40
Chapter 4: Adobe Bridge
The basics of Bridge
About Adobe Bridge
Adobe Bridge is a cross-platform application provided with Adobe Creative Suite and Adobe Production Studio. You
can use Bridge to organize, browse, and locate the assets you need to create content for print, the web, television,
DVD, film, and mobile devices. Bridge keeps native Adobe files (such as PSD and PDF) as well as non-Adobe appli-
cation files available for easy access. You can drag assets into your layouts, projects, and compositions as needed,
preview them, and even add metadata (file information), making the files easier to locate.
File browsing
From Bridge you can view, search, sort, manage, and process image files. You can use Bridge to create
new folders; rename, move, and delete files; edit metadata; rotate images; and run batch commands. You can also
view information about files and data imported from your digital or DV camera.
Version Cue
If you have Adobe Creative Suite 2, you can use Bridge as a central location from which to use Adobe
Version Cue
®
. From Bridge, you can browse all the files in a project in one place without having to start the native
application for each file, including non-Adobe application files. Also, you can create new Version Cue projects, delete
projects, create versions, save alternates, and set access privileges in Bridge.
Note:
Adobe Version Cue is not included with Production Studio.
Bridge Center
If you have Adobe Creative Suite 2, Adobe Bridge includes Bridge Center, where you can view news
readers in your web browser, see your most recent activity, read about tips and tricks for using Adobe products, save
groups of files, and more. Adobe Creative Suite 2 users can also use Bridge to specify color management settings and
access scripts that help automate your workflow.
Note:
Bridge Center is not included with Production Studio.
Camera Raw
If you have Adobe Photoshop
®
or Adobe After Effects installed, you can open or import camera raw
files from Bridge, edit them, and save them in a Photoshop-compatible format. You can edit the image settings
directly in the Camera Raw dialog box without starting Photoshop. If you don’t have Photoshop or After Effects
installed, you can still preview the camera raw files in Bridge.
Stock Photos
Click Adobe Stock Photos from the Favorites pane in Bridge to search leading stock libraries for
royalty-free images. You can download low-resolution, complimentary versions of the images and try them out in
your projects before purchasing them.
Color management
You can use Bridge to synchronize color settings across Adobe Creative Suite 2 applications.
This synchronization ensures that colors look the same no matter which Creative Suite application you view them in.
See also
“About Adobe Stock Photos” on page 56
The Bridge work area
These are the main components of the Adobe Bridge window:
The Look In menu
Lists the folder hierarchy, as well as favorite and recent folders. This menu gives you a quick way
to find folders containing the items you want to display. The menu is at the top of the Bridge window.