Found an interesting problem with Adobe Bridge. I've got a bunch of .PICT 
files, that I send out to video producers, as this is the format that they 
prefer. In CS's Browser, thumbnails of these files open fine. In ThumbsPlus, 
they show fine. PS-CS2 will open them with out a problem, just not show them 
in Bridge.

I changed the file association (XP-Media Edition) from Apple QT (latest viewer 
installed), to Photoshop CS2 for both PICT and PIC, but it doesn't make a 
difference. All I get are the QT Logo icons, even though a PS icon should now 
be showing. In Bridge Preferences>File Association, they both show as CS2 just 
fine.

System: 3.2GHz Intel, 2GB RAM, nVidia 128MB video, XP-Media Editon SP-1, CS & 
CS2 with all updates.

Anyone have any ideas?

TIA
Hunt

In article <dc3uu4025n7@news1.newsguy.com>, noone@hunt.com says...
>
>Found an interesting problem with Adobe Bridge. I've got a bunch of .PICT 
>files, that I send out to video producers, as this is the format that they 
>prefer. In CS's Browser, thumbnails of these files open fine. In ThumbsPlus, 
>they show fine. PS-CS2 will open them with out a problem, just not show them 
>in Bridge.
>
>I changed the file association (XP-Media Edition) from Apple QT (latest 
viewer 
>installed), to Photoshop CS2 for both PICT and PIC, but it doesn't make a 
>difference. All I get are the QT Logo icons, even though a PS icon should now 
>be showing. In Bridge Preferences>File Association, they both show as CS2 
just 
>fine.
>
>System: 3.2GHz Intel, 2GB RAM, nVidia 128MB video, XP-Media Editon SP-1, CS & 
>CS2 with all updates.
>
>Anyone have any ideas?
>
>TIA
>Hunt

Well, I found the answer - you cannot get thumbnails for PICT files in Bridge, 
on a PC, only MAC.

Oh well, I'll just use ThumbsPlus, and then go to PS.

Hunt

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> In article <dc3uu4025n7@news1.newsguy.com>, noone@hunt.com says...
>>
>>Found an interesting problem with Adobe Bridge. I've got a bunch of .PICT
>>files, that I send out to video producers, as this is the format that they
>>prefer. In CS's Browser, thumbnails of these files open fine. In 
>>ThumbsPlus,
>>they show fine. PS-CS2 will open them with out a problem, just not show 
>>them
>>in Bridge.
>>
>>I changed the file association (XP-Media Edition) from Apple QT (latest
> viewer
>>installed), to Photoshop CS2 for both PICT and PIC, but it doesn't make a
>>difference. All I get are the QT Logo icons, even though a PS icon should 
>>now
>>be showing. In Bridge Preferences>File Association, they both show as CS2
> just
>>fine.
>>
>>System: 3.2GHz Intel, 2GB RAM, nVidia 128MB video, XP-Media Editon SP-1, 
>>CS &
>>CS2 with all updates.
>>
>>Anyone have any ideas?
>>
>>TIA
>>Hunt
>
> Well, I found the answer - you cannot get thumbnails for PICT files in 
> Bridge,
> on a PC, only MAC.
>
> Oh well, I'll just use ThumbsPlus, and then go to PS.
>
> Hunt

another oversight? snub?  from Adobe who don't seem to care about us PC 
users.

The built in browser in CS sucks compared to Win XP built in Explorer for 
sorting and viewing thumbnails and files. If I open a large folder in Adobe 
browser my comp sucks wind until it reads all the files. It seems to need to 
re-create all the thumbnails no matter how many times I have viewed them 
before .Same folder opens almost instantly in Explorer which caches the 
thumbs after the first read. Add to that you cannot save files directly to 
your drive from the stupid built in browser either and they have removed the 
ability for Windows to make thumbnails in Explorer you really have to wonder 
if this is done for our convenience.
I am using the "not recommended by Adobe"  file to create thumbnails for my 
PSD files in Win XP. With absolutely no issues to my OS.
The more I read about Bridge the less I like the feature.