of that file browser. Adobe Bridge is designed to be
“the bridge” between all of Adobe’s various multimedia
software tools, so it has to be able to handle all of those
various file types correctly.
Furthermore, it’s well integrated with products such as
Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and so on, which can
facilitate certain tasks with those products; however, it’s
not (necessarily) integrated with LrC, so don’t go looking
for an “Open in Lightroom Classic” menu in Bridge.
File browsers of all types serve two broad purposes.
One purpose is a tool for viewing the contents of folders
on your system. As a file viewer, Bridge supports and
more accurately displays more file types than built-in
file browsers do, so that’s a plus for LrC users. The
second purpose of a file browser is to facilitate the
management of those various files on your system by
giving you the ability to move, rename, and delete files,
as well as move, rename, and delete the folders that
contain those files. This is the danger zone for LrC
users, and the root of why most people advise simply
not using Bridge at all (okay, and some people just hate
Bridge, so there’s that).AVOIDING THE PITFALLS
The key to avoiding the self-
inflicted injuries that can come
from managing your files outside
LrC is understanding that during
the import into LrC, the exact path
to each photo, from the volume
name (PC: drive letter) down
to the individual filename, and
every folder in between, is what’s
stored in the LrC catalog file. If an
imported photo is moved, renamed, UNDER THE LOUPEKELBYONE.COM
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