Adobe Bridge

Adobe's free creative asset manager for previewing, tagging, organizing and publishing photos and media.

FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOS

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About Adobe Bridge

Adobe Bridge is a file browser and asset manager for creative work. You can preview assets, edit metadata, add keywords, labels and ratings, group files in collections and find them with filters and metadata search.

It supports multiple windows and content panels, customizable keyboard shortcuts and bulk workflows that chain tasks together. It connects to Creative Cloud Libraries, publishes to Adobe Stock and opens files in Substance 3D Stager. It is downloaded through Creative Cloud.

Strengths

  • Free metadata editing, keywords, labels and ratings
  • Filters and advanced metadata search
  • Bulk workflows combining several tasks
  • Works with other Adobe apps and Creative Cloud Libraries

Limitations

  • Installed through Adobe Creative Cloud with an Adobe account
  • Most useful alongside other Adobe products

Details

Pricing
FreeFree to download through Adobe Creative Cloud.
License
Proprietary (Proprietary)
Developer
Adobe
Platforms
Windows, macOS
How it runs
Downloadable app
Account
Required
Best suited for
Creative Cloud users organizing and tagging photos and design files
Categories
Photo tools
Last verified
Added
Provenance
Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.

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  • Eagle

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Adobe Bridge as an alternative

Listings that name Adobe Bridge as an alternative.

  • Lyn

    A lightweight macOS image browser and viewer with non-destructive editing, geotagging and sharing.

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    Adobe Bridge is free and adds metadata editing, keywords, ratings and bulk workflows on Windows and macOS, but it installs through Creative Cloud with an Adobe account.

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