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Mathias, have you created a cache for all of your image directories? Bridge is slower than molasses when it’s trying to cache images, but after completing that process it’s quite fast.
Thanks Michael. You are helpful as always. I shall give that a try.
My problem is that I process a few hundred new photos each week, and I move them around depending on what step I’m on.
Re-caching each time I move them or change them as a different format my be just as much a pain.
Mathias
Any changes (moves, deletions, adds) will be cached automatically and relatively quickly. If you use a distributed cache (i.e., cache files are placed in the directory) you won’t put a huge load on the drive housing your user files (C by default). I suspect (but don’t know for sure) that when you move or copy a file to another directory from within Bridge, the cached image is copied to the cache for the new location automatically, instead of having to create a new cached image.
Damn. Good thing I read this. Thanks for that info Michael. Because of your comments, I read up on it and have changed to a distributed cache. Makes far more sense for my workflow.
Sumpin’ new every day. <grin>
And Tony, if you save the entire directory to a CD or DVD, the cache goes with it!
Yes. I got that from reading up on it. The thing is, 90+ percent of my folders are temporary. I had recently wondered what happened in the centralized cache when I remove folders – do they get deleted along with the folders, or is it an ever-expanding cache? Distributed cache solves that issue straight away.
