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I WAS the One · May 16, 2005, 06:02 AM

I just Installed Photoshop CS2 in my Mac, and suddenly I notice something weird... all the features of Bridge (a standalone application for picture viewing and management) are the features that iPhoto always had. I mean, Picture Star Rating, Picture management, preview ,editing and info, and the ability to jump to photoshop with a doble click on the selected picture, well.. I know that Bridge have much to offer, but don't you think that Adobe is delivering the amazing iPhoto application to the PC world, so when they compare they just say, oooh, yeah, iPhoto does the same that Bridge do, and Bridge is a "free" Application from Adobe... I just saying my first impression about Bridge... what do you think?

jfobart · May 16, 2005, 06:44 AM

Maybe.... but then again, they could be culling the "great" features of all of their competitive products and rolling them in to Bridge.

The rating/ranking for instance- it reminds me more of Capture1 by PhaseOne, which until Bridge was announced had the slickest lighttable style editing & sorting. PhotoMechanic does similar things as well.

I don't believe they've just "ripped off iPhoto". iPhoto has made some advancements in recent releases for sure, it's a great little program. But Bridge has it's benefits too... even if I'm still learning them!

Phil Sherry · May 16, 2005, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by I WAS the One

what do you think?

I think Adobe Photoshop Album is their iPhoto copy.

I WAS the One · May 16, 2005, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by Phil Sherry

I think Adobe Photoshop Album is their iPhoto copy.

Photoshop Album? is there a copy of that for Mac? I never heard of that, It is true is almost the same as iPhoto? explain a little bit about the concept, or maybe show me a screenshot about that...

and by the way, I don't like Bridge as another app, it was better when it was include as a PS feature... now we have to use more memory to do the same job... don't you think?

CatOne · May 16, 2005, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by I WAS the One

I just Installed Photoshop CS2 in my Mac, and suddenly I notice something weird... all the features of Bridge (a standalone application for picture viewing and management) are the features that iPhoto always had. I mean, Picture Star Rating, Picture management, preview ,editing and info, and the ability to jump to photoshop with a doble click on the selected picture, well.. I know that Bridge have much to offer, but don't you think that Adobe is delivering the amazing iPhoto application to the PC world, so when they compare they just say, oooh, yeah, iPhoto does the same that Bridge do, and Bridge is a "free" Application from Adobe... I just saying my first impression about Bridge... what do you think?

I'd love to use iPhoto, but it's crap for working with RAW photos. Plus, it moves all my photos around.

I love bridge. It does exactly what I want. The old file browser was dog-awful slow, and Bridge seems to address that and gives a lot more flexibility, and lets you work with multiple photos at once with the same set of Camera RAW settings. Excellent.

The additional ratings, stars, etc., really serve to let pros organize/edit their photos more quickly. I don't think it's really an iPhoto copy.

I WAS the One · May 16, 2005, 12:07 PM

before Bridge, I was using iPhoto for almost the same thing, I was searching my library, briefly edit some pics, and then double clik one to open on Photoshop and do the real thing. As I say, it really has a lot of new stuff and useful ones for pros like us, but seriously iPhoto was the main application to study before and then get Bridge, iPhoto start the question "What if...?" at adobe labs, and that's, ladies and gentlemen, is Bridge.

Apfhex · May 16, 2005, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by I WAS the One

but don't you think that Adobe is delivering the amazing iPhoto application to the PC world, so when they compare they just say, oooh, yeah, iPhoto does the same that Bridge do, and Bridge is a "free" Application from Adobe... I just saying my first impression about Bridge... what do you think?

I think Picasa is the (actually) free application that the Windows world has to compare to iPhoto. Bridge doesn't come for free, and it's more of a glorified Photoshop File Browser (somewhere in-between iPhoto and the Finder). I like Bridge well enough (though I miss not having to open another application like with the Photoshop File Browser), but not as an iPhoto replacement.