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USING ADOBE BRIDGE AND ADOBE VERSION CUE CS4
Resources
Camera Raw videos
Using Camera Raw in Bridge and Photoshop (Creative Suite podcast)
Using Camera Raw 5, including local adjustments and postcrop vignettes (39:48)
Developing raw photographs (7:39)
Making local adjustments in Camera Raw (5:42)
Other community learning resources
For links to many more videos, blogs, and other Adobe Bridge learning content from around the web, go to
Bridge
Help and Support
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What’s new
What’s new in Adobe Bridge
CS4
Improved performance
Adobe Bridge CS4 (version 3.0) starts more quickly and displays thumbnails more quickly
than Adobe Bridge CS3 (version 2.0). In addition, Adobe Bridge CS4 uses less memory and is faster with respect to
such tasks as scrolling and filtering images. The new capability to cache full-size previews means you can zoom and
loupe more quickly.
Refined work environment
A toolbar at the top of the workspace now offers numerous buttons to speed routine tasks.
Switch between workspaces; navigate folders, views, and recent files; and search for files faster.
One-key, full-screen previews
Quickly display any selected image in a full-screen preview by choosing the option from
the View menu or by pressing the spacebar.
Collections
Organize your media files into groups regardless of where they live on your hard drive by simply dragging
or copying them into collections. Or save smart collections, which are collections based on saved searches. Manage all
of your collections in the new Collections panel.
Quick search
Use Windows Desktop Search (Windows) or Spotlight (Mac
OS) to search for files from the
Adobe Bridge CS4 toolbar. Operating system engines search within a selected folder and all subfolders on filename,
folder name, and image keyword criteria.
Review mode
Evaluate your images in Review mode, which offers a full-screen preview of selected files. In Review
mode, you can rotate and rate images, remove images from the selection, and save selected files as a collection.
Built-in creation of web galleries and PDF contact sheets
Create an Adobe PDF contact sheet or create a web photo
gallery directly in Adobe Bridge CS4 using the Adobe Output Module script.
List view
Display files in the Content panel in List view, which lets you sort columns of metadata criteria, such as
creation date, file size, and rating.
Thumbnail grid lock
Toggle on Grid Lock in the View menu or toolbar to show only complete thumbnails in the
Content panel. Grid Lock keeps thumbnail configurations consistent if panels or the Adobe Bridge window are
resized.
Optional auto-launch at login
Configure Adobe Bridge CS4 to launch automatically when you log in and run in the
background until you select it. Being able to run Adobe Bridge in the background makes it available at your fingertips
but consumes fewer system resources when you’re not using it.
3D file format previews
Preview 3D file formats, including 3DS, DAE, KMZ, OBJ, and U3D.
Updated 15 July 2009