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cnewto3
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June 23, 2019
Question

Preview Panel does not show scaled images

  • June 23, 2019
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Adobe Bridge 9.1.0.338

Mac OS 10.14.5 (iMac Pro)

In previous versions of Bridge, I could preview any file type in the Preview Panel... and these would fill the screen space available on screen within the preview panel. This gave me large previews, which looked great!

Now (with the latest version of Bridge, which I'm running on an iMac Pro), all Bridge shows me are smaller / fixed size preview thumbnails (where I cannot see any level of detail).

Does anyone know how to make the preview panel show my content at a larger scale?

Or is there a way to change this (scale the preview panel output)?

Thanks!

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    Daniel E Lane
    Daniel E Lane
    Inspiring
    June 24, 2019

    Go into your preferences>Advanced and check the box for "Generate Monitor-Sized Previews"

    Then go into the tab for Cache, and check the box for "Keep 100% Previews in Cache.

    Then under Cache Management, Click on "Purge All Local Cache Files.

    Now Bridge will regenerate all of your cache files and do the previews at 100% size and they will work like you are looking for.

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    cnewto3Author
    Participant
    June 24, 2019

    Thanks for the reply and I appreciate the advice, I've just tried following these steps... but unfortunately this hasn't solved it for me with the iMac Pro.

    Here's what it looks like on my old iMac 27" screen (resolution 2560 x 1440)

    Bridge 2017 (Mac OS 10.10.5)

    You will see the Artboard of an A3 Document below fills the preview panel (which is good):

    And here's what it looks like on a 2018 Mac Mini (monitor resolution 3440 x 1440)

    Latest Bridge (Mac OS 10.14.2)

    The Artboard also fills the preview panel and scales in size (which is good):

    So here's my issue with the Preview Panel not scaling (specifically with Illustrator files) on a 2019 iMac Pro.

    The iMac Pro screen is a 5K display (5120x2880) but I have my resolution set to 2560 x 1440)

    Latest Bridge (Mac OS 10.14.5)

    You can see the Artboard does not scale to fill the space / the thumbnail size is fixed at this size (not good):

    PS. The preview panel works OK for JPEG images, but for AI / (illustrator) EPS files it seems to be missing something / or is fixed in scale.

    Are there any other work around / tips to get the Preview Panel to display larger on an iMac Pro screen?

    Thanks!

      jbm007
      Community Expert
      jbm007Community Expert
      Community Expert
      June 24, 2019

      Problem is; you still have some files that generate small previews and Bridge can only display what it is given.

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