Adobe Bridge Commercial

[defaultxteayakiojav]

I'd like to ask if Adobe Bridge is currently available for free commercial use. I don't see an option to purchase it, so I assume it's free. Or do you have to purchase a product to use it for free?

[Dominique33000]

Bonsoir,

je ne suis pas sûre de bien comprendre mais j'ai un abonnement Adobe creative cloud enseignant que je compte bien poursuivre.

Voici une attestation en pj justifiant de mon activité d'enseignant depuis 2018 toujours en cours à ce jour puisqu'Adobe m'a demandé de prouver mon statut.

Toutefois, j'ai donné également un autre mail pour les communications adobe que je ne compte pas modifier car cette boite est réservée pour la fac, collègues et étudiants. Je n'y lis pas les autres messages à caractère publicitaire même si je peux comprendre vos vérifications.

je vous remercie de le comprendre et de me changer la facturation adobe en conséquence. Merci de me répondre favorablement en ce sens.

cordialement

Dominique Lopez-Eychenié
Chargée de cours et TD Master M.A.R.L

[gary_sc]

Hi, @defaultxteayakiojav, yes, Bridge is free to anyone who has an Adobe account. (And you do not need to buy anything to get an Adobe account; you just need to sign up. 

There are some limitations that you need to be aware of: the big one is that all Bridge can do by itself is to view documents on your computer screen. It does not come with Adobe Camera Raw (ACR), so you cannot view raw images unless they already have a JPG version of their image. This also means that if someone takes an image and does some spectacular enhancements, unless they save that file as a JPG, TIF, PSD, or other image type after the enhancement, you cannot see the altered version. Just about all of the scripts found in the Tools menu for the various applications (PS, Premiere Pro, etc.) will not function because, well, they are not on your computer. 

Nonetheless, you can rotate images, assign labels and ratings, not to mention view them. If this is sufficient, then great. But put things more simply, if you try to do something and nothing happens, that's why it's free. But, for many users needs, just seeing the images is all they need.

Good luck!

[defaultxteayakiojav]

That's exactly what I meant. Thank you for your reply.

[Rob_Cullen]

"so you cannot view raw images unless they already have a JPG version of their image."

I am not sure this is true. When signed in to my account I can view any raw file in Bridge.

Updating Bridge is, of course, necessary to be compatible with raw files from new cameras.

But, yes, ACR editing is not available with the 'free' account - that requires a subscription to a 'Qualifying Product' eg. Photoshop..

[gary_sc]

Hi Rob, to my understanding, this is true, at least up to the point where other software might be installed on your computer. The process of demosaicing or debayering may not be inherently available on a computer. If it's not, then you cannot see the image. Alternatively, some other software, such as Microsoft, may meet those basic needs. I have no idea of any list that shows what software can do that provides for that. Obviously, any software designed for enhancing a raw image will work.

But I do not think it is wise to assume that any raw image can be viewed on any computer without software that knows what to do with that format.