Adobe has released Bridge CC 6.2 update
Change log:
Cache purging
Adobe Bridge now optimizes your cache by automatically purging the stale cache items when your app is idle. By default, the purge duration is set to 30 days. This means that any cache item that is older than 30 days is considered stale and therefore purged by Bridge. You can configure the purge duration and set any value between 1 day and 180 days.
Compact cache on exit
Compact Cache On Exit is a new option in cache preferences, which allows you to set up an automatic clean-up of cache when you exit Bridge, in case the cache database size increases beyond 100 MB.
The central cache of Bridge stores thumbnail, preview, and metadata information in a database to improve the performance when you browse or search for files. However, the larger the cache, the more disk space it uses. This new option helps you manage the cache size for optimal performance.
Import files from devices on Mac
When importing files from a device on Mac OS 10.11.x in the earlier releases of Bridge CC, the app did not recognize the following types of devices:
- iOS mobile devices
- Android mobile devices and digital cameras connected in PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) or MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) mode
In this release of Bridge CC, an alternative to import media from these devices has been provided. Clicking File > Import From Devices launches Apple Image Capture to bring files from these devices into Bridge.
Thumbnail generation
In this release of Bridge CC, the generation/extraction of thumbnails, previews, and metadata has been optimized to improve the responsiveness when you browse through a large set of assets.
Now when you select a folder, the thumbnails, previews, and metadata are extracted on priority for only the onscreen assets. The thumbnails for the remaining files are either generated on demand (when you scroll up or down) or when the application is idle.
This enhancement enables you to:
- Work with bulky folders without any performance issues, such as hangs and not responding states.
- Have a fully updated Filter panel even before all the thumbnails/previews are generated.
- Search for files even before all the thumbnails/previews are generated.