Need to back up collection on Bridge CS5.1

I'm using Bridge vs. CS5.1 and need to back up my Collections folder. A related forum ghread provided information giving folder locations that do not exist on my machine. Would you please point me to correct, current instructions for getting this done.

Folder exists, it is just a hidden folder. OS?

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Sharing collections in Bridge CS5?

Does anybody know if I can share a collection w/ someone else if we are on the same server of images, using Bridge CS5? It would seem to be a no-brainer, right?
Thanks, y'all...

At first glance the answer would be "that is what the purpose of networks are--to share data". But you might have to check the help files on Bridge to see how it reacts over the network, whether two people can access the same file at the same time, especially with video, and what would happen if one of those people updated the file--what would become of the file that the second person is using--would it automatically update? In the event they were using Linked Images such as in Illustrator I guess that would work pretty well but the communication needs to be open between the file users to see who will update what. I do not know if Bridge has a legend or key that displays when a file has been changed by one person on the network. There are other Adobe network-shared programs that do have this feature although the name of the product escapes me--it's one of their document products.

How do I get back PHOTOSHOP TOOLS in Bridge CS5.1?

I used the PHOTOSHOP option under TOOLS in Bridge CS5 all the time. I upgraded my InDesign to CS5.5 and with it I was automatically upgraded to Bridge CS5.1 but now ther is no longer a PHOTOSHOP option under TOOLS. When I try to open the older Bridge CS5, it automatically opens CS5.1. How can I get back the PHOTOSHOP option under TOOLS in Bridge CS5.1?
Thanks for any information you might provide.

How can I get back the PHOTOSHOP option under TOOLS in Bridge CS5.1?
It seems related to the different versions and their start up scripts. First check Bridge Preferences Start Up Scripts has a PS script showing and see if the checkmark in front is checked. If not you have to copy the old script in the new location. Not sure if this works and without knowing if you have a Mac or Windows. For a Mac there is library at root level (so not in the user account).
Here is the path: HD/Library/ Application Support/ Adobe / Start Up scripts. You probably have two folders, one called CS5 and one called CS5.5. Try to copy (copy, not move) the Photoshop script to the CS5.5 folder and try if that works. Theoretically Bridge 4.1 (that comes with CS5.5 - yes it is a bit confusing) should recognize the scripts. And basically Bridge 4 (CS5) and Bridge 4.1 (CS5.5) are the same. But If you set Bridge 4.0 it will probably not recognize the new InDesign start up scripts.

Sub-collection in Bridge CS5

Is there anyway to create a sub-collection in Bridge? After searching it appears that you can do it in Lightroom, but I need Bridge
thanks

Have never done a collection, much less a collection of a collection. So when you try it in Bridge what happens?

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 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

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?
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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

Bridge CS5.5 Smart Collections Question

Hi,
We have all of our photographs on a server and within that server we have the photos sorted into folders by date and location. I'm trying to use Smart Collections in Bridge CS5.5 to sort by the CITY in which the photos were taken. I've used the criteria of selecting any photos that have that CITY name in the "Filename" and "All Metadata." It will sort and show me the folders with the location, but I'd like it to simply stream in the photos as well. If I open one of the folders and then click back on the Smart Collection name it will then stream in those photos with the folders. Is there any way for it to simply stream in all the photos the first time so I don't have to manually click on each folder and then click back on the Smart Collection?
Thanks in advance for your help.

Premiere Pro does not offer this functionality natively. All temporally compressed media will get retranscoded.

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/

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.

Bridge cs5 loses photos in collections

I am having trouble w/ bridge CS5 not keeping photos in collections when I put them there. I have only recently started using the collections, so I am not sure that I fully understand them, I did change all the file name on my photos from way back when when I was renaming things so there are no ,-' etc in the file names. That helped, but I am still losing things, even when the collections are comprised of files who are named directly from the camera download. Also the smart collection re-searched everytime I go to it-not even just when I open & close bridge, & I thought even that wasn't supposed to happen much less every time I move off the view. Thought maybe it was a memory thing, we are going to upgrade to 8GB of RAM from the 4 that we have now, just haven't gotten areound to it yet, but it does it w/ even relatively small (50 photos) collections. Any ideas as to the problems

This still sounds as if you have an apostrophe in the filename,
You would need to see what is the last picture in the collection then look in the collection file itself to find the next file and check for an apostraphe.
C:\Users\UserNamel\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Bridge CS5\Collections

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

I recently purchased a Canon 7D. I own Adobe Photoshop/Bridge CS5. I cannot open my raw images in Bridge. I have tried to download the plug in but does not seem to work. Please Help, I need to be able to open my raw images in Bridge ASAP. I do not want to

I recently purchased a Canon 7D. I own Adobe Photoshop/Bridge CS5. I cannot open my raw images in Bridge. I have tried to download the plug in but does not seem to work. Please Help, I need to be able to open my raw images in Bridge ASAP. I do not want to upgrade to CS6 at this time.

If you had given us sensible information, I could look it up for you if your efforts fail.
Right now, I don't even know if you are on a Mac or on a Windows box.
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I am downloading from a Canon 650D to Photoshop CS5.1 AND Adobe Bridge CS5.1 do i need to download a DNG convertor? if so how do i get the images from the camera to the convertor?

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