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Chapter 2: Adobe Bridge
Adobe Bridge CS4 is the control center for Adobe Creative Suite 4. Adobe Bridge enables file organization and sharing,
and provides centralized access to your project files, applications, and settings. Adobe Bridge also supports
Adobe XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform), which lets you store metadata with files and then find assets by searching
on that criteria. You can also use Adobe Bridge to work with assets managed in Adobe Version
Cue® and open images
in Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw. Adobe Bridge helps you simplify creative workflows by serving as a hub for projects
involving both Adobe and non-Adobe files.
Working with Adobe Bridge
About Adobe Bridge
CS4
Adobe Bridge, provided with Adobe Creative Suite 4 components, lets you organize, browse, and locate the assets you
use to create content for print, the web, television, DVD, film, and mobile devices. Adobe Bridge keeps native Adobe
files (such as PSD and PDF) as well as non-Adobe files available for easy access. You can drag assets into your layouts,
projects, and compositions as needed, preview files, and even add metadata (file information), making the files easier
to locate.
For a video overview of Adobe Bridge, see
www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4011_bri
.
File browsing
From Adobe Bridge you can view, search, sort, filter, manage, and process image, page layout, PDF, and
dynamic media files. You can use Adobe Bridge to rename, move, and delete files; edit metadata; rotate images; and
run batch commands. You can also view files and data imported from your digital still or video camera.
Version
Cue
Use Adobe Bridge as a central location from which to work with Adobe Version
Cue. From
Adobe Bridge, you can browse all project files, including non-Adobe files, in one place without having to start the
native application for each file. You can create new Version
Cue projects, delete projects, and create versions in
Adobe Bridge. Use the Inspector in Adobe Bridge to view and act on context-sensitive information about Adobe
Version
Cue Servers, projects, and Version
Cue-managed assets.
Camera raw
If you have Adobe Photoshop®
CS4, Adobe After Effects®
CS4, or an edition of Adobe Creative Suite 4
installed (except Creative Suite 4 Web Standard), you can open or import camera raw files from Adobe Bridge, edit
them, and save them in a Photoshop-compatible format. You can edit the images directly in the Camera Raw dialog
box without starting Photoshop or After Effects, and copy settings from one image to another. If you don’t have
Photoshop or After Effects installed, you can still preview the camera raw files in Adobe Bridge.
Color management
If you have an edition of Adobe Creative Suite 4 (except Creative Suite 4 Web Standard), you can
use Adobe Bridge to synchronize color settings across color-managed Adobe Creative Suite 4 components. This
synchronization ensures that colors look the same in all Adobe Creative Suite 4 components.
See also
“
Viewing and managing files
” on page 16
“
Working with Version
Cue in Adobe Bridge
” on page 42
“
Manage color
” on page 15
Updated 15 July 2009