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Photoshop vanished from Tools in Bridge 2023?

Community Beginner ,
Nov 01, 2022 Nov 01, 2022

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Hello, 

 

Many people have written on why Bridge 2023 is a mess, but I couldn't find anything on this particular issue: I want to open multiple pictures as layers in Photoshop. This option could be found under tools > Photoshop > open as layers. As you can see below, this option doesn't exist in Bridge 2023. Beind fed up with it, I reinstalled 2022, but apparently it doesn't recognize PS 2023 and asks me to install the newest version of PS. 

 

Honestly, I can't tell you how many days this update has cost me so far. Each picture takes more than a second to load in Bridge now, just to skip from one picture to the next. I have to cull about 5000 pictures per wedding and it has become an ordeal now. 

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correct answers 1 Correct answer

Community Expert , Nov 01, 2022 Nov 01, 2022

Hello @julias1741454 

 

And here's my screenshot inside Bridge 2023

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What I believe happened is that you installed Bridge AFTER you installed Photoshop. The scripts you see in the Tools menu are installed not by Bridge but by Photoshop. However, if you installed Bridge AFTER PS, when PS was installed there was no Bridge 2023 installed so it couldn't insert the scripts into Bridge.

 

To fix this, uninstall PS and then reinstall PS. That "should" fix it. SOMETIMES, you have to reboot your computer

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 15, 2023 Aug 15, 2023

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@gary_sc Thanks! How do I avoid losing all of my settings, hotkeys, and actions with the uninstall?

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Aug 15, 2023 Aug 15, 2023

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When you uninstall, there should be an option to keep or remove your preferences. 

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Community Expert ,
Aug 15, 2023 Aug 15, 2023

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That being said, JUST IN CASE, write down your particularly important preferences. You should do that anyway because, well, s#!t happens. :>)

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Aug 15, 2023 Aug 15, 2023

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Here is the adviuce from Adobe and in my case irs worked perfectlyThank you for reaching out with your concern. It looks like you're encountering an issue with the Tools -> Photoshop options missing from Adobe Bridge 2023 after installing the latest Photoshop beta build. We understand how important this functionality is for your workflow. We have internally raised a ticket and tracking that with the Photoshop team.
To address this, here's a workaround that should help resolve the issue: Uninstall the current Photoshop 24.x version. Reinstall Photoshop 24.x. Launch Adobe Bridge. This should restore the Tools -> Photoshop options in Bridge 2023.
If you're interested in using the Photoshop Beta build, we recommend installing the latest Bridge Beta build (14.0.0.57). This should ensure smooth interoperability between the Photoshop beta build and the updated Bridge beta build.
We appreciate your patience and hope this solution resolves the issue for you.

Best regards,
Bridge Team

 

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 17, 2023 Aug 17, 2023

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This has happened to me now too! What a pain in the arse having to uninstall & reinstall. This needs to be fixed urgently. Surely that can't be too difficult. All I have done is update the apps when updates are available through the Adobe Cloud app. Adobe needs to get the basics right before spending time on all this new stuff!

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Community Beginner ,
Aug 19, 2023 Aug 19, 2023

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Someone suggested I try reinstalling an old version of Bridge. I tried this - uninstalling & then reinstalling the last three versions. This did not work. However, I have just installed the latest Photoshop Beta version & this has fixed the problem. For now anyway...

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 12, 2023 Nov 12, 2023

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I am experienceing the same issue in Bridge 2024. Photoshop has vanished from Tools in Bridge. I was attempting to "open in Layers in Photoshop". It cannot be done. I suppose I will uninstall Photoshop 2024? Thanks.

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Community Expert ,
Nov 12, 2023 Nov 12, 2023

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Hi, @bucaru, please see my "correct answer above. The one thing to add to that answer is that you may need to match your applications. For example, if you're using Bridge 2023 with PS 2021, that could also cause PS to not install the scripts into Bridge.

 

Good luck!

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Community Beginner ,
Nov 12, 2023 Nov 12, 2023

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Thanks gary_sc,

I uninstalled both Photoshop 2024 and the latest version of Bridge and that corrected my problem. Thanks! - Steve 

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