Adobe Bridge is packaged with the Adobe Creative Suite. Adobe
Bridge is a media content manager integrated with many of the Adobe
products for quick access to project files. Exploring the Bridge
Workspace
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Starting Adobe Bridge Adobe Bridge CS6 Exploring the Bridge
Workspace
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Metadata is file information you add to a file with tags
(words) that are used to identify and describe the file. Keywords
are words you add to a file to identify, group, and sort files.
Exploring the Bridge Workspace
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A streamlined version of Bridge called Mini Bridge is also
available in Photoshop; it appears as a panel that opens directly
within the Photoshop work area. Exploring the Bridge Workspace
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The Bridge Essentials workspace, the default workspace that
includes all of the menus, panels, buttons, and panes that you use
to organize your media files. Exploring the Bridge Workspace
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You can work in Compact mode, which is a mode with a smaller,
simplified workspace window. Exploring the Bridge Workspace
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The Essentials workspace is divided into three pane: Left pane
Center pane Right pane Exploring the Bridge Workspace
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The left pane includes the: Favorites panel Folders panel
Filter panel Collections panel Export panel Exploring the Bridge
Workspace
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The Bridge Essentials workspace Menu bar Application bar
Preview panel Favorites and Folders panels Filter, Collections, and
Export panels Content panelThumbnail slider Metadata and Keywords
panels Path bar Exploring the Bridge Workspace
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The center pane is the Content panel, where thumbnails of the
files from the selected drive and folder in the Folders panel
appear. You can change the size of the thumbnails by using the
Thumbnail slider at the bottom of the workspace. Exploring the
Bridge Workspace
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The right pane includes the Preview, Metadata, and Keywords
panels. Exploring the Bridge Workspace
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The Preview panel is where the preview of a selected file
appears.
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Exploring the Bridge Workspace The Metadata panel lists the
metadata for a selected file. You can use the Metadata panel to
assign new metadata to a file.
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The Keywords panel lists the keywords assigned to a file. You
can use the keywords panel to add new keywords to a file. Exploring
the Bridge Workspace
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The Menu bar with the program commands is at the top of the
Bridge workspace. Below the Menu bar is the Application bar that
contains navigation buttons, the Workspace buttons, and the Search
text box. Exploring the Bridge Workspace
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Under the Application bar is the Path bar, where you can see
the path for the selected folder in the Folders panel that you are
currently viewing. The Path bar makes it easy to navigate quickly
from folder to folder. Exploring the Bridge Workspace
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The Metadata panel is a rich source of information about a
file, including the camera settings used (descriptive information
that you cannot change) and copyright information (additive data
that you can change). Using Metadata, Ratings and Labels
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Viewing the metadata for the blooms_banner.jpg file Metadata
for the blooms_banner.jpg file Using Metadata, Ratings and
Labels
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You can view and edit the copyright information in the IPTC
(International Press Telecommunications Council) Core section of
the Metadata panel. Using Metadata, Ratings and Labels
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Metadata is saved using the Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP)
standard. XMP metadata is used by Adobe products, such as
Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, and Photoshop, and is usually stored
with the file name. Using Metadata, Ratings and Labels
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You can use the Keywords panel to view and add keywords to a
file to help group, organize, and sort files. Using Metadata,
Ratings and Labels
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Viewing the keywords for the blooms_banner.jpg file Keywords
for the blooms_banner.jpg file Using Metadata, Ratings and
Labels
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There are two types of keywords: parent keywords and child
keywords. Child keywords are also referred to as sub keywords.
Child keywords are subcategories of parent keywords. Using
Metadata, Ratings and Labels
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You can also identify groups of files by using labels. Using
Metadata, Ratings and Labels
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Adding a keyword and a sub keyword Website keyword Blooms sub
keyword added and applied to the file Using Metadata, Ratings and
Labels
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Adding three additional sub keywords Four sub keywords added
Using Metadata, Ratings and Labels
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Labels allow you to assign a file a color or a star rating from
zero to five stars. This is an easy way to mark the files you want
to keep and others you may want to delete. Using Metadata, Ratings
and Labels
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Applying a five-star rating to three selected files Five-star
rating Preview panel shows three files are selected Using Metadata,
Ratings and Labels