Adobe Bridge Preview vs Actual Open Raw File

[Geoff79]

Hey all,

I recently got the whole new Adobe system and despite the jabs to my chest each month the monthly fee is deducted, I am really enjoying the program/s. It has certainly added a lot more "joy" to PP, for whatever that's worth. But I've noticed something recently that's starting to bug me a bit and I thought maybe folk here might know. Or maybe I could contact Adobe? Either way, I'll try here first.

For the record, I still don't, never have and never plan to use Lightroom, but I would guess the issue would be the same for Lightroom use? I guess?

My issue is that I am seeing a beautiful looking CR3 file in Adobe Bridge - a completely "unprocessed" RAW file, straight from camera. Then, when I open it up in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) it reverts back to the bland, lifeless dull RAW file, which is cool. To be expected. The problem I am having at the moment is that I'm editing the photo, then saving it back to Bridge and when I look at the files side by side, the version of the photo in Bridge looks 100% better than the photo I just processed. So my long winded question would be this-

Does anyone know if there is any way to open your CR3 file in ACR so that it appears how it appears in Bridge? Or how to get it to look like it looks in preview in Bridge?

Sorry, I know this is probably terrible worded, but anyone have any ideas?