ADOBE BRIDGE CS5 INTRODUCTION & BASIC USES

INTRODUCTION VIDEO Ofo&feature=share&list=FLxl066ZSvT7DS5- xlJh9zxQ TAKE NOTES ON THIS VIDEO WHILE YOU WATCH WE WILL REVIEW MAIN POINTS IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES

WHAT IS IT? A PROGRAM USED IN TANDEM WITH PHOTOSHOP TO ORGANIZE, REVIEW, CULL, MANAGE, & EDIT YOUR IMAGES.

WHAT CAN YOU DO? PROGRAM FOR ORGANIZING IMAGES CREATE FOLDERS SEPARATE IMAGES INTO FOLDERS & LOCATIONS RENAME IMAGES CHANGE THE NAME OF THE IMAGES TO REFLECT THE SHOOT TYPE AND DATE PROGRAM FOR REVIEWING VIEW IMAGES IN THUMBNAILS IN A FILMSTRIP OR LIGHT TABLE VIEW GREAT FOR CULLING CHOOSING WHICH IMAGES TO KEEP & WHICH TO DISCARD VIEW IMAGES ZOOMED IN OR FULL SCREEN TO CHECK FOCUS GREAT FOR CHOOSING YOUR HERO IMAGE(S) CHOOSING WHICH IMAGE(S) WILL BE THE IMAGES YOU EDIT

WHAT CAN YOU DO? PROGRAM FOR REVIEWING (CONT.) RATE IMAGES ON A 5 STAR SYSTEM HELPS TO FURTHER CULL & SELECT YOUR BEST IMAGES EXAMINE & ADD METADATA VIEW THE INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THE CAMERA WHEN, WHERE, HOW, WHAT ETC. ADD THE INFORMATION YOU WANT TO IN METADATA COPYRIGHT INFO, TITLE, AUTHOR, PHOTOGRAPHER, CONTACT INFO DEVELOP WITH CAMERA RAW PROCESS BASIC CORRECTIONS TO IMAGE(S) BEFORE PS BATCH PROCESS BASIC CORRECTIONS TO GROUPS OF IMAGES EXPORT TO PHOTOSHOP/SOCIAL MEDIA

INTERFACE MADE UP OF PANELS ✤ CONTENT ✤ FOLDERS ✤ FAVORITES ✤ FILTER ✤ COLLECTIONS ✤ EXPORT ✤ PREVIEW ✤ METADATA ✤ KEYWORDS CAN CHANGE SIZE & CONFIGURATION OF ALL PANELS CAN RESET WORKSPACE TO DEFAULT CONFIGURATION USE SLIDER AT BOTTOM RIGHT TO CHANGE SIZE OF THUMBNAILS DOUBLE CLICK PANELS TO COLLAPSE/EXPAND PANELS

INTERFACE (CONT.) CONTENT PANEL SHOWS YOUR THUMBNAILS INSIDE A SPECIFIC LOCATION CLICK ON STAR BUTTONS TO CREATE RATING FOR IMAGE FOLDERS NAVIGATE THROUGH LOCATIONS TO FIND SPECIFIC FOLDERS YOUR FOLDER ON THE PHOTO SERVER. FAVORITES CHOOSE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS YOU GO TO OFTEN & ADD TO THIS AREA FOR QUICK NAVIGATION FILTER CAN SELECT SPECIFIC IMAGES BASED ON RATING, FILE TYPE ETC. IMAGES WILL BE SHOWN IN CONTENT PANEL

INTERFACE (CONT.) COLLECTIONS CAN CREATE GROUPINGS OF IMAGES TO FURTHER ORGANIZE EXPORT CHOOSE TO WORK ON IMAGE IN PS CAN EXPORT TO FLICKR, FACEBOOK, OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PREVIEW VIEW A LARGER VERSION OF YOUR IMAGE METADATA VIEW ALL THE INFORMATIONAL DETAILS OF YOUR IMAGE KEYWORDS ADD KEYWORDS TO THE METADATA OF YOUR IMAGE FOR OPTIMIZED SEARCHING CHOOSE WHICH PANELS YOU SEE OR DON’T SEE IN WINDOW MENU DRAG & DROP PANELS TO ARRANGE THE WAY YOU WANT

SECOND VIDEO 8&feature=share&list=FLxl066ZSvT7DS5- xlJh9zxQ TAKE NOTES ON THIS VIDEO WHILE YOU WATCH WE WILL REVIEW MAIN POINTS IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES

WORKING WITH IMAGES OPENING AN IMAGE DOUBLE CLICK IMAGE IN BRIDGE (FOR JPG FILE) DOUBLE CLICK IMAGE IN BRIDGE TO GET TO CAMERA RAW (FOR RAW FILE) THEN CLICK ‘OPEN IMAGE’ TO OPEN IMAGE IN PS FILE => OPEN RIGHT CLICK - OPEN IN PHOTOSHOP/CAMERA RAW SWITCHING BETWEEN BRIDGE & PS IN BRIDGE - OPEN IMAGE IN PS IN PS - CLICK ON THE BRIDGE BUTTON IN THE TOP OPTIONS BAR IN PS - USE THE MINI BRIDGE PALETTE