P: Offer Bridge without Camera Raw

Report · Jun 30, 2025

Hi,

this is not an idea, this is a message to say that, form me, it's not fair that in the Photography plan with LrC and Lr is included Bridge but without Camera Raw. Why we've to pay Photoshop subscription to use Camera Raw with Bridge? Bridge is not Photoshop and Camera Raw is not Photoshop. As photographers we can use Lr, LrC and Bridge+Camera Raw in our workflow. Really there are no reasons to impose this limitation.

Why is not anymore like this? https://adobe.ly/4k99s08

Thank you,

eliano

Report · Jun 30, 2025

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.

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Report · Jun 30, 2025

Thank you very much!

Report · Jun 30, 2025

you're welcome. (unfortunately, no matter where your post is located, it won't make an impact.)

Report · Jun 30, 2025

I can imagine, I just wanted to share what I'm thinking about this absurd decision. Unfortunately we're just victims.

Report · Jul 06, 2025

Did you mean that you would like Adobe Camera Raw to be included with Adobe Bridge when it's just part of what's free with an Adobe ID with no active subscription?

If Adobe Camera Raw is needed, I don't see how you avoid subscribing to at least the Photography plan.

I've seen some strong recommendations for Darktable (free, open-source) as an alternative, but I haven't tried to use it. Perhaps that may work for what you need.

Report · Jul 07, 2025

I want to think that my english is not good. I'm subscribed at the Photography Plan. My Plan include Lr, LrC and Bridge. For me is not normal to have Bridge without Camera Raw, If I've a subscription. In same cases professional photographers need to use Camera Raw – but without Photoshop features – so why to exclude Camera Raw from Bridge?!?
Before was possible to activate Camera Raw also with LrC: https://adobe.ly/4k99s08

Why not right now?

I've also had a call with the Adobe support and they said that they will talk with the team about this option but for now they're just callilng me and sending me email to offering me some promotios about Adobe Express!!! This is not professional!

Report · Jul 07, 2025

@elianoimperato

If you select a camera raw file, JPEG, or TIFF in the Content panel of Adobe Bridge, are you then able to choose File > Open in Camera Raw...?

Pictured: Open in Camera Raw... selected in the File pulldown menu of Adobe Bridge 2024

Report · Jul 07, 2025

I'm sorry Warren but I open this thread because I can't use Camera Raw...

Report · Jul 08, 2025

Does followig these steps help?

Bridge displays 'Camera Raw editing is not enabled'
https://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/kb/camera-raw-editing-not-enabled.html?linkId=100000371114293

Report · Jul 09, 2025

You can read my first message here.

Report · Jul 09, 2025

I know your link stats that you should have ACR with just tje lightroom plan, and that may have been the case, at one time, but to me I can see why Adobe might have changed it (they are also very bad about updating their help documents). If you have Lightroom and just bought that plan there really is no need to have ACR, as you can do pretty much everything in LR. So Adobe might have gotten rid of that option. In a way, it's like having Photoshop Elements: while ACR is included with PSE, it's not the full version, but limited. I found that out, when I was trying to help my daughter, who has PSE. I was surprised that ACR was limited.

Report · Jul 10, 2025

It's not normal for me if Adobe did it because of LrC/Lr with which you can do everything. If Camera Raw is the same thing I've in Lr and LrC what's the problem to give it also with Bridge? Why you're giving me Bridge without Camera Raw if I can use the same tools with LrC/Lr? Maybe I need to be more fast for some kind of works, like in sport photography, and I need to use Camera Raw with Bridge (better with Photo Mechanic) to open/modify more fast my photos.
Really there is no meaningful reason about this point!
If just Adobe can read and answer so we can understand what is incomprehensible to me.