Upgrading from PSE to Bridge

[pale_loiterer]

I have used many versions of PSE over the years but now I only use it as a DAM. Backing up my 15,000 images takes more than 24 hours and I really don't think I can tolerate that for much longer. I have installed Bridge and Creative Cloud seems to have come along with it. My problem is that I cannot find how to load my PSE catalog into Bridge. I can import my photos from their folders but not the catalog with all its formatting. Is there any way of doing this, please?

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[jbm007]

Not sure you are going to want to hear this.

Bridge only imports formatttimng  information from PS through ACR

[pale_loiterer]

Yes, that is extremely disappointing. I though Adobe made Bridge free to
all comers in order to encourage people to use Photoshop, Lightroom et al.

It won't encourage me it they make it impossible for me to use it.

Imagine importing 14,000 images into Bridge and then having to re-tag
them and recreate albums etc. It would take a month of Sundays. No,
longer than that. Years of work would have to be repeated.

I feel like a prisoner in PSE and actively discouraged to use any
further Adobe product but I thank you for taking the trouble to put me
right.

Alan Hodges

[gary_sc]

Bridge is NOT a DAM, it's a photo viewer with more features. If you want a DAM to move away from PSE, than you should consider Lightroom Classic.

The advantage of Bridge is that there IS no folder structure to be conserned about. You take a folder open it in Bridge, and see what's there. If you're in folder "A," and you want to get to folder "M," you look up where folder "M" is on your hard drive  and open that in Bridge. Again, Bridge is not a DAM. 

LRC is and is substantially better than PSE. AND as mentioned by Jeff Arola, there is a direct route from one to the other.

[pale_loiterer]

Thank you kindly.

I appreciate what you say and, if Lightroom were still purchasable, I
would certainly consider it (come to think of it, I probably still have
my Lightroom 4 disc somewhere).

Subscriptions are all very well for professionals but unsuitable for
little minnows like me.

I shall remain an unhappy prisoner.

Thank you for your time.

Pale_loiterer

[gary_sc]

I guess the question is is $10/month worth you taking your images to a higher quality with less grief. 

Yes there is priciple and then there's making your life easier. 

Your call.

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/compare-plans.html

[Jeff Arola]

Bridge is not a DAM like the Organizer. In other words Bridge is much like Windows File Explorer or Mac finder.

Adobe Lightroom Classic (subscription software) is a DAM with camera raw capabilities and can import Organizer catalogs.

https://helpx.adobe.com/in/lightroom-classic/help/import-photos-various-sources.html