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Adobe Bridge CS4: View Modes for Evaluating and Comparing Your Images
by Steven Seiller - 30-Sep-09
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Today we are talking about Adobe Bridge CS4 and how to evaluate your images using the various review modes. These options display your images full-screen or in side-by-side comparison. Together with other Bridge tools such as labels, ratings and the loop, you can better evaluate your images to decide which ones are best for keeping.
Digital Imaging Tools Quick Tips - Part 1
by Scott Valentine - 24-Aug-09
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Let's kick off a set of articles covering some hidden gems in Adobe's digital photography tools: Photoshop, Lightroom, Bridge, Camera Raw. Not all of these will be exclusively for photographers... just mostly. These tasty little tidbits will be coming to you at random, so keep an eye out! After all, a good photographer is always prepared :)
The first of these little morsels looks at workflow tricks, so get your pictures in line and start working these into your routine. You'll be amazed at how much time little bits like this can save!
The Digital Imaging Tools Quick Tips Series:
Digital Imaging Tools Quick Tips - Part 1
Digital Imaging Tools Quick Tips - Part 2
Work Flow Tips: Ratings and Labels in Adobe Bridge
by Scott Valentine - 15-Jul-09
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Ever had trouble keeping track of image editing projects? Perhaps you've just shot 4G of pictures, and you need to wade through them to pick the top 10. Then you start editing, and you lose track of what you've finished.
I hate that!
Well, listen up. Using the Star Rating and Labels feature in Adobe Bridge, I'll show you how you can keep track and possibly speed up your work flow! That will give you more time and confidence for editing those masterpieces :)
Bridge and Non-Adobe Applications
by Jim Babbage - 18-Apr-08
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I've written many articles and recorded many videos on the benefits of using Bridge in your Adobe design work flow, but now I'm here to tell you that you're not limited to using Bridge with Adobe products.
That's right. Find out more and learn a few more Bridge tips and tricks by reading this article.
Drag and Drop from Bridge to Dreamweaver
by Jim Babbage - 31-Jan-08
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In the past we've looked at both Fireworks' and Photoshop's improved integration with Dreamweaver. Well, Adobe Bridge has the same functionality!
You can easily move image files from Bridge right into a web page in Dreamweaver. This short tutorial shows you how.
Fireworks Automation Features in Bridge CS3
by Jim Babbage - 13-Sep-07
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As you are learning in my Bridge CS3 video series, this application does many things and is a great jumping off point for pretty much any users of Adobe products. In this video, we will take a look at the Fireworks Automation features which are available from within Bridge, how to use them and the benefits of accessing those tools via Bridge.
Approximate download size: 12.5MB
Processing JPEG Files Using Adobe Camera Raw
by Jim Babbage - 05-Sep-07
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Wouldn't it be great if you could non-destructively edit JPEG files and not even worry about the additional data loss that normally comes with resaving a JPEG file?
Well, by using Bridge in conjunction with Adobe Camera Raw, you can! The latest version of Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) now lets you import and process both JPEG and TIFF files in a non-destructive manner. You can adjust white balance, exposure, shadows, highlights, contrast, sharpness and color saturation quickly, easily and with no permanent impact on the quality of the JPEG file.
In this video, we'll look at how to use the Basic panel in ACR to improve overall photo quality and learn how we can apply those changes effortlessly to multiple files.
Approximate download size: 23MB
Using the Image Processor in Photoshop or Bridge CS3
by Jim Babbage - 31-Jul-07
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Automating repetitive tasks is something that any good production software should do - or allow for. Fireworks and Photoshop are no slouches in this area; they both offer ways to batch process images in a variety of different ways right out of the box, and give you tools to easily create your own custom automation commands (Custom Commands in FW, Actions in PS).
If you've been watching my Bridge videos, you see that Bridge gives us access to many of the common batch commands available in Fireworks and Photoshop, so long as those applications are installed on your system.
One of the Photoshop tools I use quite often is a command called "Image Processor." This Photoshop script command allows me to select any recognizable graphic file format and batch process it into three other common digital formats; TIF, JPEG and PSD. Follow along in this video tutorial to learn more about how the Image Processor script works.
Bridge CS3 Overview - Part 3 - Tools Menu
by Jim Babbage - 11-Jul-07
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With the launch of Adobe CS3, many former Macromedia users are now being exposed to a wider range of software applications. One of these applications is Adobe Bridge.
To better demonstrate the usefulness of Bridge, I thought a series of videos was in order. This video, the third in the series, gives an overview of the Bridge tools menu. The tools menu is a hub of automation and productivity and I go into each menu item in detail.
If you're new to Bridge - or even if you'd just like a refresher, check out this article series.
If you haven't had the chance, make sure to watch Adobe Bridge Overview, Part 1 and Bridge Overview, Part 2.
Approximate download size: 20MB
The Adobe Bridge CS3 Series:
Bridge CS3 Overview - Part 1: The Bridge Interface
Bridge CS3 Overview - Part 2: Bridge Functionality
Bridge CS3 Overview - Part 3: Tools Menu
Bridge CS3 Overview - Part 2: Bridge Functionality
by Jim Babbage - 06-Jun-07
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With the launch of Adobe CS3, many former Macromedia users are now being exposed to a wider range of software applications. One of these applications is Adobe Bridge. I have written about Bridge in its CS2 incarnation and also recently put together an article that looked at the integration between Bridge CS3 and Fireworks CS3.
To better demonstrate the usefulness of Bridge, I thought a a series of videos was in order. This video, the second in the series, gives an overview of the Bridge functionality, talking specifically about launching Bridge from other applications, setting Bridge preferences, and working with folders and favorites tabs.
Approximate download size: 15.4MB
The Adobe Bridge CS3 Series:
Bridge CS3 Overview - Part 1: The Bridge Interface
Bridge CS3 Overview - Part 2: Bridge Functionality
Bridge CS3 Overview - Part 3: Tools Menu
Bridge CS3 Overview - Part 1: The Bridge Interface
by Jim Babbage - 23-May-07
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With the launch of Adobe CS3, many former Macromedia users are now being exposed to a wider range of software applications. One of these applications is Adobe Bridge. I have written about Bridge in its CS2 incarnation and also recently put together an article that looked at the integration between Bridge CS3 and Fireworks CS3.
To better demonstrate the usefulness of Bridge, I thought a video (or a series of videos) was in order. This video, the first in the series, gives an overview of the Bridge interface and talks specifically about customizing the workspace, and how to work with ratings, labels, keywords and filters.
Approximate download size: 17MB
The Adobe Bridge CS3 Series:
Bridge CS3 Overview - Part 1: The Bridge Interface
Bridge CS3 Overview - Part 2: Bridge Functionality
Bridge CS3 Overview - Part 3: Tools Menu
Getting Productive with Adobe Bridge: Fireworks CS3 Integration
by Jim Babbage - 18-Apr-07
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For years, Fireworks users have been clamouring for some method of browsing and previewing files without having to go into Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder. Something seamless, that actually worked with Fireworks. Heck, it got to the point where many of us would have been happy with the equivalent of the Files tab from Dreamweaver. But now, the wait is over.
Now that Fireworks has become part of the Adobe fold, this wish has come true! Adobe Fireworks CS3 is now integrated with Adobe Bridge CS3. I have written several articles on Community MX with respect to Bridge CS2, but at that time, Fireworks and Bridge were not communicating to each other. With the launch of the CS3 Suite, not only is there far more communication between former Macromedia and Adobe apps, Bridge CS3 has gotten a massive cosmetic and functional overhaul. From a visual perspective alone, Bridge CS2 and CS3 look completely different.
Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 4: Rating and Labeling
by Jim Babbage - 28-Sep-06
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As a commercial photographer, one of my ongoing challenges is to keep my images organized so that I can sort and find images quickly for myself or a client. This is a concept that is—in my opinion—important for anyone involved in the professional graphics industry: graphic and web designers, retouchers, artists ... we can all benefit from a little more organization and structure.
This is where Adobe's Bridge comes in very handy. This piece of software comes bundled with Adobe Photoshop® CS2, Illustrator® CS2, InDesign® CS2, and GoLive® CS2 or any of Adobe's Creative Suites. In fact it's one of the few—if not the only—Adobe software product which cannot be purchased as a standalone item.
The Bridge is based on the File Browser that was part of Photoshop 7.0, but goes much further than a simple file searching utility. In previous articles of this series, we have looked at Batch Renaming, Working with Metadata and Creating Keywords, Searches and Collections. In this article, we will look at how to sort and "soft-edit" your images using ratings and labels to make them easier to manage, segregate into folders or burn to a CD or other media. We'll also learn how powerful rating and labeling can be when combined with keywords.
The Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge Series:
Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 1: Batch Renaming
Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 2: Working with Metadata
Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 3: Keywords and Searches and Collections - Oh My!
Gettting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 4: Rating and Labeling
Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 3: Keywords and Searches and Collections - Oh My!
by Jim Babbage - 19-Sep-06
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In the last two instalments of this series, we looked at Batch Renaming and Working with Metadata within Bridge. In this third part, we're going to explore the Keywords panel. We'll also learn how to create searches for specific files and how to create and save collections based on a search.
From an organizational perspective, assigning keywords to images can greatly speed up your workflow when you are searching for a specific file or type of file. The tough part is making sure you add all that information on a consistent basis. Spend a little time now, save a lot in the future. Keywords can be generic, such as "photograph" or "vector," to more specific, such as "steamships" or "sunset".
This aricle explains how to add keywords, keyword sets, create keyword templates to speed up your workflow, and also how to serach for files and save those searches as collections.
The Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge Series:
Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 1: Batch Renaming
Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 2: Working with Metadata
Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 3: Keywords and Searches and Collections - Oh My!
Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 2: Working with Metadata
by Jim Babbage - 08-Sep-06
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As a commercial photographer, one of my on-going challenges is to keep my images organized so that I can sort and find images quickly for myself or a clinet. This is a concept that is—in my opinion—important for anyone involved in the professional graphics industry: graphic and web designers, retouchers, artists ... we can all benefit from a little more organization and structure.
This is where Adobe's Bridge comes in very handy. This piece of software comes bundled with Adobe Photoshop® CS2, Illustrator® CS2, InDesign® CS2, and GoLive® CS2 or any of Adobe's Creative Suites. In fact it's one of the few—if not the only—Adobe software product which cannot be purchased as a standalone item.
The Bridge is based on the File Browser that was part of Photoshop 7.0, but goes much further than a simple file searching utility. In this article, we will look at how to work with Metadata to help you sort, organize and, to a degree, protect your imaging work.
The Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge Series:
Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 1: Batch Renaming
Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 2: Working with Metadata
Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 3: Keywords and Searches and Collections - Oh My! Coming Soon
Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 1: Batch Renaming
by Jim Babbage - 07-Sep-06
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As a commercial photographer, one of my ongoing challenges is to keep my images organized so that I can sort and find images quickly for myself or a client. This is a concept that is—in my opinion—important for anyone involved in the professional graphics industry: graphic and web designers, retouchers, artists . . we can all benefit from a little more organization and structure.
This is where Adobe's Bridge comes in very handy. This piece of software comes bundled with Photoshop® CS2, Adobe Photoshop® CS2, Illustrator® CS2, InDesign® CS2, and GoLive® CS2 or any of Adobe's Creative Suites. In fact it's one of the few—if not the only—Adobe software product which cannot be purchased as a standalone item.
The Bridge is based on the File Browser that was part of Photoshop 7.0, but goes much further than a simple file searching utility. In this short article, we will look at how to work with work with the Batch rename function to help you organize your imaging work.
One of the strengths of Bridge is easy Batch Renaming. This is often one of the first steps I take when tying in a series of images for a specific project or client. Even for my personal work, I find it helpful to batch rename files based on the event or subject matter.
This article will detail the process of Batch Renaming and give a few tips on filenaming structure
The Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge Series:
Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 1: Batch Renaming
Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 2: Working with Metadata
Getting Organized with Adobe Bridge - Part 3: Keywords and Searches and Collections - Oh My! Coming Soon
