Adobe Bridge Output Workspace – So that’s where my Contact Sheets went!
October 20, 2009 by admin

One of the most frequently asked questions regarding Adobe Bridge CS4 is, “What happened to Contact Sheets?” They are no longer available as a script, although the Contact Sheet II, Picture Package, and other “missing” scripts are still available for download (Mac). In fact, if you ordered Photoshop CS4 in the box, you’ll find this and other scripts in the “Goodies” folder on the Content disk.

However, the reason these scripts aren’t installed by default, is that they’ve largely been replaced by Bridge’s new Output work space. With this work space, the Bridge developers have taken a hint from Lightroom’s Output Module, and have created an experience that, well, heads in that direction. As you’ll see, there is still room for improvement; but give the new work space a chance – it is certainly an improvement over the CS3 scripts, and I’m sure you’ll see many ways that it will help make you more productive.

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Folder Cruising in Adobe Bridge CS4
September 1, 2009 by admin

I’ve mentioned that Bridge is the Swiss Army Knife of the Adobe Creative Suite. Today, we start to delve into some of the inner twists and workings of Bridge, and we’ll start to see how this is oh, so much more than a typical file browser. There are pleasant surprises lurking behind every corner of this amazing program!

This tip comes to us from the Adobe Creative Suite podcast, produced by Terry White (If you haven’t seen this podcast, you should – there are all kinds of episodes featuring all the different applications in the Creative Suite). In the episode I’ve linked, Terry talks about a technique for Adobe Bridge CS4, known as “folder cruising.” Really. It’s actually in the menu! This is such a cool tip I had to post it here. Read on to see what this excellent feature can do for us…

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Protect Your Images with Copyright Metadata (Part 3)
August 24, 2009 by admin

Today we’re going to have a bit of a convergence.

This is the third part of an ongoing series of tutorials about working with metadata to add copyright data to your images. It is also the first in a series of explorations into the inner workings of Adobe Bridge, the “Swiss Army Knife” of the Adobe Creative Suite. In this exercise, we’ll look at various ways of using Bridge as a tool to modify and apply metadata to your images.

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Adobe Bridge – The Swiss Army Knife of the Creative Suite
August 13, 2009 by admin

In my role as moderator on the forums at the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, I read and field many questions on Photoshop, as well as other applications in Adobe’s Creative Suite. One thing I’ve noticed in the discussions and in the frequently asked questions, is that Adobe Bridge is highly underrated and often misunderstood. As one of the best applications money can buy (it’s FREE after all!) the reality is that Bridge has a monstrous set of capabilities, that all to often go untapped by the Photoshop user community at large.

Starting today, and over the next few weeks as a recurring series, I will be bringing you a look under the hood at what I consider the Swiss Army Knife of the Adobe Creative Suite. We’ll look at Bridge’s basic capabilities, as a file browser and launcher, but we’ll dig oh, so much deeper. In fact, if you stick with me, we’ll take the red pill (you do recall Adobe’s code name for CS3?) and we’ll see just how deep this rabbit hole goes!

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