Spread Preview for Bridge

I think it is essential that the option to view the thumnbails of InDesign documents within Bridge is returned. Or at the very least an option within the Display Performance Preference to check on Spread Preview or Single Page Preview. It is unbelieveable how much my entire workplace misses that feature since upgrading to CS5.

"Always High Quality" is checked, and "Generate 100% Previews" is unchecked.
(I'm currently writing a program that pulls or creates a thumbnail based upon a variety of file types. I've learned how to use XMP to extract the thumbnail from an .indd file (and others). I was hoping to be able to grab larger thumbnails from files like .ai's, especially since I see that Bridge can do it.)

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Spread Previews in Bridge

I posted a comment/rant about an InDesign feature that was taken away in CS5 in a discussion that focuses soley on Photoshop (See below.) I didn't realize I had done that until today, so I'm reposting it with the hope that someone on the InDesign team at Adobe will read it. The feature that was eliminated was the ability to preview InDesign spreads in Bridge.
I now realize this issue was caused by a change to InDesign and not Bridge as I first thought. I also no longer feel those responsible for making the change should be fired. However, taking a long time out should be considered. Wait, I take that back. This problem wasn't fixed in CS6, so I'm leaning towards my original suggestion.
The original thread: http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/viewing_indesign_spread_thumbnails_i n_bridge?utm_content=topic_link&utm_medium=email&utm_source=reply_notification
My original post:
I'm beyond frustrated with Adobe because of this issue. The person(s) who decided to eliminate this feature in CS5/CS5.5 should be fired. Seriously. I realize this is most likely a Bridge issue and not an InDesign one, but these two applications used to work side by side in a way that I, a catalog designer, found extremely useful. I always thought the intention of updating software (and not inexpensive software, I might add) meant new, useful features were being added, not eliminated. I hear Quark is making a comeback. If Adobe keeps selling me downgrades marketed as upgrades, I might have to jump ship.
http://getsatisfaction.com/photoshop_family/topics/viewing_indesign_spread_thumbnails_in_b ridge

We just started testing Cs6 and are finding out the hard way that there is no spread preview in Bridge.. Did you find a work around?
We are a small publisher and use bridge to be able to count pages, see what is finished and not.. and to speed up general layout of the magazine..
I guess we are going to have to go back to Cs4.. because this really bites.. I notice some one said somewhere about a plugin Sneakpreview.. but i have not been able to find it.. Oh we are still working on Win xp pro..

Help with InDesign spread previews in Bridge CS6

Our company is updating to CS6 and needs to be able to view InDesign files as spreads as we did in CS3. We produce many catalogs a year and each spread is a separate file. We use Bridge (CS3) to view the entire catalog at once. Now, with CS6, we can only see one page of the document, even though the preference is set to 2 pages in InDesign. We need an update. Please help!

I don't believe so. It's how Bridge displays InDesign files. In CS6, it's showing a single page and not the full spread that it used to. There is a preferance in Indesign that you can set the size and number of pages to preview. It's set to 2, which is the default.
This is a critical feature that needs to be restored. The link for the feature Request is not working, nor is the reporting a bug link.
After reading someone's comment, it appears that InDesign does not write the appropriate meta data for bridge to preview the spread, so perhaps it is an InDesign issue. Nevertheless, it has not been fixed since 2011!
How can I get through to Adobe???

Spread view for InDesign docs in Bridge

I'm still looking for a way to get that feature back (until CS4). But it seems that there is no script or plugin that can do the job of telling ID to save spreads as previews instead of the useless single pages. The fun thing is, that ID knows that pages are single pages or spreads but ignores it, when it comes to save the previews for Bridge. Just annoying. Please Adobe make up your mind!

Here is how we work:
We create brochures for a furniture store. We are 6 designers, 1 image editor and 6 photographers who work parallel on the same project. We use Bridge to browse and stay up to date. Each spread is a separate InDesign document. A brochure with 20 pages consists of 11 indd-files. The background is that all designers can work on the same project. Every designer has its main resort. But the articles one spread can be from different departments and we need to see in Bridge the whole spread to see it. Ready pages are visually marked in the document for the image editor, so he sees where pictures need to be retouched. Now with single pages he sees only have of its work. Also it was good to browse through old brochures to look for special marketing layouts and to generally get a feel during designing if it looks "nice". Exporting PDFs is on our network architecture a time consuming procedure, since all elements are stored on different network shares. The whole process of creating the brochures takes place on servers. We are not allowed to store any data on our local machines. Due to the fact that all data needs to backed up and there ware always persons who "forget" to put its daily work back on the server.

Thumbnail Preview for RAW Files Not Appearing in Bridge

Hello,
I'm running Adobe Bridge 5.1 on a Mac OS 10.9.2 (recently upgraded to Maverick) and I can no longer see thumbnail previews for my RAW files (which include .NEF, .CR2 and .RAF) though as of a few days ago this wasn't a problem. Not sure if it's related to the Maverick upgrade... but FYI, I do see thumbnail previews for .TIFF and .JPEG files.
I've already purged my cache generally and have also as a test chosen a local file to purge - that didn't work.
I've restarted Bridge at least 2x by pressing and holding the Option key.
I've also checked for Bridge updates - everything is up to date.
My Cache Options (within Preferences) are set to "Keep 100% Previews in Cache" and "Automatically Export Cache to Folders When Possible" - both checked.
Also downloaded the Adobe Camera Raw and DNG Converter 8.3, installed it but that didn't work.
I can't seem to find my Bridge cache folder or at least what's in the Library's "Caches" folder doesn't include anything for Bridge - see screenshot below.
Please help! Thank you in advance.

To me it seems related to your Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) converter. Clue inhere is you only miss the Raw files and have no problems in seeing other formats like jpeg and tiff.
The screenshot you delivered is from the wrong library, however, this same library (the one on system level) also is the location where you should be able to view the correct version of your ACR plugin. The path: library (same as per your screenshot)/Application support/ Adobe/ Plug ins/ CS6/ File Formats. inhere should be only one version of Camera Raw (called: "Camera Raw.plugin") and this should show version 8.3 (141).
I'm not sure about your bridge version number, Bridge 5 comes with PSCS6 but my most recent version of Bridge is 5.0.2.4.
Anyway, if you have only one ACR (8.3) installed in the above mentioned path then you might want to try to delete the Bridge plist file and Bridge cache file manually.
For this you have to Quit Bridge and find the user library (by default hidden, use menu Go in Finder and press option key to reveal).
Inhere find the plist file (user(your user name) / library / Preferences and inhere find and manually delete the file called: "com.adobe.bridge5.plist"
The in same user library find Bridge Cache. User/Library/Caches/Adobe/Bridge CS6. Inhere are 2 files, the adobe Bridge plug in cache and the folder called Cache. delete (or move outside libray) both items.
The restart Bridge (If needed also again hold option key to reset preferences) and this will create fresh files for the previous deleted items, leaving you with an almost out of the box factory set version of Bridge.

No preview for autocad dwg files (bridge CS4)

hello!
my computer is:
windows 7 / x64 / nividia 9600GT
with my new computer we switched from CS3 to adobe CS4 products. (illustrator / PS)
unfortunately i can't see previews of autocad dwg files anymore. (very important for my work).
the .dwg files show up only as an autocad icon.
we installed autocad 2010. but i think this is not the case, because bridge does not make previews for autocad 2009 files either.
windows 7 makes correct previews.
funny - bridge opens illustrator CS4 as default for .dwg files.
in the preferences "file type association" autocad as a software is missing. i have to browse to the autocad.exe program.
the default association was illustrator...
is this the case for not making a preview? the "old" computer was a - win xp / 32bit - the preview in CS3 was there.
i did not have to browse for the "file type association". autocad was a choosable entity.
any comment on that would be fine...
thanks in advance.

thanks for this quick reply...
we have "Lightroom" not installed. because we don't own this product...
our installation is only "Illustrator CS4" and "PS CS4". and "Bridge CS4" of course.
in the attachement you see the "File Type Association" process.
Bridge knows only "Illustrator" and "PS". I had to browse to the autocad.exe file (AutoCAD Application R18.0).
the other attachement shows the Autocad "icon" and the Illustrator preview / .jpg preview in Bridge.
again:
"Windows 7" knows Autocad files. it does a preview of the .dwg /.dxf files correct.

Bridge Preview for .ai files

I just learned last week that Bridge uses the XMP data to display the preview for an .indd file. However, this seems to have a maximum size of 256 pixels.
I noticed that Bridge has the ability to resize the preview of .ai files, and it still looks good when it gets big. How does it generate the preview for other file types, such as .ai, .pdf, .psd, etc.?
Thanks for any insight,
Kyle

"Always High Quality" is checked, and "Generate 100% Previews" is unchecked.
(I'm currently writing a program that pulls or creates a thumbnail based upon a variety of file types. I've learned how to use XMP to extract the thumbnail from an .indd file (and others). I was hoping to be able to grab larger thumbnails from files like .ai's, especially since I see that Bridge can do it.)

Spread Preview Issue - left page only

I'm in the catalog/magazine racket and just starting using InD 5.5 along with Bridge 5.1
When I save/convert documents from CS3 InD to 5.5, the preview in bridge 5.1 only shows the left hand page in my document. There is also a little chain icon in the upper right of the thumbnail. If you click on the thumbnail the preview will give you the option to click to the right page, but this is completely defeating the purpose of using Bridge to preview page layouts.
The prior version of Bridge we could view the spreads as thumbnails which is essential when I'm working with 100+ page documents. I can't just see 50 left hand pages as opposed to 50 spreads. The frustrating thing is we changed our entire workflow to accommodate Bridge previews and broke up multiple page layouts into spreads so we can see how everything flows page to page in our pubs.
Additionally, even the thumbs that are visible sometimes don't show all the information anyway.
I've searched for three days looking for settings in InDesign 5.5 and Br 5.1 to cure this but I've reached a dead end. Also, I've run the gammut on the InD file handling Prefs, "Saving InDesign Files" Can anyone let me know what is going on here? Is there a fix? if its working OK for you can you give me your settings so I can plug them in and see if it works?
Thanks All!

Expanding the thumbnail preview doesn't work.
I'm having the same issue, I want to see the full spread but can only see the left page. any help would be greatly appreciated! Until I will keep using Bridge CS3.

***InDesign SPREADS viewable in Bridge***

Are there any plans to renew this feature that was lost in CS6???? Our company can no longer navigate our catalogs that need to be set up as individual spread files. We have copywriters, designers, art directors, and production artists that all need access to our files, so we have to build them as separate documents. The magazine/book/catalog world has been completely frustrated for YEARS now with no attention being paid to this problem. My understanding is that it's how InDesign writes its preview files. The work around is to export a bunch of pdfs, but when you are working with hundreds of spreads as different files, that is near impossible! PLEASE HELP! There is no third party solution either. I feel like no one there cares since there has been no responses in any of the threads or any of the needs met.

Which version of InDesign did you upgrade from? If you were using CS3-CS5 (maybe CS2 did, but I can't remember) each InDesign file should have been generating a small JPG inside the file which is what Bridge previews for you. If you were using an older version, yes you would have to save it as a new file in order for that JPG to be emdded.
By the way, there is a new feature in CS5 that lets you choose the number of page previews to include with your InDesign. This is really handy for browsing in Bridge, but keep in mind that it can increase the file size.
Yes, you will have to do a "save as" every time you open an older document. But once you have saved it as a CS5 file, you will be able to save over that file again and again.

16bit Tiff & PSD previews in Bridge not showing correctly

Large multi layered Tiff, PSD and PSB files which have alpha channels, masks and layers, etc. do not show appropriate previews in Bridge (nor Windows for that matter). Many of these are very large 2-4GB, but even a typical 30-60MB file with certain alpha channels and masks are also problematic with previews. I believe the problem appears mostly when the base images ar 16bit since the 8bit version exhibit properly most of the time.
Is this an issue which has a remedy?
Thanks,
Doug A
Photoshop CS5, Windows 7, 64bit.

As Jeff said, this should fix the very large files, but I would recommend to post in the Bridge forum, or on http://feedback.photoshop.com if you still have trouble with 30 -60 Mb files.

Camera Raw Preview in Bridge Collections (CS4)

I am working in Bridge CS4 and have created several Collections of .cr2 photos that I am editing in Camera Raw. When I open the files in Camera Raw from the Collections panel and click "Done" after making adjustments, the changes do not show up in the Bridge Preview panel. However, when I view the same file from the Folders panel, those changes show up. This situation is a real pain as I have to keep moving back and forth between Folders and Collections - can anyone help fix the problem? I have purged and maximized the cache in both Bridge and Camera Raw Preferences and it's not helping.

First Aid for Bridge is always restart holding down option key and choose refresh preferences. After this reset prefs to your wishes and try again (sometimes restarting Bridge is needed to let the changes take effect).
If this is not working repeat this procedure but now first quit Bridge and delete the Com.adobeBridge3.plist file from the preferences folder in the user library and the again refresh and reset the prefs.
It should work normally, it does so on my system ( you are not working on a network btw??)

SVG Preview in Bridge CS4

Just wondering what happened to preview for SVG files in Bridge CS4? I have tried 2 computers now and both of them have Scalable Vector Graphic previews in CS2 & CS3, but not CS4.
I know Adobe gave up on supporting it in favor of Flash, but does that mean I can't preview the old SVG files I have on my computer. Half the clip art on the web is in SVG format??
-dal

Adobe is most likely getting out of the software business... or maybe just admitting that they're out of it. Look at the disgraceful state of Illustrator, riddled with major design defects and bugs since its inception, and never fixed. I run Corel Draw in a VM rather than waste one more hour on this POS. I've given it many chances, and every time I do I discover more craven stupidity in its design and more incompetence in its execution.
The sad fact is that there's no money or interest in high-complexity computer applications for the general public anymore. That's why Adobe has gotten away with peddling the same defective crap year after year. Writing competing applications for even one platform, let alone two, is a mountainous task that no one is going to take on today.
I wish there were a competent vector art program for the Mac, but there isn't. I've tried every one I can find. The closest I've found is Inkscape, which runs under X11. I love to see Freehand open-sourced.

No previews in Bridge with Adobe Drive 3?

We are using a custom connector for Adobe Drive. Windows Explorer shows the correct thumbnails and previews for asset versions (in the Show Versions UI). However in Bridge we cannot see any thumbnails or previews. Clearing or purging the cache does not help. It turns out that the execute method in the GetPreviewIconHandler class is never called when browsing assets in Bridge. This used to work fine with Adobe Drive 2 (at least for jpg previews, png previews never seemed to work in Bridge). We tried different Bridge versions (4.0.4.2, 4.0.5.11, 4.1.054) but they all have the same problem. Did anything change regarding this behavior in Adobe Drive 3? Thanks in advance for any advice.

Indeed, adding the READ_XMP_METADATA capability seems to do the trick.
Thanks for the quick help.

Canon 5d2 DNG +custom profiles = bad preview in Bridge?

I'm using DNG Profile Editor (1.0.0.39 Beta 2) to make custom profiles for my new Canon 5D Mark II, and then using DNG Converter (5.2) plus Photoshop CS3 Bridge to process images. All on Windows XP.
After my 5D2 custom profiles were in place I noticed that the image preview in Bridge CS3 was "bad." The Bridge preview is very blurry and does not update when changes are made to the DNG file via ACR. For example, if I change exposure in ACR and click "Done" or "Open in Photoshop, the change is saved OK in the DNG file but the Bridge preview remains the original blurry image.
Took a long time to figure this out because I did not immediately associate the problem with the creation of custom profiles. Older 5D2 DNG files previewed OK in Bridge, as did DNG files from my other cameras. I even re-converted some old camera raw files to DNG and they previewed OK in Bridge. There are custom profiles in place for those older cameras.
I spent a lot of time on the usual suspects - purging cache, reseting preferences. All to no avail. Then I removed all my custom profiles and deleted the index.dat file. Ran DNG converter again to make new DNG files from the 5D2 raw. Now the Bridge preview was OK. Then I restored my custom profiles and converted raw to DNG again, getting bad Bridge previews again. Yet the previous converted files would still preview OK in Bridge.
My conclusion: The DNG converter is using camera profiles during the conversion, and in the case of 5D Mark II raw files is creating an error. I'm guessing it is putting an embedded jpeg in the DNG file that somehow confuses Bridge.
I've repeated the tests many times now. I've changed the DNG Converter "jpeg preview" preference to none, medium and full. For the 5D2 files I get bad Bridge previews on all settings. But I get good Bridge previews on my Canon 20D and Canon 1Ds DNG files regardless of any settings. Regardless of the presence or absence of custom profiles, regardless of the jpeg preview size, regardless of the ACR default settings.
So I'm hoping the Adobe team can take a look at this. Or anyone willing to confirm or deny my tests. I don't have an easy way to post a DNG file, but could email one of my "bad" ones to anyone willing to take a look.

The lack of response to this post forced me to keep testing. Now I've more closely pinpointed the problem and found an easy work around. First some background.
ACR camera profiles are stored in two places. The Adobe supplied profiles are in:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe\CameraRaw\CameraProfiles
and your custom profiles are in:
C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Application Data\Adobe\CameraRaw\CameraProfiles
Adobe Camera Raw, and it turns out the DNG Converter, both build an Index.dat file in this last folder. Apparently this index is built by scanning both camera profile directory trees and building a list of all the profiles it finds. It then sorts that list alphabetically by the profile name that is embedded in the file, not the Windows file name.
The "Adobe Standard" profile for a camera has a file name like "Canon EOS 5D Mark II Adobe Standard.dcp", but embedded in that file is the profile name of just "Adobe Standard". That's why only "Adobe Standard" shows up in the drop down list of profiles in ACR. And that's why "Adobe Standard" appears before "Camera Faithful", which appears before "Camera Landscape". It's alphabetical order.
Now, when you create a custom profile with the DNG Profile Editor, the "Export" function puts "Canon EOS 5D Mark II" on the front of the name. If you are an idiot, like me, you type over all that with something simple like "5D2 Bouce Flash" for the profile name. But wait, "5D2 Bounce Flash" sorts alphabetically before "Adobe Standard" and appears first in the ACR drop down menu. Sounds OK so far.
But then the magic occurs. The DNG converter uses the camera profiles. It actually accesses that Index.dat file, and if it does not exist, the DNG converter will rebuild it, just like ACR. Why it does that I can't imagine. Seems to me that the DNG converter should be simply converting raw to DNG and passing the EXIF and embedded camera jpeg along as is. What need does it have for camera profiles?
Anyhow, if that 5D2 profile is first in the list due to its alpahbetical name, the resulting DNG file will confuse Bridge. Bridge will display a fuzzy preview and will never update that preview, or the thumbnail, when you make adjustments in ACR.
But if you name the 5D2 custom profile such that it sorts alphabetically after "Adobe Standard", then all is OK. The DNG files can be previewed and thumbed OK by Bridge. So I named my custom profile "My 5D2 Bounce Flash", a simple workaround.
Now I can move on to more important things. Like generating a good custom profile for the 5D2. So far the Adobe Standard profile beats anything I've generated. Especailly if I remove that curious Point Curve which can sometimes muck up the shadows.
And now that Bridge previews are "OK" I can work on the mystery of why Bridge Previews of 5D2 DNG files do not match the previews of their equivalent TIF or PSD files. If you're curious you can see samples and read more about that here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1032&message=30748423

InDesign CS5 Previews in Bridge CS5?

I have upgraded to CS5 and I have to do a "Save As" to get a preview of the document in Bridge. However, when I go back to it and open it again and close out, I get the CS5 icon instead of the preview. Is there a setting so that I don't have to do a "Save As" everytime I open the document? Very annoying!
Lynda

Which version of InDesign did you upgrade from? If you were using CS3-CS5 (maybe CS2 did, but I can't remember) each InDesign file should have been generating a small JPG inside the file which is what Bridge previews for you. If you were using an older version, yes you would have to save it as a new file in order for that JPG to be emdded.
By the way, there is a new feature in CS5 that lets you choose the number of page previews to include with your InDesign. This is really handy for browsing in Bridge, but keep in mind that it can increase the file size.
Yes, you will have to do a "save as" every time you open an older document. But once you have saved it as a CS5 file, you will be able to save over that file again and again.

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