7 Replies Latest reply: Nov 11, 2011 10:54 AM by Mobius Strip RSS

    SVG Preview in Bridge CS4

      Just wondering what happened to preview for SVG files in Bridge CS4? I have tried 2 computers now and both of them have Scalable Vector Graphic previews in CS2 & CS3, but not CS4.

      I know Adobe gave up on supporting it in favor of Flash, but does that mean I can't preview the old SVG files I have on my computer. Half the clip art on the web is in SVG format??

      -dal
        • 1. Re: SVG Preview in Bridge CS4
          LD Hills

          I too would like to see Bridge CS4 show previews of SVG files. I download clipart from Wikipedia (flags, emblems, logos...). They are mostly in SVG format.

          • 2. Re: SVG Preview in Bridge CS4
            Davizual Community Member

            I second that!

            Please make the thumbnail viewable.

            • 3. Still broken in CS5
              Mobius Strip Community Member

              Come on, WTF Adobe?

              • 4. Re: SVG Preview in Bridge CS4
                darkhelmet1234 Community Member

                You got to be kidding me? No SVG preview is pure comedy. But if I open Illustrator, or better yet, Internet Explorer, betcha I get an SVG preview!

                 

                I just gotta know - why even use Bridge? It's slower than hand paddling up river in a boat (faster previews in the native app) and it can't preview half the common graphic extensions.

                 

                Flash is dead and buggy crapware and now Bridge proves to be useless bloatware.

                 

                Thanks Adobe engineers.

                • 5. Re: SVG Preview in Bridge CS4
                  glange65

                  Of course it's still broken.  Adobe takes your cash, and produces products with major deficiencies.  How is it possible...Adobe...that you created a suite of products that can open and export in the .svg format, but the Bridge (the one product that you designed to make opening, sorting, and transitioning picture files) can't preview these files?  How stupid do you have to be?

                   

                  And I love how responsive you've been to this...what, only two years and not even a reply?

                   

                  Next software update, I'm going to CorelDraw  (or some other program).  I'm about done with Adobe products.  Bitter?  Absolutely.

                   

                  Sorry to anyone else that got caught in the line of fire.

                  • 6. Re: SVG Preview in Bridge CS4
                    darkhelmet1234 Community Member

                    WOW who knew I posted "Flash is dead..." back in October and just this past Monday Adobe announces Flash is dead!

                     

                    Next...

                    • 7. Re: SVG Preview in Bridge CS4
                      Mobius Strip Community Member

                      Adobe is most likely getting out of the software business... or maybe just admitting that they're out of it.  Look at the disgraceful state of Illustrator, riddled with major design defects and bugs since its inception, and never fixed.  I run Corel Draw in a VM rather than waste one more hour on this POS.  I've given it many chances, and every time I do I discover more craven stupidity in its design and more incompetence in its execution.

                       

                      The sad fact is that there's no money or interest in high-complexity computer applications for the general public anymore.  That's why Adobe has gotten away with peddling the same defective crap year after year.  Writing competing applications for even one platform, let alone two, is a mountainous task that no one is going to take on today.

                       

                      I wish there were a competent vector art program for the Mac, but there isn't.  I've tried every one I can find.  The closest I've found is Inkscape, which runs under X11.  I love to see Freehand open-sourced.