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This is a discussion on Auto Exposure in Adobe Bridge within the Post Processing Central forums, part of the Photography Information category; It's driving me crazy. Adobe Bridge will always automatically adjust exposure/brightness of my images. When I open open them in ...

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Auto Exposure in Adobe Bridge - 09-13-2011, 09:53 AM


It's driving me crazy.
Adobe Bridge will always automatically adjust exposure/brightness of my images. When I open open them in Photoshop they look just fine (the way I wanted it).
I've read that I have to set defaults in Camera Raw but it didn't work.

How can I force Bridge to show the images the way they really are and not the way how Bridge wants them?
If anybody can give step by step instructions, Id' really appreciate it.


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09-13-2011, 02:10 PM


interesting... I've never had that problem. I always see them in bridge just as they are SOOC. I am checking my settings now to see if anything sticks out.


edit: I checked my settings and I didn't see anything that may offer an explanation or a resolution, sorry.

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Thanks for looking into it.

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09-13-2011, 02:43 PM


bridge is only an image file previewing/browsing software, not really meant to be for proofing.

I've run into this before, but after I adjust my NEF files in Camera Raw, they display properly.

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09-13-2011, 03:46 PM


That doesn't really help. I only want Bridge to show raws and jpgs the way they are exposed without automatically making any adjustments.
I've found several threads about he very same problem on the web, even here on Pixtus (Turn off Auto Exposure in Adobe Bridge/ACR) but the solution doesn't work because there are no "Auto Boxes" to uncheck in version 5.1 anymore.

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09-13-2011, 08:40 PM


I don't know anything about Nikon image files, but Bridge has settings for the Thumbnail that is displayed. That setting is selected in a drop down menu in the upper right corner just under the METADATA item. I believe the default for this is Prefer Embedded (Faster) which uses the JPEG embedded in the image file from the camera. Try selecting Always High Quality which will render its own Thumbnail from the image file, including your edits. I'm not sure that will fix your problem but it is worth a try.

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09-13-2011, 09:31 PM


Thanks Dick, it was already set to Always High Quality.

Somehow the problem has been solved, at least it seems that way. I changed settings so many times that I'm not sure what did the trick. Maybe the Camera Raw Preferences -> Default Image Settings -> everything unchecked...

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09-17-2011, 03:50 PM


above the exposure slider, there is a "auto" "default" choice, that is clickable... that is in CR 6.4.1... it adjusts all the sliders, below it... hope that helps...
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