Comments on: Your Guide to Adobe Bridge: File Processing http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/04/09/your-guide-to-adobe-bridge-file-processing/ A Photography Resource for the Aspiring Hobbyist Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:06:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Your Guide to Adobe Bridge: Useful Tips and Tricks http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/04/09/your-guide-to-adobe-bridge-file-processing/#comment-74168 Your Guide to Adobe Bridge: Useful Tips and Tricks Tue, 13 May 2008 16:06:10 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/?p=1893#comment-74168 [...] I mentioned in the File Processing article of this series, you can process multiple images inside of ACR to speed things up. Well, we [...] [...] I mentioned in the File Processing article of this series, you can process multiple images inside of ACR to speed things up. Well, we [...]

]]> By: Your Guide to Adobe Bridge: Organizing http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/04/09/your-guide-to-adobe-bridge-file-processing/#comment-65618 Your Guide to Adobe Bridge: Organizing Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:28:47 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/?p=1893#comment-65618 [...] the last part of this series, we went over File Processing with Adobe Bridge. So now that the images have been skimmed and processed on a very basic level, it’s now time [...] [...] the last part of this series, we went over File Processing with Adobe Bridge. So now that the images have been skimmed and processed on a very basic level, it’s now time [...]

]]> By: Your Guide to Adobe Bridge: File Preparation http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/04/09/your-guide-to-adobe-bridge-file-processing/#comment-65616 Your Guide to Adobe Bridge: File Preparation Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:27:23 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/?p=1893#comment-65616 [...] FOLLOW THIS SERIES OF ARTICLES! BACK — ADOBE BRIDGE IMPORTING NEXT — ADOBE BRIDGE FILE PROCESSING [...] [...] FOLLOW THIS SERIES OF ARTICLES! BACK — ADOBE BRIDGE IMPORTING NEXT — ADOBE BRIDGE FILE PROCESSING [...]

]]> By: Paul Alencikas http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/04/09/your-guide-to-adobe-bridge-file-processing/#comment-65516 Paul Alencikas Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:36:55 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/?p=1893#comment-65516 Brian, I am the photo librarian for the Office of Publications at a large university. I think that Bridge CS3 is great for this kind of thing. I hope you continue with your series on Bridge as I don't know it at all and am not a photographer. I want to make our digital library as easy as possible to control both for myself and for who follows me. Anyway, thanks for making your Bridge knowledge available to the masses.-Paul Brian, I am the photo librarian for the Office of Publications at a large university. I think that Bridge CS3 is great for this kind of thing. I hope you continue with your series on Bridge as I don’t know it at all and am not a photographer. I want to make our digital library as easy as possible to control both for myself and for who follows me. Anyway, thanks for making your Bridge knowledge available to the masses.-Paul

]]> By: How to Create Monster Photoshop Files http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/04/09/your-guide-to-adobe-bridge-file-processing/#comment-60816 How to Create Monster Photoshop Files Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:32:09 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/?p=1893#comment-60816 [...] recent comment by reader Libeco got me thinking about something I discovered a while back. The comment had to do [...] [...] recent comment by reader Libeco got me thinking about something I discovered a while back. The comment had to do [...]

]]> By: Brian Auer http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/04/09/your-guide-to-adobe-bridge-file-processing/#comment-58210 Brian Auer Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:09:33 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/?p=1893#comment-58210 Good point, and that's something I'll touch on in a later article in this series (because in this article, we're just "developing" the raw files rather than fully processing the photos - no Photoshop needed). If you're bringing a lot of photos into Photoshop and saving the PSD files, just beware of your file size. Smart objects are neat, but they take up more space too. I'll typically stay away from smart objects on the base layer -- if I need to make adjustments to the original, I'll just make those adjustments on the RAW and replace the layer in the PSD file. Good point, and that’s something I’ll touch on in a later article in this series (because in this article, we’re just “developing” the raw files rather than fully processing the photos - no Photoshop needed).

If you’re bringing a lot of photos into Photoshop and saving the PSD files, just beware of your file size. Smart objects are neat, but they take up more space too. I’ll typically stay away from smart objects on the base layer — if I need to make adjustments to the original, I’ll just make those adjustments on the RAW and replace the layer in the PSD file.

]]> By: libeco http://blog.epicedits.com/2008/04/09/your-guide-to-adobe-bridge-file-processing/#comment-58205 libeco Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:48:40 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/?p=1893#comment-58205 Just something I learned from Scott Kelby's books: when you want to open your RAW file as a smart object in Photoshop (CS3 for sure, don't know about older versions), hold the shift key and the open button will change into something like "open as smart object". Now you can copy the layer as a new smart object, double click that one and re-adjust (if for instance the sky's highlights need some tweaking. Than just use a mask to create a simple image with multiple "exposures". Just something I learned from Scott Kelby’s books: when you want to open your RAW file as a smart object in Photoshop (CS3 for sure, don’t know about older versions), hold the shift key and the open button will change into something like “open as smart object”.

Now you can copy the layer as a new smart object, double click that one and re-adjust (if for instance the sky’s highlights need some tweaking. Than just use a mask to create a simple image with multiple “exposures”.

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