Histograms in Adobe Bridge

[pontus_lindqvist2]

Is there any way to show a histogram in Bridge while you are

browsing photos?

 

Consider the following scenario: I have been shooting digital in a

difficult light and have then bracketed +/- 1.0 step. I now want to

select a picture to start working with. As soon as I open up bridge

it starts automatically adjusting all pictures. Yes, I know I can

turn the auto-adjust off, but if I want to use a histogram to

evaluate the exposure instead of my eyes I don't know how to achieve

this without actually opening the pictures in Raw. Any good tips?

 

BTW, I am guessing that both Light Room and Aperture does this but

unfortunately I am sitting on a PC platform (I can't believe I wrote

that).

[godfrey]

I've not found any way to show a histogram in Bridge. Open the files in question with Camera

Raw and set Camera Raw's preferences to turn off the Auto adjustment settings.

 

It's the only way to know what the RAW data looks like anyway ... any histogram generated by

looking at the data based on the JPEG preview files is giving you a histogram of the JPEG

rendering used in the preview.

 

Godfrey

[zjimages]

No, histograms can't be viewed in Bridge (unfortunately) but here's a possible solution for you: In Bridge do a multiple selection of the images you want to compare by holding down the control key and selecting each shot. Then double click any one of your selected images. Camera Raw will open and display the selected shots in light table fashion and the first image will be displayed in the large viewing area. From there you can click on any of the images and view their histograms as well aas make the typical RAW corrections. Have fun! -ZJ