Creative Adobe Suite 5 Manual

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Sort files
By default, Adobe Bridge sorts files that appear in the Content panel by filename. You can sort files differently by using 
the Sort command or Sort By application bar button.
Choose an option from the View > Sort menu, or click the Sort button in the application bar to sort files by listed 
criteria. Choose Manually to sort by the last order in which you dragged the files. If the Content panel displays 
search results, a collection, or...

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Copy, move, and delete files and folders
To copy files or folders, do any of the following:
Select the files or folders and choose Edit > Copy.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the files or folders, choose Copy To, and select a location from 
the list (to specify a different location, select Choose Folder).
Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the files or folders to a different folder.
To move files to another folder, do one of...

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See also “Open images” on page 52.
Use Adobe Device Central with Adobe Bridge
Adobe Device Central enables creative professionals and developers that use Adobe Bridge to preview how different 
types of files, such as Photoshop, Flash, and Illustrator files, will look on a variety of mobile devices. This ability can 
streamline the testing workflows for a variety of file types. Adobe
 Bridge also provides direct access to 
Adobe
 Device Central...

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Get photos from a digital camera or card reader into 
Adobe
 Bridge
Adobe Bridge Photo DownloaderA. Name of connected device   B. Options for saving files   C. Options for renaming files   D. Options for converting and copying files   E. Get Photos 
button  
1Connect your camera or card reader to the computer (see the documentation for the device, if necessary).
2Do one of the following:
(Windows) Click Download Images - Use Adobe Bridge CS5 in the...

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7To rename the files as you import them, choose an option from the Rename Files menu. All the photos in the import 
batch share the same name, and each photo has a unique number attached at the end. To preserve the camera’s 
original filename in XMP metadata for later reference, check Preserve Current Filename In XMP.
8To open Adobe Bridge after you import photos, select Open Adobe Bridge.
9To convert Camera Raw files to DNG as you import them,...

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Rename a collection
❖Do any of the following:
Double-click the collection name and type a new name.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the collection name and choose Rename from the menu. Then 
overwrite the name of the collection.
Delete a collection
When you delete a collection, you simply remove it from the collections list in Adobe Bridge. No files are deleted from 
your hard disk.
❖To delete a collection, do any of the following:
In...

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Click Remove to remove the missing files from the collection.
Stack files in Adobe Bridge
Stacks let you group files together under a single thumbnail. You can stack any type of file. For example, use stacks to 
organize image sequences, which often comprise many image files. 
Note: Adobe Bridge stacks are different from Photoshop image stacks, which convert groups of images to layers and store 
them in a Smart Object. 
Commands that apply to a...

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To add files to a stack, drag the files you want to add to the stack.
Note: While you can add a stack to another stack, you cannot nest stacks. Files in the added stack are grouped with the 
existing stack files.
To remove files from a stack, expand the stack and then drag the files out of the stack. To remove all files from a 
stack, select the collapsed stack and choose Stacks
 > Ungroup From Stack.
To select all files in a collapsed stack, click...

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Preview images using the Preview panel
❖Select up to nine images from the Content panel and (if necessary) choose Window > Preview Panel.
Preview images using the Full Screen Preview
Select one or more images and choose View > Full Screen Preview, or press the spacebar.
Press the plus sign (+) or minus sign (-) key to zoom in or out of the image, or click the image to zoom to that point. 
You can also use a mouse scroll wheel to increase and decrease...

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For a video on using Review mode in Adobe Bridge CS4 and Adobe Bridge CS5, see 
www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4012_bri.
1Open a folder of images or select the images you want to review and choose View > Review Mode.
2Do any of the following:
Click the Left or Right Arrow buttons in the lower-left corner of the screen, or press the Left Arrow or Right Arrow 
key on your keyboard, to go to the previous or next image.
Drag the foreground image right or left to...