People don’t know it…because Adobe hasn’t told them. Yet. I use Bridge all the time to organize my images, but have recently gone over to Lightroom to do my cataloging because I can do basic adjustments and use presets and then edit further in Photoshop (there are just things Lightroom can’t do) and then take them back into Lightroom to finish, if I need.
“Bridge CC is Adobe’s flagship desktop media browser and powerful digital asset manager that allows you to efficiently locate, organize, browse, preview, and batch process your content files – including most image, vector, audio and video files. You can view (in fullscreen) and manage Photoshop PSD, Camera RAW, Illustrator AI, InDesign INDD, Acrobat PDF, Flash SWF/FLV, and many other types of files and documents, all without paid programs. It won’t edit them (images, etc.), but it will manage and set and allow you to edit the file metadata, as well as create collections, add watermarks, rate and label them and create slideshows. It will also do renaming, browse directories without renaming and is available in 32 as well as 64 bit versions for Windows and Mac OS.” – Prodesigntools
The license is free, and it never expires…as a free trial or Creative Cloud subscription. No purchase, no sign in or log in, no membership or subscription, no activation, and does not even require or need any other Adobe tools on the same system. No joke. Yours forever, free.
Here's a great video from Adobe's best on how to use Bridge: http://www.lynda.com/Bridge-tutorials/Bridge-CC-2015-Essential-Training/415429-2.html
You can get it here: http://www.adobe.com/products/bridge.html?PID=2159997
Source:
http://prodesigntools.com/free-adobe-bridge-cc.html