10 (or so... maybe 20) Top Features of Adobe Bridge

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1 10 (or so... maybe 20) Top Features of Adobe Bridge with Kevin Slimp 1. Renaming Files a. Double Click gently on a file name to change it in Bridge b. Click your Tab key to move on to other files to quickly change their names. 3. Batch Rename Files a. Select the files (sometimes all the files) you wish to rename. Right Click on one of them and select: Batch Rename b. Select the options from the Batch Rename window. 2. Stacking Pics a. Select all the pics you wish to stack together in one group. b. Right Click on one of the files and select: Stack>Group as Stack c. To expand the stack, click on the little # in the top corner. d. collapse the stack by clicking on that on that # again. 1

2 4. Converting File Formats Quickly Using Image Processor c. Select Web Gallery then choose HTML Gallery as Template. The style will start as Lightroom, but will change as you make adjustments. d. Complete necessary information in the boxes in the window. a. Select the pics you want to convert in Bridge. b. Click on: Tools>Photoshop> Image Processor e. To see what your gallery looks like, click on Preview in Browser at the top of the window. 5. Creating a Web Gallery in Bridge a. Select all the pics you want included in your web gallery in bridge. Be sure they are all highlighted. b. Click on OUTPUT in the top right corner. f. When you re ready to upload the browser to a website, complete the FTP information at the bottom of the window, then click the UPLOAD button. This is how my sample web gallery looked in my browser. 2

3 6. Creating PDF Catalogs of Images in Bridge 7. Exporting Images to a Social Media Site a. Select all the images you want included in your contact sheet or PDF pages. b. Click on OUTPUT on the top right corner of the screen. c. Click on PDF and select a Template from the list below. d. Select a paper size and quality. e. Click on the Refresh Preview button to see your PDF in the preview area. a. Make sure that you are in Essentials mode, by clicking on the triangle at the top right of the desktop. b. Click on the EXPORT tab at the bottom left of your desktop. c. Click on Facebook, Flicker or another option in that tab area. f. Go further down the window and set margins, etc. g. Finally, click on the SAVE button at the very bottom of the window. 3

4 8. Using Bridge to Enter Keywords & Metadata a. Right Click on an image and select File>Info The IPTC area allows you to enter contact information to go with the image. b. Enter information, especially keywords, that should be included as part of the metadata in the file. Camera data is just that: Information about the camera and flash that recorded the image. To search for star ratings, keywords and other metadata, one place you can go is the Filter tab on the bottom left of your Bridge desktop. c. Keywords are most important metadata. With these, you can search for images years from now and find them easily. 4

5 9. More About the Filter Tab in the Bottom-Left Corner in Bridge 10. Compare Images By Creating a Slideshow in Bridge a. Click on the FILTER tab in the bottom left corner when you are in Essentials mode b. Click on Keywords to select images with particular keywords c. Click on Date Created to select images created on particular dates. d. Click on Date Modified to select images modified on particular dates e. Orientation lets you see just the landscape or portrait images f. Copyright Notice lists all the copyright notices in the folder. Click on one or more of them to see only the images with a particular copyright. a. Select the images you want to compare. b. Click on View>Slideshow c. If you want to change the settings for the, slideshow, go to View>Slideshow Options 11. Compare Images in Review Mode a. Select the images you want to compare. b. Click on View>Review Mode c. To move between images, use your left/right arrows. d. To select an image, click on it. e. To use the Loop Tool, click on the small loop symbol in the bottom right corner of the desktop. 5

6 12. Create a Collection in Bridge a. Create a collection by clicking on the collection button at the bottom of the Collections tab. b. Go to various folders and drag images into the collection. A smart collection is listed in the Collections tab. 14. How to Make Changes to a Smart Collection a. Click on the Edit Smart Collection button in the bottom left corner of the Collections tab. 13. Create a Smart Collection in Bridge a. Click on the New Smart Collection button in the Collections tab. b. A Smart Collection options window will come up. Complete the info in this window. 6

7 Adobe Bridge keyboard shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts let you quickly select tools and execute commands without using a menu. When available, the keyboard shortcut appears to the right of the command name in the menu. In addition to using keyboard shortcuts, you can access many commands using context-sensitive menus. Contextsensitive menus display commands that are relevant to the active tool, selection, or panel. To display a context-sensitive menu, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac OS) an area. This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts. This table primarily lists only those shortcuts that aren t displayed in menu commands or tool tips. Result Windows Mac OS Go to next view Ctrl+\ Command+\ Go to previous view Ctrl+Shift+\ Command+Shift+\ Show/hide panels Tab Tab Switch between 0- and 1-star rating Ctrl+ Command+ Increase thumbnail size Ctrl+plus sign (+) Command+plus sign (+) Decrease thumbnail size Ctrl+minus sign (-) Command+minus sign (-) Step thumbnail size up Ctrl+Shift+plus sign (+) Command+Shift+plus sign (+) Step thumbnail size down Ctrl+Shift+minus sign (-) Command+Shift+minus sign (-) Move up a folder (in Folders panel or a row) Up Arrow Up Arrow Move down a folder (in Folders panel or a row) Down Arrow Down Arrow Move up a level (in Folders panel) Ctrl+Up Arrow Command+Up Arrow Move left one item Left Arrow Left Arrow Move right one item Right Arrow Right Arrow Move to the first item Home Home Move to the last item End End Add to selection (discontiguous) Ctrl-click Command-click Refresh Contents panels F5 F5 Add an item to the selection Shift + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Shift + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Display Help F1 Command+/ Rename next (with filename selected in Content panel) Rename previous (with filename selected in Content panel) Tab Shift+Tab Tab Shift+Tab Show items with star rating of 1-5 or higher in Filter panel Show items with selected star rating in Filter panel Ctrl+Alt+1 through 5 Command+Option+1 through 5 Ctrl+Alt+Shift+1 through 5 Command+Option+Shift+1 through 5 Show items with labels 1-4 in Filter panel Ctrl+Alt+6 through 9 Command+Option+6 through 9 7

8 Result Windows Mac OS Show all items with selected rating or higher in Filter panel Shift-click Shift-click Clear filters Ctrl+Alt+A Command+Option+A Select inverse in Filter panel Alt-click Option-click Display Loupe tool in Preview panel or Review mode Click Click Move Loupe tool Click or drag Click or drag Display additional Loupes in Preview panel (multiple selection) Click Click Move multiple Loupe tools simultaneously Ctrl-click or Ctrl-drag Command-click or Command-drag Zoom in with Loupe tool + + Zoom out with Loupe tool - - Zoom in with Loupe tool (multiple selection) Ctrl+plus sign (+) Command+plus sign (+) Zoom out with Loupe tool (multiple selection) Ctrl+minus sign (-) Command+minus sign (-) Select all items in a stack Alt-click Option-click Apply or remove current keyword and all parent keywords in Keywords panel Forcibly remove current keyword in Keywords panel Shift-click Alt-click Shift-click Option-click Open disclosure triangle in Keywords panel Ctrl+Right Arrow Command+Right Arrow Close disclosure triangle in Keywords panel Ctrl+Left Arrow Command+Left Arrow Bridge manual (PDF) 8