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Can Bridge and Camera Raw be downloaded and installed without Creative Cloud?

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February 23, 2017
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I am running Photoshop CC 2014. I am required to have an administrator install any software and they will not install Creative Cloud. Is there any source for downloading Bridge and Camera Raw for a local install without using Creative Cloud? I am operating on a Windows 7 workstation.

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Correct answer Benjamin Root

Why do they refuse to install Creative Cloud? You'll find the installers here: Adobe CC 2014 Direct Download Links: Creative Cloud 2014 Release | ProDesignTools

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what a prison, you have to have creative cloud. this is awful.

Jeff Arola

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Some links from adobe:

http://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/2011/03/keeping-photoshop-up-to-date.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/uptodate.html

Trevor.Dennis

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I suspect that the CC Application Manager is installed on your system, but if your User Account does not have Admin Rights, then you will not be able to install additional apps.

Do you have an app with this icon?

That opens like this?

If yes, ask the Admin again to install Bridge. It is free and has essential features, and very little impact on resources

Trevor.Dennis

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Incidentally, you already have Camera RAW installed as part of Photoshop, and can access it by setting Photoshop with whatever file association your RAW files use (.CE2, .NEF etc.)

I am also wondering why you wouldn't have the updates to CC2015. What is your situation there? Is this a school, or workplace for instance? Are you sure you are using legal copies of Photoshop?

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Jim-WyAuthor

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Thank you for the good suggestions and questions. I work with USDA-NRCS and yes it is a legal copy. I believe the license purchased through a federal contract allows indefinite updates. Every software needs to be tested and certified before it is installed on our computers and this is the version that was installed, I don't know if a more current version has been certified.

When I ran CS6, the installation automatically loaded Bridge and Camera Raw. When we went to Creative Cloud I have had to live without either because I couldn't get Creative Cloud installed and did not know of the direct download links Benjamin provided.

Also, when running CS6, I could select multiple photos in Bridge and they automatically opened into Camera Raw where I could process the images prior to opening in Photoshop. Hopefully I can have both applications installed now. Are you saying I only need them to install Bridge and that Camera Raw is loaded - or just that Photoshop will recognize my camera files (CR2) as installed?

Benjamin RootCorrect answer

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Why do they refuse to install Creative Cloud? You'll find the installers here: Adobe CC 2014 Direct Download Links: Creative Cloud 2014 Release | ProDesignTools

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Jim-WyAuthor

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Benjamin - Thank you! Our IT staff believes accessing Creative Cloud would be a security risk. Do I understand correctly that ProDesignTools is a branch of Adobe? IT will want to know where I obtained the files and will install if that is the case. I appreciate your quick response and assistance!

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

You still won't be able to install without Admin rights. It also looks like your IT guy might have valid concerns

Creative Cloud Chronicles: Just How Secure is Adobe Creative Cloud? | Graphics.com

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