Over the course of seven articles, we’ve covered many features of Adobe’s file management software: Bridge. The links to each article are listed below, along with short descriptions of the content contained. And don’t forget to bookmark this page so you can refer back to the series later!
In the last part of this series, we went over Organizing your photos with Adobe Bridge. That marked kind of an endpoint for my basic workflow, but I still had a few Bridge features that I wanted to talk about and expand upon.
This article will cover the Bridge keywording features, more productive ways to process RAW files, taking care of dust bunnies, hooking into Photoshop’s batch processing feature, and clearing up some visual archive clutter with stacks.
In 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 to start picking out the good ones and organizing. Bridge offers several tools such as stars and labels. Bridge also offers tools for finding images, so we’ll cover searching and creating collections.
Last time we talked about preparing our files to be processed. So now it’s finally time to start doing some photo editing! In this article, we’ll be focusing on the first round of processing using Adobe Camera RAW software. I’ll be walking through a RAW workflow, but JPEG users can follow along too if they’re using CS3!
Last time we talked about importing photos through Adobe Bridge. Now that we have our photos transferred over with some basic metadata embedded, we can start preparing for processing, selection, and finalization. In my workflow, file preparation consists of knocking out the duds, more metadata, basic keywording, and file renaming. In total, these steps should take no more than 10 minutes of your time, even if you have several hundred files to work with.
In this episode of the Adobe Bridge series, we explore a method for importing photos from your camera to your hard drive. As simple as that task may sound, Bridge offers a wealth of options while importing that many other pieces of software can’t offer. In addition to that, we’ll talk about the importance of, and how to create, metadata templates.
A workspace refers to the layout of features and controls available in a piece of software. Adobe Bridge has several predefined workspaces, each having a unique purpose in the photo management process. Different workspaces mean different views, panels, and controls. I’ll lay out the various workspaces, then we’ll dig into each of their components (many of which are shared across workspaces).
As photographers, we can all agree that the camera is one of our most important tools of the trade. But photography is much more than taking pictures — that’s the easy part. Photos need to be managed, organized, and processed. Thus, an equally important tool for the digital photographer is the photo management software we use. Here’s an introduction to a very powerful photo management tool: Adobe Bridge.
Digital photography has been a revolution. The clumsy stage of major innovations, breakthroughs, and failures seems to be a thing of the past. Cameras are reliable, fast, friendly, and affordable. Digital storage is cheap and expandable. Software is usable and powerful. Everything is just perfect, right? …WRONG!
Photoshop actions can save time and make you more productive during post-processing. They can be used to speed up repetitive tasks, make quick work of time consuming edits, and give you a little creative inspiration. If you aren’t familiar with Photoshop actions yet, here’s your chance to learn the basics.
