Known Participant
                  November 10, 2022

                  You're dead right aqbout 2018 being the last version to work as advertised.  I wish I could still be using that version with the lates versions of ACR and PS, but no, that is not allowed.

                   

                    Ash Mills Photography
                    Ash Mills Photography
                    Known Participant
                    November 8, 2022

                    Exact same problem here.  Bridge process is sitting muching 40% of CPU without apparently doing anything.  Feels like preview/thumbnail creation/saving is going wrong.

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