Adobe Bridge is a free
digital asset management
Digital asset management (DAM) and the implementation of its use as a computer application is required in the collection of digital assets to ensure that the owner, and possibly their delegates, can perform operations on the data files.
Termi ...
app made by
Adobe Inc. and first released with
Adobe Creative Suite 2. It is a mandatory component of Adobe Creative Suite,
Adobe eLearning Suite,
Adobe Technical Communication Suite
Adobe Technical Communication Suite is a collection of applications made by Adobe Systems for technical communicators, help authors, instructional designers, and eLearning and training design professionals. It includes Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Ro ...
and
Adobe Photoshop CS2 through CS6. Starting with
Creative Cloud, however, it has become an optional component downloaded via Creative Cloud subscription.
Details
Adobe Bridge is often used to organize files by renaming a group of them at once, assigning colored labels or star ratings assigned to files from the respective Adobe software suite, edit embedded or associated
XMP and
IPTC Information Interchange Model
The Information Interchange Model (IIM) is a file structure and set of metadata attributes that can be applied to text, images and other media types. It was developed in the early 1990s by the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC ...
metadata, or sort or categorize them based on their metadata. It can use these options through different versions of a file that is part of an Adobe Version Cue project. However, it lacks the photo editing functions of
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
Adobe Lightroom (officially Adobe Photoshop Lightroom) is a piece of image organization and image manipulation software developed by Adobe Inc. as part of the Creative Cloud subscription family. It is supported on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android ...
, which are carried out by the Camera Raw plugin, coming with Adobe Photoshop. Image files can be shown in different sized thumbnails, slide shows or lists. Each folder, which can be bookmarked, has a cache file for speeding up rendering time of images when viewing a thumbnail. The cache can be in one central location or in individual folders.
Adobe Bridge can be invoked from within all components of Creative Suite except
Adobe Acrobat.
Coupled with Adobe Photoshop, Bridge can execute Photoshop's compatible automation plug-ins, scripts and
Adobe Camera Raw
Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Inc. for Windows and macOS. It was originally created in 1988 by Thomas and John Knoll. Since then, the software has become the industry standard not only in rast ...
filters on a group of images. A plugin for Photoshop called Mini Bridge adds a small
file browser
A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to manage files and folders. The most common operations performed on files or groups of files include creating, opening (e.g. viewing, playing, editing or pr ...
to Photoshop, although Mini Bridge can be used only if Adobe Bridge is running in the background.
Adobe Bridge is customizable using
JavaScript
JavaScript (), often abbreviated as JS, is a programming language that is one of the core technologies of the World Wide Web, alongside HTML and CSS. As of 2022, 98% of websites use JavaScript on the client side for webpage behavior, of ...
. The Bridge scripting guide is available online as well as in
paperback
A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples. In contrast, hardcover (hardback) books are bound with cardboard covered with cloth, ...
format.
Adobe Bridge initially allowed for access to
Adobe Stock Photos, an online collection of
stock photography images drawn from well-known stock photo houses. The service was discontinued on April 1, 2008 and reactivated in 2015 by the
Fotolia
Adobe Inc. ( ), originally called Adobe Systems Incorporated, is an American multinational computer software company incorporated in Delaware
and headquartered in San Jose, California. It has historically specialized in software for the cr ...
microstock
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-site acquisition.
Currently, the minimum system requirements are Windows 10 (version 1903) or MacOS X 10.13.
Version history
Supported file formats
The table below contains the supported file formats that can be opened or accessed in Adobe Bridge.
See also
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Digital asset
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File manager
A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to manage files and folders. The most common operations performed on files or groups of files include creating, opening (e.g. viewing, playing, editing or pr ...
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File system
References
External links
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Bridge
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Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...
Image organizers
MacOS graphics software
Metadata
Windows graphics-related software