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USING ADOBE BRIDGE AND ADOBE VERSION CUE CS4
Adobe Bridge
Organize files into collections
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
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Do any of the following:
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Click the New Collection button
at the bottom of the Collections panel to create a new, empty collection.
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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
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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
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Select a smart collection in the Collections panel.
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Click the Edit Smart Collection button
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Specify new criteria for the smart collection, and then click Save.
Rename a collection
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Do any of the following:
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Double-click the collection name and type a new name.
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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.
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To delete a collection, do any of the following:
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In the Collections panel, select a collection name, and then click the trash icon.
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac
OS) a collection name, and then choose Delete from the menu.
Add files to a collection
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To add files to a collection, do any of the following:
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Drag the files from the Content panel, the Explorer (Windows), or the Finder (Mac
OS) to the collection name in
the Collections panel.
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Copy and paste files from the Content panel onto a collection name in the Collections panel.
Updated 15 July 2009