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 flat view, the Sort button contains a By Folder option that lets you sort files by the 
folder where they’re located.
In List view, click any column header to sort by that criteria.
Filter files
Control which files appear in the Content panel by selecting criteria in the Filter panel. The Filter panel displays the 
number of items in the current set that have a specific value, regardless of whether they are visible. For example, by 
glancing at the Filter panel, you can quickly see how many files have a specific rating or keyword.
Criteria that appear in the Filter panel are dynamically generated depending on the files that appear in the Content 
panel and their associated metadata or location. For example, if the Content panel contains audio files, the Filter panel 
contains artist, album, genre, key, tempo, and loop criteria. If the Content panel contains images, the Filter panel 
contains such criteria as dimensions, orientation, and camera data such as exposure time and aperture value. If the 
Content panel displays search results or a collection with files from multiple folders, or if the Content panel displays 
flat view, the Filter panel contains a Parent Folder that lets you filter the files by the folder where they’re located.
Specify that Adobe Bridge show or hide folders, rejected files, and hidden files (such as cache files) in the Content panel 
by choosing options from the View menu. 
To filter files, select one or more criteria in the Filter panel:
Select criteria in the same category (for example, file types) to display files that meet any of the criteria. For example, 
to display both GIF and JPEG files, select GIF Image and JPEG File beneath File Type.
Select criteria across categories (for example, file types and ratings) to display files that meet all of the criteria. For 
example, to display GIF and JPEG files that have two stars, select GIF Image and JPEG File beneath File Type and 
two stars beneath Ratings.
Shift-click rating criteria to select that rating or higher. For example, Shift-click two stars to display all files that have 
two or more stars.
Select categories from the Filter panel menu.
Select Expand All or Collapse All from the Filter panel menu to open or close all filter categories. 
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) to inverse selected criteria. For example, if you’ve selected GIF 
Image beneath File Type, Alt-click GIF Image to deselect it and select all the other file types listed. 
Note: If you filter a closed stack, Adobe Bridge displays the stack only if the top (thumbnail) item meets the filter criteria. 
If you filter an expanded stack, Adobe Bridge displays all files in the stack that meet the filter criteria of the top file.
To clear filters, click the Clear Filter button  at the bottom of the Filter panel.
To prevent filter criteria from clearing when you navigate to another location in Adobe Bridge, click the Keep Filter 
When Browsing button
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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 the following:
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the files, choose Move To, and select a location from the list (to 
specify a different location, select Choose Folder).
Drag the files to a different folder in the Adobe Bridge window or in Windows Explorer (Windows) or the Finder 
(Mac
 OS).
Note: If the file you’re dragging is in a different mounted volume than Adobe Bridge, the file is copied, not moved. To 
move a file to a different mounted volume, Shift-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac
 OS) the file.
To delete files or folders, do any of the following:
Select the files or folders and click the Delete Item button .
Select the files or folders and press Ctrl+Delete (Windows) or Command+Delete (Mac OS).
Select the files or folders and press Delete, and then click Delete in the dialog box.
Rotate images
You can rotate the view of JPEG, PSD, TIFF, and camera raw images in Adobe Bridge. Rotating does not affect the 
image data; however, rotating an image in Adobe
 Bridge may rotate the image view in the native application as well.
1Select one or more images in the content area.
2Do one of the following:
Choose Edit > Rotate 90° Clockwise, Rotate 90° Counterclockwise, or Rotate 180°.
Click the Rotate 90° Clockwise or Rotate 90° Counterclockwise button in the application bar.
Work with Camera Raw
Camera raw files contain unprocessed picture data from a camera’s image sensor. Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 
software, available in Adobe Bridge if you have Adobe Photoshop or Adobe After Effects installed, processes camera 
raw files. You can also process JPEG (.JPG) or TIFF files by opening them in Camera Raw from Adobe
 Bridge.
Use Adobe Bridge to copy and paste settings from one file to another, to batch process files, or to apply settings to files 
without opening the Camera Raw dialog box. 
To open JPEG or TIFF files in Camera Raw from Adobe Bridge, specify those options in Camera Raw preferences. 
Choose Edit
 > Camera Raw Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Bridge CS5.1 > Camera Raw Preferences (Mac OS). 
Under JPEG And TIFF Handling, choose JPEG
 > Automatically Open All Supported JPEGs and/or choose TIFF > 
Automatically Open All Supported TIFFs. Then, double-click a JPEG or TIFF file to open it in Camera Raw. To 
open JPEG and TIFF files in Photoshop, choose Automatically Open [JPEGs or TIFFs] With Settings.
To open raw files in Camera Raw from Adobe Bridge, specify that option in Adobe Bridge preferences. Choose 
Edit
 > Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Bridge CS5.1 > Preferences (Mac OS). In the Behavior area of the General 
tab, select Double-Click Edits Camera Raw Settings In Bridge. If this preference is not selected, double-clicking raw 
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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 without having to open a Creative Suite component such as Photoshop or Flash Professional 
first. 
For example, a designer who uses several Creative Suite components may use a folder in Adobe Bridge to organize a 
variety of files used in the same project. The designer can navigate to that folder in Adobe Bridge and, in turn, view 
how a Photoshop image, a Flash file, and an Illustrator file will look on a mobile device.
Previewing content from Adobe Bridge is also useful if you are reusing existing content. For example, you may have 
some wallpaper files you created some time ago for a certain group of devices. Now, you may want to test the wallpaper 
files on the newest mobile devices. Simply update the profile list in Adobe
 Device Central and test the old wallpaper 
files on the new devices directly from Adobe
 Bridge.
Note: Using Adobe Device Central with Adobe Bridge is not supported in Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac®.
1To access Adobe Device Central from Adobe Bridge, select an individual file. The supported formats are: SWF, JPG, 
JPEG, PNG, GIF, WBM, MOV, 3GP, M4V, MP4, MPG, MPEG, AVI, HTM, HTML, XHTML, CHTML, URL, and 
WEBLOC.
2Do one of the following:
Choose File > Test In Device Central.
Right-click and choose Test In Device Central.
The file is displayed in the Adobe Device Central Emulator tab. To continue testing, double-click the name of a 
different device in the Device Sets or Available Devices lists.
Note: To browse device profiles or to create mobile documents, select Tools > Device Central. Adobe Device Central opens 
with the Device Library tab shown. For more help with Adobe
 Device Central, see Create and preview mobile content 
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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 Autoplay window, or choose File > Get Photos 
From Camera.
(Mac OS) In Adobe Bridge, choose File > Get Photos From Camera.
(Mac OS) You can configure Adobe Bridge to automatically open Photo Downloader when a camera is connected to 
the computer. Choose Adobe Bridge CS5.1 > Preferences. In the Behavior area of the General panel, select When A 
Camera Is Connected, Launch Adobe Photo Downloader. Then, click OK.
3In the Adobe Bridge CS5.1 Photo Downloader window, choose the name of the camera or card reader from the Get 
Photos From menu.
If you click Advanced Dialog, thumbnail images of every photo on your camera’s memory card appear.
4To remove a photo from the import batch, click Advanced Dialog, and click the box below the photo thumbnail to 
deselect it.
5To change the default folder location, click the Browse button (Windows) or the Choose button (Mac OS) next to 
Location, and specify a new location.
6To store the photos in their own folder, select Create Subfolder(s), and then select one of the following:
Today’s Date creates a subfolder named with the current date.
Shot Date creates a subfolder named with the date and time you shot the photo.
Custom Name creates a subfolder using the name you type.
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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, select Convert To DNG.
10To delete the original photos from your camera or card reader after they’re downloaded, select Delete Original Files.
11To save copies of photos as you import them, select Save Copies To and specify a location.
12(Optional) To apply metadata, click the Advanced Dialog button. Then, type information in the Creator and 
Copyright text boxes, or choose a metadata template from the Template To Use menu.
13Click Get Photos. The photos appear in Adobe Bridge.
Use collections in Adobe Bridge
Collections are a way to group photos in one place for easy viewing, even if they’re located in different folders or on 
different hard drives. Smart collections are a type of collection generated from a saved search. The Collections panel 
allows you to create, locate, and open collections, as well as create and edit smart collections. 
Create a collection
❖Do any of the following:
Click the New Collection button  at the bottom of the Collections panel to create a new, empty collection.
Select one or more files in the Content panel and then click the New Collection button in the Collections panel. 
Click Yes when asked if you want to include the selected files in the new collection.
By default, if you select a file in a collection, the file is listed as being located in the collection folder. To navigate to the 
folder in which the file is physically located, select the file and then choose File > Reveal In Bridge.
Create a smart collection
❖Click the New Smart Collection button  at the bottom of the Collections panel.
To add or remove a smart collection from the Favorites panel, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the 
smart collection in the Collections panel and choose Add To Favorites or Remove From Favorites.
Edit a smart collection
1Select a smart collection in the Collections panel.
2Click the Edit Smart Collection button .
3Specify new criteria for the smart collection, and then click Save.
Important: Remove photos from a smart collection by editing the criteria. Deleting a photo while viewing a smart 
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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 the Collections panel, select a collection name, and then click the trash icon.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a collection name, and then choose Delete from the menu.
Add files to a collection
❖To add files to a collection, do any of the following:
Drag the files from the Content panel, the Explorer (Windows), or the Finder (Mac OS) to the collection name in 
the Collections panel. 
Copy and paste files from the Content panel onto a collection name in the Collections panel.
Remove files from a collection
❖To remove files from a collection, select the collection in the Collections panel and do any of the following:
Select a file in the Content panel and click Remove From Collection, or right-click (Windows) or Control-click 
(Mac
 OS) and choose Remove From Collection.
Select a file in the Content panel and press Delete. Click Reject to mark the file as rejected, Delete to move it to the 
Recycle Bin (Windows) or the Trash (Mac
 OS), or Cancel to keep the file.
Copy files between collections
1Select a collection in the Collections panel.
2Drag a file from the Content panel to the collection in the Collections panel that you want to copy it to.
Locate missing files
Adobe Bridge tracks the locations of the files in collections. If a file is moved in Adobe Bridge, the file remains in the 
collection. If a collection includes files that have been moved or renamed in the Explorer (Windows) or the Finder 
(Mac
 OS), or if the files are on a removable hard drive that is not connected when you view the collection, 
Adobe
 Bridge displays an alert at the top of the Content panel indicating that the files are missing.
1Click Fix to locate the missing files.
2In the Find Missing Files dialog box, select the missing files and do any of the following:
Click Browse to navigate to the new location of the files.
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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 single file also apply to stacks. For example, you can label a stack just as you would a single 
file. Commands you apply to expanded stacks apply to all files in the stack. Commands you apply to collapsed stacks 
apply only to the top file in the stack (if you’ve selected only the top file in the stack) or to all files in the stack (if you’ve 
selected all files in the stack by clicking the stack border). 
The default sort order in a stack is based on the sort order for the folder that contains the stack.
An Adobe Bridge stack in the Content panel (collapsed)
An expanded stack
For a tutorial on stacking files, see Stacking and renaming files by Conrad Chavez.
Create a file stack 
❖Select the files you want to include in the stack, and choose Stacks > Group As Stack. The first file you select 
becomes the stack thumbnail. The number on the stack indicates how many files are in the stack. 
Manage stacks
To change the stack thumbnail, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the file you want to be the new 
thumbnail and choose Stacks
 > Promote To Top Of Stack.
To expand a collapsed stack, click the stack number or choose Stacks > Open Stack. To expand all stacks, choose 
Stacks
 > Expand All Stacks.
To collapse an expanded stack, click the stack number or choose Stacks > Close Stack. To collapse all stacks, choose 
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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 the border of the stack. Alternatively, Alt-click (Windows) or Control-
click (Mac
 OS) the stack thumbnail.
Preview images in stacks
In stacks that contain 10 or more images, you can preview (scrub) the images at a specified frame rate and enable onion 
skinning, which allows you to see preceding and succeeding frames as semitransparent overlays on the current frame.
To preview a stack, hold the mouse over the stack in the Content panel until the slider appears, and then click Play, 
or drag the slider. If you don’t see the Play button or slider, increase the thumbnail size by dragging the Thumbnail 
slider at the bottom of the Adobe Bridge window.
To set the playback frame rate, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the stack and choose a frame rate 
from the Stacks
 > Frame Rate menu. 
To set the default stack playback frame rate, choose a frame rate from the Stack Playback Frame Rate menu in 
Playback preferences.
To enable onion skinning, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the stack and choose Stack > Enable 
Onion Skin.
Preview and compare images in Adobe Bridge
You can preview images in Adobe Bridge in the Preview panel, in Full Screen Preview, and in Review mode. The 
Preview panel displays up to nine thumbnail images for quick comparisons. Full Screen Preview displays images full 
screen. Review mode displays images in a full-screen view that lets you navigate the images; refine your selection; label, 
rate, and rotate images; and open images in Camera Raw. 
View images as a slide show
The Slideshow command lets you view thumbnails as a slide show that takes over the entire screen. This is an easy way 
to work with large versions of all the graphics files in a folder. You can pan and zoom images during a slide show, and 
set options that control slide show display, including transitions and captions.
To view a slide show, open a folder of images, or select the images you want to view in the slide show, and choose 
View
 > Slideshow.
To display commands for working with slide shows, press H while in Slideshow view.
To specify slide show options, press L while in Slideshow view or choose View > Slideshow Options.
Display options Choose to black out additional monitors, repeat the slide show, or zoom back and forth.
Slide options Specify slide duration, captions, and slide scaling.
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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 magnification.
To pan the image, zoom in and then drag.
Press the Right Arrow and Left Arrow keys to go to the next and previous image in the folder.
Note: If you select multiple images before entering Full Screen Preview, pressing the Right Arrow and Left Arrow keys 
cycles through the selected images.
Press the spacebar or Esc to exit Full Screen Preview.
Evaluate and select images using Review mode
Review mode is a dedicated full-screen view for browsing a selection of photos, refining the selection, and performing 
basic editing. Review mode displays the images in a rotating “carousel” that you can navigate interactively.
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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 bring the previous or next image forward.
Click any image in the background to bring it to the front.
Drag any image off the bottom of the screen to remove it from the selection. Or click the Down Arrow button in 
the lower-left corner of the screen.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) any image to rate it, apply a label, rotate it, or open it.
Press ] to rotate the foreground image 90° clockwise. Press [ to rotate the image 90° counterclockwise.
Press Esc or click the X button in the lower-right corner of the screen to exit Review mode.
Click the New Collection button in the lower-right corner of the screen to create a collection from the selected 
images and exit Review mode.
Press H while in Review mode to display keyboard shortcuts for working in Review mode. 
Use the Loupe tool
The Loupe tool lets you magnify a portion of an image. The Loupe tool is available in the Preview panel and on the 
frontmost or selected image in Review mode. By default, if the image is displayed at less than 100%, the Loupe tool 
magnifies to 100%. You can display one Loupe tool per image. 
To magnify an image with the Loupe tool, click it in the Preview panel or in Review mode. In Review mode, you 
can also click the Loupe tool button in the lower-right corner of the screen.
To hide the Loupe tool, click the X in the lower-right corner of the tool, or click inside the magnified area of the 
tool. In Review mode, you can also click the Loupe tool button in the lower-right corner of the screen.
Drag the Loupe tool in the image, or click a different area of the image, to change the magnified area.
To zoom in and out with the Loupe tool, use the mouse scroll wheel, or press the plus sign (+) or minus sign (-) key.
To display multiple Loupe tools in multiple images in the Preview panel, click the individual images.
To synchronize multiple Loupe tools in the Preview panel, Ctrl-click or Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Command-click 
or Command-drag (Mac
 OS) one of the images.
Use software rendering for previews
Select this option if slide shows or images in the Preview panel, Full Screen Preview, or Review mode don’t display 
correctly. Using software rendering for previews displays previews correctly, but the display speed may become slow 
and there may be other limitations.
1In Advanced preferences, select Use Software Rendering.
2Restart Adobe Bridge.
Note: Software rendering is automatically enabled on computers with less than 64 MB of VRAM and on dual-monitor 
systems with less than 128
 MB of VRAM.