Migrate Bridge CS5 Collections to CS6

Is there an easy way to migrate collections from Bridge CS5 to CS6? Or do I need to create them all again?
Any help will be appreciated.

So is mine today. I have no idea what's going on. Bridge 6 migrated my custom workspaces, my keyword list and yesterday my collections were visible. Went into 6 today, workspaces are still there and usable as is my entire keyword list I was building in 5 for my scans but hadn't applied yet, but no collections. Only explanation is I'm going nuts.
I'm sure they were there yesterday, because they worked much faster then the collections in 5. I'll keep playing and see if I can duplicate what I saw yesterday.
Chuck

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Adobe Bridge CS5 Collections issue!

I'm currently using Adobe Bridge CS5. For some reason whenever I turn on bridge, my images do not remain in the collections I put them in. The file paths and names do not have apostrophes, and the number of images within the collections continue dwindling whenever I start the program.
This is a big problem, especially since I have over 3000 photos tagged right now in bridge.
Thanks in advance!

Could you provide more details about OS and system version and exact CS5 version numbers.
Are you using different disks (internal, external) or a network set up or do all the files reside on the same disk.
Sometimes read and write permissions change for what ever reason and this can also cause problems for Bridge.
But asside from that Bridge is not very good in acting as Digital Asset Management for archive purposes and collections can be very useful but to my opinion only for a short period and not when you need to rely on them for a long time. If you need to use this for a longer periode I woudl suggest to also add the name of the collection as a keyword. In that way you have a good escape to find choices back.

Can Bridge CS5 Collections be shared across a server?

I've seen versions of this question asked but have yet to find the answer.
I have created manual collections in Bridge CS5 that I would like to share with other designers using the same server, thus saving them the time of also creating the collection. I have found that I can pull the collection file from my users/library and send it to them to add to their library, but the problem is if the collection gets updated other users will not see the updates without receiving a new collection file. Is there anyway the collection file could just live on the server and everyone share it? or some way that would produce that results I'm looking for?
Thanks for any help!

I've seen versions of this question asked but have yet to find the answer.
That's because I think there is no satisfying answer to this question I'm
afraid...
A collection is not more then an alias of the files on the location and
still user specific, so altering the collection on one system user will not
automatically update that info to the other user of the server location.
Ideally that should happen but Bridge is to my knowledge yet not designed
for use on a server and Adobe does not support working over a network
because there are to many variations and possibilities in networks. At least
that is what I always have understood from previous talk about network and
server use.
Some succeed in using Bridge over a network (the image archivist is a well
known example of that) but it takes a lot of discipline and knowledge to
achieve this. But I can't imagine it is possible to reach this with a
collection.
In CS4 you could have tried the use of Version Cue but they discontinued
this option in CS5. Maybe rating and labeling, renaming and the use of
subfolders in a main folder will work but I have no access nor experience
with working over a network.
Theoretically have all users point to the same main folder adding a new
folder should automatically update in the content window of other users.
However as said, this is in theory and you should have a clear convention
about who is doing what or able to change things. Do a search for the Image
Archivist on this forum or try his blog:
http://imagearchivist.blogspot.com/

Bridge CS5 Collection is seeing deleted items

I have some done some housekeeping of about 75 to 100 folders recently. I now want to create some contact sheets from a collection using the images from these folders now that i have eliminated the duplicate images/multiple exposures that i don't need anymore. however, i had previously created a collection using these folders, and the collection is still seeing all of those items that have been deleted. i have deleted the collection and tried recreating it to no avail... i am not sure how this is possible, but any help anyone can give me will be greatly appreciated!
JD

I now want to create some contact sheets from a collection using the images
from these folders now that i have eliminated the duplicate images/multiple
exposures that i don't need anymore.
For that you only need to select the new files in the content window, choose
new collection and after this from other folders repeat it, just as the
first time you created that files. If that is not possible then there is
something wrong with your install.
Assuming with eliminating duplicates etc you have done so in the content
window for the original folders and not from the collection content window
itself? You should be careful with that because removing from collection by
using the button top right of the collection content window does remove the
files from the collection but not from the disk, however the normal way to
delete is using the backspace and when in the collection window that is
deleting also the original file without warning from your disk!
however, i had previously created a
collection using these folders, and the collection is still seeing all of
those items that have been deleted.
This indicates also you have a problem with your Bridge install. Normally
deleting files from the folders the also delete from the collection, be sure
you have deleted them to the trash, if you have put them in an other folder
the collection keeps track of the new location.
i have deleted the collection and tried
recreating it to no avail... i am not sure how this is possible,
As said above, that should not be a problem, if so first aid for Bridge is
restart it while holding down option key and from the pop up menu choose
reset preferences. Try again and if it works set the prefs again to your
wishes.

Bridge CS6 doesn't keep Bridge CS5 settings (collections etc.). How to ?

Bridge CS6 doesn't keep Bridge CS5 settings (collections etc.).
How to retrieve this ? (OSX)
Cant find there :
1. PECourtejoie,
28 mars 2012 05:41 in reply to TomEP
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Hello! It would be nice to have a migration script in Bridge too...
In the past, there were folders you could copy, but given the database changes, I'm not sure, I need to check first with the team.
On a Mac, it is in the collections folders in ~Library/ApplicationSupport/Adobe/Bridge CS5/Collections/
PC(XP): C:Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Adobe\Bridge CS5\collections
VIsta/7: user/app data/roaming/Adobe/Bridge CS5/Collections
Hope this helps
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When upgrading no files are copied from the previous version. So you will have to find them and copy them over. Locations are in post above.

How to transfer Collections and Favorites from Bridge CS5 to CS6

Have the same problem every upgrade. Having to build up my Collections and Favorites from scratch. (Keywords can be exported, so these are OK). Are there CS5 files i can copy into CS6? Gratefull for any advice. Tom

Hello! It would be nice to have a migration script in Bridge too...
In the past, there were folders you could copy, but given the database changes, I'm not sure, I need to check first with the team.
On a Mac, it is in the collections folders in ~Library/ApplicationSupport/Adobe/Bridge CS5/Collections/
PC(XP): C:Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Adobe\Bridge CS5\collections
VIsta/7: user/app data/roaming/Adobe/Bridge CS5/Collections
Hope this helps

Photoshop CS6 & Bridge CS5

Presently I have installed on my computer (Windows platform) Photosop extended, Dreamweaver, Premiere pro, encore, all of them CS5
Can I upgrade only Photoshop to CS6 with Bridge CS6 ??
Will Bridge CS6 co-exist with Bridge CS5, or will it overwrite Bridge CS5, in which case, what will I do with my other CS5 software?

Bridge CS5 and Bridge Cs6 will Coexist on the same machine together.
The CS5 apps will invoke Bridge CS5, and the CS6 apps will know to invoke CS6 bridge.
You can however only have one instance of Bridge running at any given time

Bridge CS5: Images added to collection get removed from collection

This is the first time I used non-smart collections. But, I'm sure that I'm quite sure that I'm not doing anything wrong.
I simply dragged thumbnails into the collection from various folders and the collection shows all 20 images. Then, I close out Bridge and open it later, only to find that there are only 4 images in that collection. There may have been 4 images to start with, but every image I've added does not get remembered. This has happened twice and it's very unnerving because the images I am adding are coming from folders that are all over the place and it's very hard to look up all the pictures again.
What's up with this?
Thanks,
Mike

I've just noticed this problem, by chance, whilst moving data to a new computer.
We found that files that were in collections were randomly missing from Bridge CS5's display, and sure enough, as described earlier, as soon as a file in the collection with a quote/spostrophe was read, that file and the rest of the collection were missing from Bridge CS5's display.
(This was using Bridge 4.0.3.9. Adobe Application Manager tells me my software is uptodate)
Because we had some backed up copies of Collections from both Bridge CS4 and Bridge CS5, I've been able to work a few things out, which I hope might help someone at Adobe get the problem fixed - and might help a few frustrated users too...
Background
The following entirely applies to Windows 7 (and presumably Windows Vista too):
In Bridge CS4, collections files are stored in:
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Bridge CS4\Collections
In Bridge CS5, collections files are stored in:
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Bridge CS5\Collections
Both CS4 and CS5 store their Collections in files called <collection name>.filelist
Both are XML files, where file paths are surrounded by apostrophes:
For example:
<file uri='bridge:fs:file:///D:/Shared%20Images/Flowers/RHS/DSC_0788.jpg'>
Both Bridge CS4 and CS5 convert any spaces in file paths to %20 - so /Shared%20Images/ above is actually /Shared Images/ on disk.
The cause of the bug
Crucially, however, in Bridge CS4, any apostrophes (i.e. single quotes) in file paths get converted to %27
But this conversion does not happen in Bridge CS5. And then when filelists get read back in, the data is truncated.
As a developer, I'm surprised at this sort of regression in behaviour, in such expensive software from such a large company.
Workarounds
None of these should be required to be done by a user, I feel, but I have found that they do work, and they could be scripted (e.g. in Python) if someone were sufficiently desparate:
Edit your .filelist files that were created by Bridge CS5, and convert all ' in file paths to %27 - oh yes, and remember to do that every time you add any new files to any existing or new Collections
Edit your .filelist files and change the single quotes at the start and end of each <file uri line to double quotes
I don't regard "remove quotes from your file names" as an acceptable workaround, however. We've got nearly 400GB of files, going back more than 10 years, and various of these are referred to from other locations, e.g. InDesign publications: if we were to rename locations for the benefit of Bridge, we'd break other stuff on the PC.
Clare

How can you reset your Photoshop version default in Bridge CS5?

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Please tell me this can be done.
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Import collections from Bridge CS5 to CS6

Hi
I have a system of collections organized in Bridge CS5 that I would like to continue having in CS6. I see a handful of CS5 preferences being imported as I installed CS6, but not the collections. Any tricks to this?

I have copied the Collections folder from Bridge CS5 to CS6 (in Snow Leopard).
The images are all there, but the order has changed.
Is there a better way to do this?
I can't open both versions of Bridge at the same time in order to copy the proper order....
I suppose i could print screenshots of the CS5 collection and then correct it in CS6.
There must be a better way! This could take hours.

Migrate Collections from CS6/Windows XP to CC/Windows 7

Hi,
How do I migrate Collections from CS6 in Windows XP to CC on Windows 7?
I found the path in XP, C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data\Adobe\Bridge CS6\Collections, but where do I move them to in Windows 7?
Thanks in advance! Steve

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Bridge cs5 camera raw 6.5 to 6.5 and new bridge cs6 preview problem

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