Adobe Bridge CC 2017 rolls 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.

In the previous release of Bridge CC 2015 version 6.3.1, a new feature was introduced that allows you to easily upload your JPEG photos to Adobe Stock using the new Publish panel. In this release of Bridge CC 2017, this feature has been extended to support uploading of raw images to Adobe Stock from within Bridge.

Now when you drag a raw image from the Content panel onto the Publish panel, Bridge displays a dialog to confirm the conversion of raw image to JPEG for upload. Once you confirm, Bridge converts the raw image to JPEG using the Camera Raw plug-in. The uploaded JPEG image (converted from the raw image) appears on the Uploads page in the Adobe Stock Contributor portal.

 

Search Adobe Stock

In addition to searching for assets in Bridge or on your computer, you can also use the Quick Search box (on the right side of the Application bar) to search for high-quality Adobe Stock illustrations, vectors, and photos. When you search, the results appear on the Adobe Stock website in your default web browser.
To switch your search between Adobe Stock search and Windows (Win)/Spotlight (Mac) search options, use the drop-down list in the Quick Search box.

 

The following major customer issues related to device detection have been fixed.

On Mac OS 10.11, Bridge CC 2017 now recognizes the following types of devices:
Devices (such as cameras or Android-based devices) connected in PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) or MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) mode
iDevices such as iPad or iPhone
Bridge CC 2017 now detects data cards larger than 64-GB memory size.
The following bugs have been fixed in this release:

Bridge crashing on Mac OS X 10.11.6 when browsing folders and media on a dual-monitor setup. Bridge CC 2017 does not crash in this setup now.
Missing dimensions for BMP and GIF files in the Metadata panel. Bridge CC 2017 now displays the dimensions for these file types in the Metadata panel.

 

Requires OS X  10.9 or later