This isn't working quite as expected.  I imported a lot of day folders into lightroom.  In bridge they had been cropped , exposure in Camera Raw.  Many had keywords added and descriptions.  In bridge some lacked these and videos lacked thumbnails.  What I liked about LR was that the videos had thumbnails and played.  Everything that had keywords or descriptions, locations etc. in bridge was carried over to LR.  In most cases those that didn't had keyords in a list from those that did and I could add.  there were some without the keyword choice though that existed on the Bridge list but none of the imported had.  I went back to Bridge and it seemed that none of the keywords added in LR now showed in Bridge, so I added from there and also to the ones that lacked them. When I went back to LR, none of the ones with Bridge added keywords had them and they still weren't on the list.  I suppose that this is because after importing.  So what happens if I re-import?   the main reason I have kept Bridge all these years is because a helpful Adobe forum person created a metadata extractor, by which I can extract the chosen metadata from a selection of files and subsequently tweak and import into my MSAccess database that keeps track of all my images, published, earnings, all kinds of useful data. Since I can extract from thousands of new images in one step, this saves hours and hours of data entry.  If Bridge can't recognize the keywords added in LR I would still have to be wedded to it, unless the metatdata extractor could be likewise used in LR. ... View more

Great, thanks! ... View more

In Bridge I can search for all that have no keywords or descriptions.  Can I in Lightroom? I want to apply to those lacking. ... View more

When I imported a batch of folders that had keywords in Bridge, now the same all appeared in LR.  so it accepts the same keywords but lacking the ones that aren't on any in the current group, I would still need to import the keyword list to be able to apply ones that are already in the bridge list but not here.  I don't want to just add and create duplicates.. ... View more

OK I figured out the importing part and found the directory tree, So I am wondering about the Bridge keywords importability into LR. ... View more

LR Classic 11.5 Win 11 Attaching Bridge SS as it shows folders I can choose, Where in LR can I get something similar to choose.  Only showing imported it seems and so how to select more? ... View more

So after looking at more image modes, it seems that I saved and processed in only 8 bit mode, and saved as LZW tiffs.  But after Topaz Picture AI worked on them, they became uncompressed and 16 bit.  Is there any advantage to making an 8 bit file 16 bits?  It can't add more data that's already gone,  just made it bigger, correct?  Or is it that the LZW compression save reduced them from 16 bits to 8 and the Topaz just restored it, but again, was the data lost irettrievably and the larger size has no merit? ... View more

So after reading that, I just did a test on a RAW file and saved both ways.  For years I've been saving as LZW thinking I was saving space and now find out I was increasing it, about double. Tens of thousands of files thus saved this way. I will save uncopressed in the future, but I see that saving compressed ones as uncompressed doesn't change, I don't want to use zip as images go to my website or to publishers who don't want that.     I've been reducing dimensions in image size and then saving the image with a minus (-) inserted in the name so I know it is reduced and then uploading that,  Is there any way to use an action to do this on a whole batch or would they all wind up with the same name? ... View more

Yes, 16 bits. I alwys save from my raw files, tiffs with LZW.  Likewise for slide scans. So for example a slide scan image which was originally only 37mg, well within my website limit of 64M, comes out of Topaz Photo AI at 110M. Dimensions are the same in Image Size.  So, since I don't want to use jpeg, I actually have to shrink the size of the picture considerably to be under 64G. ... View more

thanks.  this was useful. A little different from the direction, no "open in ACR" but "open in Camera Raw", so I assume that meant the same.  Or if I just had the images selected, then they would open there.  I tried with a number of images, and the exposure was usually improved, even when I did some that only had 2 images. Previously, I had let Bridge automatically stack images in the folder for HDR, figuring this chose the similar ones.  However doing and opening the stack in camera raw would only show one non-mergable images so I had to unstack each group and then load.  so I wonder what the use of stacking for HDR was.  I think that the more modern shots I was doing just had poor light at the time, as they didn't seem to have the vibrance of the scanned slides I took more than a decade before, but glad to see how this all works.   ... View more

Where do I see the bit info? ... View more

This is the screen I was using to adjust and resample tiffs to a smaller size.  Usually if it indicates, after adjusting size measurements so that it is under 64meg then it does appear to have that size in Bridge after saving.  If there was some way to have an action automatically adjust the measurements with the ratio remaining the same, to arrive at a certain files size, eg <64meg, that would be ideal.   Asked why such large files, the answer is that with a camera that produces large files, eg ~60meg, they are large to start with.  After using Topaz on ones that were cropped only slightly, they may become over 100meg.  Do I need them that large, not necessarily.  It depends on what a client might want.  But am I going to shrink my files, after using a camera with such great detail, so that I would have to lose all the time and processing spent, and start over again - no.  16G RAM. I had ~180G of space free on the internal D drive where I have the cache, but since posting initially I went on a trip and downloaded a lot of files that are on it till I prepare them for permanent storage on the external drive which is 12 T and has ~4T free.       ... View more

Did you notice in my post that I said that the Adobe tech experienced the same thing on his computer? And a parameter that works in CS6 but not in CC is because of my computer? ... View more

So I had another problem, where search wouldn't find anything, whatever the parameters, and the Adobe tech found it necessary to update Photoshop and reinstall Bridge.  It solved that problem.  So then I've been making tiffs of many species in folders spread throughout my directory tree.  In preparation for a submission where I was going to select and further process some, I went through a lot of folders and gave gave the desired ones 5 stars, so I later extract all at once.  But then of course I found that after 3 updates, the search will only find rejects, so would have to go back to each folder and find them all over again. Is rating just considered unimportant to the technicians who update so frequently without bothering with this?  Lucky I keep the better working CS6 on my computer.  I can't see any newer raw files, but these were tiffs and in a few minutes, the specific search picked out the ones for me to copy to a submissions folder where I batch processed them. So ridiculous to have to pay monthly extortion for something that is inferior to CS6 in many ways.   ... View more

I don't know much about codecs.  I export .265 for youtube. I just don't want to make the kind of mistake I made with my Custom built Rain computer, supposedely able to handle all my photo, audio and video needs.  this was Windows 7 Ultimate. 8core AMD 16G RAM. I spent ~$2500 and I was getting blue screens from the beginning, and then the country went out of business or something as I could no longer get tech help.  I was mainly using for Photoshop CS6 and Cubase 8.5.  Later when I started doing video with PP CS6, it wasn't bad till I did a lot of stabilizing.  At some point the computer wouldn't boot up and a relative got it going again but recommended updates.  The processor was repasted.  I'd be in CS6 and the computer would just reboot.  I added a new video card, bigger power supply, new and doubled RAM and nothing made any difference.  I could still use with PP but then that started rebooting also. Initially I was able to run Photoshop CC but still sudden rebooting occurred.  then I had a problem where it wouldn't even run and could get no help as tech help said there is none for Win 7.  I have been doing since on my Win 10 laptop, but lots of jerkiness with videos when adding stabilization, or freezing and this wasn't even 4K yet.  I am wondering if there is a recommended brand, EG Dell with the capabilities to handle what I want to do, rather than some custom built thing whose components don't seem to work together after a total investment of over $3000.  ... View more

I think it is 8G RAM, can't remember where to find.  260G free on this D: partition of internal HD.   Called Adobe tech help about the lack of stars in search function for rating.  Told to call back in several hours.  did so, and he wanted to reset preferences, which I preferred not to, as I dislike losing my settings.  Agreed to though and it did no good.  He also said, despite my 2 messages about CC missing something, if was fine.  I was concerned that I would get no help over the weekend if there was no solution today.  I heard a dial tone - had hung up.  No help and only upset my preferences.  And the error message about CC came up again, and I installed a 3rd time.   ... View more

This is a Nikon Z9 camera. Windows 10.  The only way I could finish the last reply was by closing Bridge, and thus now I can't see the files.  I had seen that after purging cache, thumbnails of those I cropped weren't reconstituted still. Afraid opening again will lock up.  Looking at the camera, it looks like most of the videos were 3840 x2160  at 120fps.  Currently on internal D drive of ASUS laptop. A quick look before possible lockup again, showed most videos ~50meg, some >100 or >200.  cloud error message again after reinstalling. ... View more

Taking the recommended steps made no difference.  Also in this latest Bridge 12.0.1.246 I can't use the find function with rating for anything but rejects.  I can't choose any number of stars.  I have restarted Bridge several times, rebooted likewise, and only choice for find is rejects.  I gave 1 star to a bunch that I wanted to delete, but can't thus select them all.  I was using camera raw to crop a lot in my latest downloaded folder and then I got the spinning circle, so I went, shovelled snow, ate breakfast and other things and same.  Closed everything and rebooted.  Still practical lockup. Then trying to respond here after taking the steps and couldn't finish typing as it just halted.  Got a message that CC was missing or corrupted, so reinstall.  Did so and then the message reappeared.  Almost 3 hours now since I was able to accomplish anything with constant waiting for spincircles or lockup just to finish typing words here. The cloud, horrible idea, work efficiency reduced to zero. ... View more