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USING ADOBE BRIDGE AND ADOBE VERSION CUE CS4
Adobe Bridge
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Do any of the following:
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In the Content panel, click the dot representing the number of stars you want to give the file. (In Thumbnail view,
a thumbnail must be selected for the dots to appear. Also, dots do not appear in very small thumbnail views. If
necessary, scale the thumbnails until the dots appear. In List view, make sure that the Ratings column is visible.)
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Choose a rating from the Label menu.
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To add or remove one star, choose Label > Increase Rating or Label > Decrease Rating.
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To remove all stars, choose Label > No Rating.
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To add a Reject rating, choose Label > Reject.
Note:
To hide rejected files in Adobe Bridge, choose View
> Show Reject Files.
Sort and filter files
By default, Adobe Bridge sorts files that appear in the Content panel by filename. You can sort files differently by using
the Sort command or Sort By application bar button.
You can control which files appear in the Content panel by choosing criteria in the Filter panel. You can filter by rating,
label, file type, keywords, and date created or date modified, among other criteria.
Criteria that appear in the Filter panel are dynamically generated depending on the files that appear in the Content
panel and their associated metadata or location. For example, if the Content panel contains audio files, the Filter panel
contains artist, album, genre, key, tempo, and loop criteria. If the Content panel contains images, the Filter panel
contains such criteria as dimensions, orientation, and camera data such as exposure time and aperture value. If the
Content panel displays search results or a collection with files from multiple folders, or if the Content panel displays
flat view, the Filter panel contains a Parent Folder that lets you filter the files by the folder where they’re located.
Specify that Adobe Bridge show or hide folders, rejected files, and hidden files (such as cache files) in the Content panel
by choosing options from the View menu.
Sort files
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Choose an option from the View
> Sort menu, or click the Sort button in the application bar to sort files by listed
criteria. Choose Manually to sort by the last order in which you dragged the files. If the Content panel displays
search results, a collection, or flat view, the Sort button contains a By Folder option that lets you sort files by the
folder where they’re located.
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In List view, click any column header to sort by that criteria.
Filter files
Control which files appear in the Content panel by selecting one or more criteria in the Filter panel. The Filter panel
displays the number of items in the current set that have a specific value, regardless of whether they are visible. For
example, by glancing at the Filter panel, you can quickly see how many files have a specific rating or keyword.
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In the Filter panel, select one or more criteria:
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Select criteria in the same category (for example, file types) to display files that meet any of the criteria. For example,
to display both GIF and JPEG files, select CompuServe GIF and JPEG file beneath File Type.
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Select criteria across categories (for example, file types and ratings) to display files that meet all of the criteria. For
example, to display GIF and JPEG files that have two stars, select CompuServe GIF and JPEG file beneath File Type
and two stars beneath Ratings.
Shift-click rating criteria to select that rating or higher. For example, Shift-click two stars to display all files that have
two or more stars.
Updated 15 July 2009