Zoom in Bridge lousy, Zoom in ACR perfect, why, need it to be perfect in Bridge, not ACR....

[easer]

Zooming in ACR is perfect, so why is it so cumbersome in Bridge, it is same-author program package, and it is in Bridge that I need the perfect zoom function, as thát is where the selection process happen....?

In ACR, You can in the settings set the default zooming to for instance 400%, which is perfect in terms of checking whether the image is actually 100% sharp, NOT THE LEAST because it zoom in exactly where You click, however in Bridge, it zoom to 100 percent, somewhere in the vicinity of where You clicked, and it is for one thing VERY cumbersome to drag the image - bit for bit - to the eye that You for instance want to check, if it didn't zoom in exactly where You clicked (which it doesn't do 8 out of 10 times), and likewise it is also quite difficult to get it to the 400%, or whatever level You want to get to, as it more or less zoom in and out frantically (exactly this may be a matter of mouse sensitivity though, however, unlike ACR, it is not possble to preset a zoomlevel in the settings....), all while the "zoom centre" move around arbitrarily when You fumble Your way around the different zoom levels, so even more dragging the image around, bit for bit, will be needed afterwards.

Any way, more than anything, it is in Bridge that I need to check if the image is sharp, in the selection process, not in ACR, in ACR the selection process ought to have been completed, so I suggest that You (/Adobe....;- ) copy the zoom function in ACR to Bridge, and if it was then possible to move around in the image with one or two fingers sliding on the (Apple mouse or) trackpad, so that it is equally easy to check for instance the other eye, then it would be absolutely perfect....

Regards, Bjarke Strøm

[davescm]

Hi , I've moved your post from the Photoshop forum to the Bridge forum where you are more likely to get help with your issue.
Dave

[easer]

Thanks....;- )

[gary_sc]

Hi, @easer , it may not be obvious, but ACR is a different application then Bridge. Bridge is NOT an image enhancement application as ACR is. Rather, it is a viewer, full stop. Also, consider that the Lightroom family (Classic, Desktop, Web, Mobile) is ACR with a database.

To add to this, Bridge does not have the code to magnify an image, but it can reduce as necessary. Let's say your monitor is 2000 pixels wide. If you open an image that is 2000 pixels wide, you'll see the image at 100%. If you open an image that is 1000 pixels wide, you'll see it at 100% OF THAT IMAGE. However, it will appear as 50% of your monitor's size. It cannot zoom in. In other words, when you tap the Spacebar, you'll fill the screen with your image, but it may not be 100% viewing of that image.

If this is something that's really critical for your work, I suggest you check out Lightroom Desktop or Lightroom Classic because, as you say, ACR can do this, and, as stated, the Lightroom family is ACR with a database (and the capability to display an image at 100%).

Sorry, I know that's not what you wanted to hear, but it's the reality of what is.

[davescm]

I think your reply was aimed at the OP rather than me, @gary_sc  🙂

Dave

[gary_sc]

Ooops, sorry Dave. My bad.

Thanks!

[davescm]

Haha, no worries Gary 🙂

Dave

[easer]

Still, it would be very practical to have an efficient zoom in Bridge, when selecting the images to continue working with, and even if they can't copy it straight over from ACR (which I guess is Your pointe), it can't be very difficult to put in....

And zooming have btw nothing to do with enhancing the image, and the 100/200/400/800% zoom in ACR is the exact same as what they are in Bridge, so I (still....) basically can't see the problem....

[gary_sc]

Hi @easer, it's an interesting point/question/comment that you bring up. About 40-ish years ago, I took a class in Basic, and what I learned was (despite getting an A in the course) that I do not enjoy programming. So, if there are technical reasons why Bridge has no zoom capability whatsoever, I do not have a clue.

However, from an observational standpoint, every app I can think of that is not an image enhancement app does not allow zooms beyond what its windows can display at default pixel-per-pixel levels. My 100% guess is that there needs to be some intelligence in the application to display images at specific zoom levels. Bridge has a number of features and capabilities, but intelligence is not one of them. There very well may be some browser applications that can zoom, but none that I can recall.

Let me give you a different "why in the heck not?" situation: If you take a photo, slide, or negative, and take a photo of that item to digitize it, a number of Photoshop and ACR functions just do not work. If you take a scan of that same image, they work fine. Why? A pixel is a pixel, so why should Transform not work at all in the Lightroom family (and ACR), but if it's scanned, no problem. 

That makes no sense to me, but it is what it is.

I discovered this when I transferred approximately 10,000 slides into digital images via photography and encountered numerous issues while trying to enhance the images. As I was going through the images, I'd see some where I wanted to take the time to scan them. So, I did scan them, and I have almost no issues with those images, so go figure.

As I mentioned, however, if you want 100% zooming, and that's REALLY important to you, use one of the Lightroom applications. It will do what you want.

[easer]

In full-screen view there IS a choice in zoomlevel of 100/200/400/800% as it is, it is just not very well implemented....