is an organizational program created and released by
Adobe Systems as a part of the
Adobe Creative Suite . Its primary purpose is to link the parts of the Creative Suite together using a format similar to the file browser found in previous versions of
Adobe Photoshop . It is accessible from all other components of the Creative Suite.
Bridge is also included with the stand-alone
Photoshop application, and can perform certain Photoshop processing functions separately (and simultaneously) with Photoshop itself.
Adobe Bridge allows for access to
Adobe Stock Photos , an online collection of
Stock Photography Images drawn from well-known stock photo houses.
Bridge has many functions such as batch rename and other utilities to help with organization, and supports editing of digital images in
Camera Raw format. Organizational features include assigning colored labels or star ratings to images, the ability to edit the
XMP and
IPTC Metadata embedded within an image file, and the ability to work with different versions and alternates of a file that is part of an
Adobe Version Cue project.
Image files can be shown in different sized thumbnails, slide shows or lists. Each folder, which can be bookmarked, has a cache file for speeding up rendering time of images when viewing a thumbnail. The cache can be in one central location or in individual folders.
Adobe Bridge is extensively customizable using
JavaScript . The Adobe Stock Photos service is implemented as a Bridge Extension. The Bridge scripting guide is available online as well as in paperback.
