Re: Bridge CS3 not quitting

I've had my mac for two-and-a-half years and never had a
problem getting an application to quit. So, for anyone else who
is having such a problem: Apple icon > Force Quit.
This finally got the Bridge CS3 to
go away.

But it is perhaps the same solution like refreshing preferences with key
press.
A bit different because using option key and reset preferences leaves your
cached thumbnails and previews untouched.
Deleting the cache file manually needs action to recache thumbs and previews
because you deleted the info with trashing the cache file.
However for Bridge CS3 this manual trashing was needed very often, for later
cycles it is only every now and then, depending on amount and size of files
etc you are using.
This probably would be the next answer but since dumping cache files is a
bit of a hard way and also needs time to recache it is often better to first
try the easy options
Glad your problem is solved!

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P.S. to Bridge CS3 not quitting

Oh, yes--I also tried going up to the top of my screen, where
"Bridge CS3" appears next to the Apple icon, and clicking "Quit
Bridge CS3" in the drop-down menu, to no effect. I tried clicking
the red button to close the application--no effect. (I clicked the
yellow button to minimize it, just out of curiosity, but of course
all that did was miniaturize the page in my Dock.)

Thanks Ramon,
It works but with a few other problems I pretty well sorted through. It took a couple of Bridge quit and restarts to get Bridge to open the external drives. Now that's OK. Then it seems at times to hang up trying to generate thumbnails, have to force quit Bridge and try over. Since Bridge worked fairly well for several years, I'm wondering what happened. Maybe just one of life's mysteries.
I have CS4 on the shelf, installed it and couldn't get the drivers for my Epson 2200 installed. The CS4 included generic driver is junk, Epson quit supporting the 2200, so I re-installed CS3 for the time being.
Bob

Bridge CS3 not showing images

Today Bridge CS3 partially stopped working. Images do not show up in the content window but this is inconsistent. It happens with only selected folders. The data under filters does show the folder data. If I try to open (clicking on) a non-existent image in the content window, PS or Camera RAW will open for that image. I have one internal HD and 3 external LaCie drives. Copy an affected folder to a different HD or to the desktop sometimes works but only intermittantly. All the permits, etc. for the folders are the same, read/write permission granted and everything else the same. Sometimes folders that previously opened do not open at a later time.
I've tried restarting the computer and Bridge, no difference. Two events occurred prior to the problem. I installed Apple's latest security update and the new Adobe Reader update. Other than that nothing particular occurred. I am also using Lightroom2 which is working OK. The image are in the folders OK, open in PS, etc. They just don't show up in Bridge.
My computer skills are medium, been user since Photoshop 6.0, taken a number of PS workshops at SFW and Maine, and am competent at using the program. This is over my head. Help.
Bob Gaunt

Thanks Ramon,
It works but with a few other problems I pretty well sorted through. It took a couple of Bridge quit and restarts to get Bridge to open the external drives. Now that's OK. Then it seems at times to hang up trying to generate thumbnails, have to force quit Bridge and try over. Since Bridge worked fairly well for several years, I'm wondering what happened. Maybe just one of life's mysteries.
I have CS4 on the shelf, installed it and couldn't get the drivers for my Epson 2200 installed. The CS4 included generic driver is junk, Epson quit supporting the 2200, so I re-installed CS3 for the time being.
Bob

Bridge CS3 not writing metadata to JPEG files

For the last couple of months (without my noticing until a couple days ago) all JPEG files that I have edited using Bridge CS3 (on Windows XP) do not have the metadata built into the file. Here are the symptoms: use "File Info" to edit the metadata for a JPEG file (i.e. add a title, description, copyright info, etc.), all appears normal, but if you do any of the following, the metadata you entered disappears:
- duplicate (the metadata does not exist in the duplicate file)
- move or copy to another folder
- open in Photoshop or any other software that can read metadata (File Info shows none of the metadata you entered)
- rebuild the cache for the folder
Strangely, the metadata still appears with the file when you look at it in Bridge as long as you don't do any of the above.
This is really awful as I've put a lot of time into entering this metadata for hundreds of files. Older files (pre-Nov 08) don't have this problem and the metadata is "sticky" and doesn't get deleted. So, somehow my Bridge CS3 got corrupted along the way.
Has anyone experienced this and more importantly -- do you have a solution? I've tried reseting all Bridge settings (but that of course purged the cache and deleted all my metadata.)

Hey,
There are various date/time fields shown in properties panel in Organizer. The dates mentioned in general section are read from OS whereas the dates in EXIF field are read from image's EXIF data. In EXIF data there are three date/time fields-
1. Date time- This date/time info shows date modified of EXIF properties. So when you are writing a tag into imags's IPTC, you are doing some change in EXIF data. Hence this date should change to date when you are writing a tag into IPTC.
2. Date time original - Represents date time when a image was shoot.
3. Date digitized - Represents the date when the image was digitized (in digital camers there is hardly some delay between an image is shoot and it is digitized. So this field is always same as date original).
So, in your scenario, Date time in EXIF should change whenever you are writing any tag into its IPTC.
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Bridge CS3 not displaying .PNG thumbnails

This behavior started about 2 months ago and I cannot figure what changed or what to do to get rid of the generic .PNG icons and get back to the image thumbnails. It's not isolated to Photoshop generated .PNG's. Any app I have that can save in the .PNG format will appear as a generic icon in Bridge CS3.
.PNG's that were uploaded to our server prior to around mid-Feruary all have the proper thumbnails. Currently, replacing them or uploading the same file from before February produces the generic icon. Same thing in both in the main view and the Preview window.
The only thing that has changed on my machine between now and February was an OS bump from 10.6.1 to 10.6.3.
Every other format displays correct thumbnails. I've tried just about every suggestion dealing with missing thumbnails from the various "no thumbnail" posts in this forum...and still no luck. Does anyone have a suggestion or two...or three, that might help me clear this .PNG problem up? It's driving me bats trying to identify images.

I've tried just about every suggestion dealing with missing thumbnails from
the various "no thumbnail" posts in this forum...and still no luck.
Could you specify on that, meaning also purge cache for selection. Using
tool menu-cache, use the filter menu to select only PNG files for faster
approach.
And you may not like this but using a more then 3 year old app on a new
(intel based and 64 bit OS system) might also not be the best route. CS5 is
just out now and rebuild for 64 bit systems like Snow Leopard is.
Also keep in mind CS6 will be your last option to upgrade according to the
Adobe upgrade policy, after this you will need a new full license.

Bridge CS3: Not importing clips into Premiere CS3

One of the videos on the Adobe site shows someone right-clicking a movie (MOV, I think) and choosing the option to "Open with Premiere Pro CS3".
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Jim, I *am* using Bridge CS3. Version 2.1.0.100
Windows Vista Ultimate
Eddie, yes the video tutorial shows how to open MOV video clips from Bridge CS3 into Premiere. My source clips are Windows AVIs. When I right click a clip in Bridge CS3 and choose the option to open with Premiere (actually the option is "Open With > Adobe Premiere Pro"), Premiere Pro CS3 gets focus (or opens if it's not already open), but no clip is imported.
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Bridge CS3 Not Showing JPG/PSD Files

Running version 2.1.1.9 on a Mac G5 Dual 2.5 w/4.5 GB of Ram under OS 10.5.2.
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Adobe Bridge CS3 not opening Photoshop Image Processor

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Hello Curt Y, Everything is checked in the "Startup Scripts," including Bridge (twice) and Photoshop (twice). Not sure why duplicate entries but there are.
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http://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/kb/troubleshoot-errors-freezes-bridge-windows.html
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Hello. I am unable to open Bridge CS3, which came with my Elements 6.0 for Mac software that I purchased brand new a month ago for my new MacBookPro.
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Try resetting your Adobe Bridge preference files. I think on the Mac you can just press and hold in the Option key as you launch Bridge to get the preference dialog to come up. (Windows will do it with the Ctrl key.)
If the Option key shortcut is incorrect, press Command + Option + Shift keys as you launch. If you prefer to do this manually:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/332/332992.html
If a reset of the preference file alone doesn't work, I'd check all of the Bridge boxes in the reset dialog and attempt to launch Bridge again.
I believe Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac includes the same Bridge application as CS3 so I think you should download the update for CS3 Bridge if you prefer to do it manually.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=108&platform=Macintosh
If these suggestions don't work, I'd recommend asking in the Bridge for Mac forum.
http://forums.adobe.com/community/bridge/bridge_macintosh

Some workstations not allowing Adobe Bridge CS3 application launch

Hi all.
I'm pretty new at helping manage a MIDI/art lab at a high school campus (not new to Macs, but new to this issue).
We have a student login for an art class where students should have complete access to the Adobe CS3 suite of applications. The account is logging in on a server, running apps on the local hard drives, and an entire class of students all log in at once. We've tried to keep all the iMacs current in terms of Adobe updates and other software updates.
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Again, every user should be experiencing the same permissions and restrictions, and this issue seems to be tied to hardware as it only applies on four of the iMacs. Logging in as an administrator or a local account with full permission allows clear access to Bridge. However, we need the Art Class account to work on all our stations as students use Bridge regularly for class.
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It was only Bridge who was crashing. It failed to load and Windows was giving an error message.
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