CS6 Bridge Previews are Soft

The previews and thumbnails in Bridge are soft (previews softer), so I chave to open up an image to decide whether to keep it or trash it based upon sharpness.
Somebody please help!!!

Someone else will need to answer whether the images should always look the same as what you see Photoshop in a practical sense - I don't use Bridge regularly. I just know a few of its options.
Regarding getting a filmstrip on the right... I fooled with Bridge just now for about 30 seconds... Try selecting the Preview workspace up at the top, then moving the divider to the right and swapping the positions of the tabs. There may be another way, but this works:
-Noel

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Thanks for the tip. However the problem "corrected" itself. I think after updating, Bridge had to reset/refresh. I now see any selected images from Content in the Preview panel/window. The problem was that if clicked on image in Content, I wouldn't see anything in Preview. Thanks for that purging tip. That might come in handy.

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Yesterday I (well, my son--not me!) moved my Photoshop CS4, Bridge, ACR, LR2 to a new PC. Operating system changed from XP to Windows7.
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Some individual jpg's are blurry. If I right click and delete cache for that individual image, I get the crisp preview. What gives? I thought that clearing the cache meant clearing all of the cache? I can live with this. All cache is not created equal.
There is the central cache which is the main cache and you can purge it in the cache window. If you have cache exported to folders that cache is not purged. To purge both cache you need to go to Tools/cache/purge cache for xxx folder.
If you get no preview for CR2 files you probably have either no Camera Raw (ACR), have more than one ACR or have ACR in wrong folder.
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Last Year I posted on this forum how on my Mac with Lightroom 3 I was getting soft previews of photo's, well here we are a year later and I still cant use lightroom in my workflow because of this soft preview issue, It's pissing me off to no end.
When viewing my 5D mkII raw files...and other camera model raw files, in the Library & Develop modules, the large preview image in both modules gives a slightly blurry rendering of the photo, if I zoom to 100% I can see the file's actuall sharpness, but I need to be able to run through thousands of files from a shoot and quickly pick out the sharp images from the misfocused one's, which is impossible with this issue.
So now a year later I'm inquiring again to you on this forum and Adobe technicians to help me resolve this issue once and for all.
P.S. For the record, this issue has been here from the day I installed LR3.
My hardware: 2009 Mac Pro with 12GB of Ram, Eizo CE240W 24" Display at 1920X1200.
From what I gather this is a known issue, but reading the below link/posts, I've not found a solution… http://forums.adobe.com/message/3009930#3009930
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Hi, I have exactly the same issue in LR3, this was not happening in previous version of LR.
When I import picture into LR, I also build "standart previews", which leads to slight soft preview when reviewing picture in the library module (going to the develop module does not help here). Zooming to 100%, waiting for the full rendering then zooming back solve the issue for the current photo. This seems to happen on random pictures since even if I worked on the picture, viewed it at 100% in a previous Lightroom session, it just render it blurry.
Here is a sample showing the issue, the first link show a screenshot just before I zoom at 100%, the second link, just after:
Screen shot before zoom
Screen shot after zoom
It also happen with more modest picture size on the screen (when all panels are shown).
So, it seems like there is a bug somewhere in LR preview rendering.
Cheers,
Philippe.
Edit: open links in new browser tab or windows: the image viewer of the Adobe forums show only a reduced version of the screenshots behind the previous links.

Why are my Bridge previews so tiny?

Can anyone tell me why my Bridge previews are so tiny for vectors? My preview won't go any larger than a thumbnail size. When I use the zoom tool over the preview, the magnified preview box is so pixelated I can't even make anything out. I am using Adobe Bridge CS4 on Windows 7 (64 bit). All Bridge settings are currently default. The issue is only with vector images - raster images scale to full size without the pixelation. I have already tried uninstalling my adobe products and reinstalling, but it didn't change anything.
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CS3 Bridge Preview Soft

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Daniel Root
Portland, OR

Adding my voice to the chorus... I use a Canon 5D (among other cameras) and the previews in Bridge look little like what I see when I open the files in ACR or as converted TIFFs in PS CS3. Purging the caches (globally, and then often again for the individual folder) is an unnecessary manual step and there should be an option to build the preview directly from the RAW file (vs. the embedded JPEG as it appears to do now).
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Previews in Bridge CS5 are not sharp

The preview panel images in Bridge CS5 are not sharp (almost blurry). Also when I select a thumb and view it using the space bar method (from within the Bridge) the image doesn't appear sharp. Anybody have an idea why? They look fine in Bridge CS4. I've been looking for a preference setting to no avail. Doesn't matter if it's RAW or JPG (same results).
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[I've replied to the wrong thread, but this is still relevant]
The soft previews also affect raw images which have been cropped within Camera Raw. The 100% preview within Bridge looks soft compared to when editing in Camera Raw.
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The raw files I'm dealing with are CR2, not DNG. However, I converted one to DNG and tried the full size jpeg preview option, but it looks the same. Even if it did work, it would mean converting all CR2 files to DNG, which is a lot of extra work to get round this one problem.
Here's what I'm seeing. They are both viewed at 100%. The first file shows a screen capture of the Bridge preview, the second within Camera Raw. Again, the raw files are cropped images, which seems to cause this 100% preview problem.
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7183/bridgepreview100.png
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4445/cameraraw100.png
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Maybe I'm just using it much more than I used to.
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When I use CS6 Bridge in Windows 8 (64 bit) it takes about 10 seconds to open a folder. I select an image from the grid and press the spacebar to see it full size. It takes another 10 seconds. If I go to the Menu Bar and click on an item such as Window it takes about 10 seconds to get the drop down list, but if I then slide the cursor over to View and click on it, the menu appears right away and if I then click on Full Screen Preview, the full size image appears immediately. When I check the Widows Resource Monitor there is no unusual activity occurring during these 10 second intervals. It is as if the program is in a wait state pending some event.
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Curt Y wrote:
I discussed this "solution" with Adobe back in July. Here is their response.
"There really should be no reason that running in Vista compatability mode would change the behavior of the application. Vista and 7 are so similar at the fundamental level that there shouldn't be any advantage.   Really, this is likely pointing to a lack of OS updates being installed, or installed improperly. One person mentioned that a new user account fixed things. I have a feeling that would true of more folks who are willing to try it. I'll run this by my collegues though."
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Surprisingly the bit about trying it under a different or new user actually works here. All the aggruvating 5 to 10 second long freezes disappear when used under a fresh account.
Ok, so how can that be parlayed into being able to use Bridge CS6 under my own account?
Does the fact that it works as expected under a new fresh account point to something particular that needs changing or adjustment under my regular account?
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PS - How does one run in Vista compat mode?

CS6 Bridge por resolution

I just installed Photoshop CS6. Images that I preview in CS6 bridge using space bar or in filmstrip view are very fuzzy when compared to the same setup in Bridge CS5. Any suggestions?

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Might you have you CS6 Options for thumbnail quality and preview generation set to Prefer Embedded? Check your Bridge "Options for thumbnail quality and preview generation" and compare what you have set in CS6 with your CS5 settings.
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