Comments on: What happened to my Bridge? http://indesignsecrets.com/what-happened-to-my-bridge.php InDesignSecrets Blog and Podcast Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:38:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jason Cutler http://indesignsecrets.com/what-happened-to-my-bridge.php#comment-161813 Jason Cutler Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:32:36 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/what-happened-to-my-bridge.php#comment-161813 It appears that Bridge CS3 can read .ase format. However it's a little patchy- it doesn't know where to break the "lines" when the colors are grouped into sets or 3 or 4. Also, no matter how big you make your Preview Panel, the .ase preview stops at a maximum size. Last complaint: shouldn't .ase files default to opening in InDesign? It ought to launch ID, then ask if you wish to import the Swatches into the current document. It appears that Bridge CS3 can read .ase format. However it’s a little patchy- it doesn’t know where to break the “lines” when the colors are grouped into sets or 3 or 4. Also, no matter how big you make your Preview Panel, the .ase preview stops at a maximum size. Last complaint: shouldn’t .ase files default to opening in InDesign? It ought to launch ID, then ask if you wish to import the Swatches into the current document.

]]> By: Daniel Rodney http://indesignsecrets.com/what-happened-to-my-bridge.php#comment-158707 Daniel Rodney Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:15:38 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/what-happened-to-my-bridge.php#comment-158707 The first purple one is what the Mac Finder shows for InDesign CS3 swatch files. The second CS2 like one is what Illustrator CS3 swatch files look like in the Mac Finder (guess they missed updating that one huh?). In the Bridge I am getting previews like the 3rd one (showing actually swatches) for both the InDesign and Illustrator swatch files. Why the first two showed up like that in the Bridge is a mystery. Maybe their previews hadn't been cached yet? I actually had never looked at swatch files in the Bridge before. I think it's pretty cool that it previews them! The first purple one is what the Mac Finder shows for InDesign CS3 swatch files. The second CS2 like one is what Illustrator CS3 swatch files look like in the Mac Finder (guess they missed updating that one huh?). In the Bridge I am getting previews like the 3rd one (showing actually swatches) for both the InDesign and Illustrator swatch files. Why the first two showed up like that in the Bridge is a mystery. Maybe their previews hadn’t been cached yet? I actually had never looked at swatch files in the Bridge before. I think it’s pretty cool that it previews them!

]]> By: Bob Levine http://indesignsecrets.com/what-happened-to-my-bridge.php#comment-158378 Bob Levine Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:14:11 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/what-happened-to-my-bridge.php#comment-158378 I wonder if that's not part of the mystery. I just doublechecked and I can't find that icon anywhere. It certainly has an InDesign color scheme. I wonder if these files were ever on a Windows system. I wonder if that’s not part of the mystery. I just doublechecked and I can’t find that icon anywhere.

It certainly has an InDesign color scheme. I wonder if these files were ever on a Windows system.

]]> By: Ryan Boone http://indesignsecrets.com/what-happened-to-my-bridge.php#comment-158370 Ryan Boone Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:54:03 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/what-happened-to-my-bridge.php#comment-158370 Have you tried purging the cache to see if the preview icon persists? As for Bob not ever seeing the first icon, it may be different on Windows, but on Mac that is the icon for Swatch Exchange files in CS3. Have you tried purging the cache to see if the preview icon persists?

As for Bob not ever seeing the first icon, it may be different on Windows, but on Mac that is the icon for Swatch Exchange files in CS3.

]]> By: Bob Levine http://indesignsecrets.com/what-happened-to-my-bridge.php#comment-158367 Bob Levine Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:46:58 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/what-happened-to-my-bridge.php#comment-158367 Not that any of this helps any but I just checked the CS2 and CS3 icon choices on Windows and unless I'm missing something I can't even find that first one. The second one is the only ASE icon I can find as a choice from ID, Illy, or PS in CS2 or CS3. The Bridge preview is the actual collection of swatches and is the same behavior I'm seeing. Not that any of this helps any but I just checked the CS2 and CS3 icon choices on Windows and unless I’m missing something I can’t even find that first one.

The second one is the only ASE icon I can find as a choice from ID, Illy, or PS in CS2 or CS3.

The Bridge preview is the actual collection of swatches and is the same behavior I’m seeing.

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