Learn what's new in the 2018 releases of Bridge CC.
The July 2018 and October 2017 releases of Adobe Bridge CC roll out exciting new features for designers, digital photographers, and creative professionals. Read on for a quick introduction to these features and links to resources offering more information.
For a summary of features introduced in earlier releases of Adobe Bridge, see Feature summary | Adobe Bridge CC| earlier releases.
New in the July 2018 release of Adobe Bridge CC
Bridge CC now comes integrated with Creative Cloud Libraries. Creative Cloud Libraries help you organize, browse, and access creative assets. For example, you may want to create a Creative Cloud Library that contains all the components most frequently used in a specific project.
To access Creative Cloud Libraries from Bridge, do one of the following:
For more information, see Creative Cloud Libraries in Bridge.
New in the July 2018 release of Adobe Bridge CC
Bridge CC now supports PNG and SVG files with transparency. It displays a checkered background to identify transparent areas of these files in the Content panel and the Preview panel. To view the checkered grid, do one of the following:
) on the upper-right corner and select Show Transparency Grid from the drop-down menu.
A. Preview an image without transparency grid B. Preview an image with transparency grid
You can also preserve the transparency of PNG and SVG images in the Output workspace. Do one of the following:
New in the October 2017 release of Adobe Bridge CC
Using the Publish panel, you can now create an Adobe Portfolio project from within Adobe Bridge and show your creative work to the world. You can upload RAW and JPEG images, audio, and video files as Portfolio project.
For more information, see Publish assets to Adobe Portfolio.
New in the October 2017 release of Adobe Bridge CC
A new workspace named Output has been introduced in Adobe Bridge. You can now use Output workspace to create PDF contact sheet of your assets using predefined and custom templates.
A. Output Preview panel B. Output Settings panel C. Output workspace D. Export to PDF button E. Content panel F. Filter and Collection panels G. Favorites and Folders panels
To know more about the feature, see Create PDF contact sheet in the Output workspace.
Enhanced in the October 2017 release of Adobe Bridge CC
Publishing to Adobe Stock Contributor is an existing feature in Bridge. The user interface for uploading your images to Adobe Stock Contributor has been improved in this release.
To know more, see Publish images to Adobe Stock.
Enhanced in the October 2017 release of Adobe Bridge CC
In this release of Bridge CC, the following new filter criteria have been introduced in the Filter panel:
To know more, see Filter Files.
Enhanced in the October 2017 release of Adobe Bridge CC
The improved File Info dialog (File > File Info) is now similar to the one available in Photoshop. When you edit metadata in the Metadata panel or assign keywords to a file, the same information is displayed in the File Info dialog, and vice-versa.
New in the October 2017 release of Adobe Bridge CC
Bridge CC now supports Common Extensibility Platform (CEP). You can create and run HTML5\CSS based Extensions in Bridge CC 2018 version 8.0 and later. To access the Extensions in Bridge, from the menu bar choose Window > Extensions.
Developer who want to create their own CEP Extensions for Bridge can refer to the document CEP Extensions Cookbook for Bridge for detailed instructions. Visit https://github.com/Adobe-CEP to find Bridge CEP related resources.
Enhanced in the October 2017 release of Adobe Bridge CC
In this release of Bridge CC, major improvements have been made in the scrolling performance when you browse through assets in the Content panel.
Adobe MAX
The Creativity Conference
Oct 14–16 Miami Beach and online
Adobe MAX
The Creativity Conference
Oct 14–16 Miami Beach and online
