New User: Accessing and Importing Photos

[FlorJess]

Hello! I am a new user of Adobe Bridge. The company I work for is interested in using the application to organize our photos for easier access. My questions are:

1. Is there a way to import photos from a shared cloud-based service or do the photos have to be downloaded to the computer and accessed from there? 
2. How would my team be able to access the library and image files? Would we need a shared account?

Hopefully my questions make sense. Thank you in advance. 

[Lumigraphics · Accepted solution]

Bridge does not have support for cloud services other than Adobe's own offerings. People do post workarounds but those invariably break. I do not advise using a cloud-based image library with Bridge.

Bridge does not "import" photos, it is simply a file browser like Mac Finder and Windows File Explorer. You see what is on your drives. You can use it with a networked file server but Adobe doesn't really support it and performance can be spotty.

Finally, Bridge is not a multi-user tool for the most part.

What you likely need is a real DAM (digital asset manager) like Canto Cumulus or Adobe Experience Manager. These are multi-user, work with networked assets, and are far more robust. However, they are also expensive.