Run Automated Tasks With Adobe Bridge - Adobe 65022870 User Manual

Run automated tasks with Adobe Bridge

Run automated tasks
The Tools menu contains submenus for various commands available in different Adobe Creative Suite 4 components.
For example, if you have Adobe Photoshop installed, you can use the commands under the Tools > Photoshop
submenu to process photos that you select in Adobe Bridge. Running these tasks from Adobe Bridge saves time
because you don't have to open each file individually.
Note: Third parties can also create and add their own items to the Tools menu for added functionality in Adobe Bridge.
For information about creating your own scripts, see the "Adobe Bridge JavaScript Reference," available at
www.adobe.com.
Adobe Bridge also includes useful automation scripts. The Adobe Output Module script, for example, lets you create
web photo galleries and generate Adobe PDF contact sheets and full-screen presentations. The Auto Collection CS4
script stacks sets of photos for processing into panoramas or HDR images in Photoshop.
1 Select the files or folders you want to use. If you select a folder, the command is applied where possible to all files
in the folder.
2 Choose Tools > [Component], followed by the command you want. (If your component doesn't have any
automated tasks available, no component name appears in the menu.)
For information about a particular command, see the documentation for that component.
Create a web photo gallery with Adobe Output Module
Using the Adobe Output Module script, you can create web photo galleries in Adobe Bridge. A web photo gallery is a
website that features a home page with thumbnail images and gallery pages with full-size images. Each page contains
links that allow visitors to navigate the site. For example, when a visitor clicks a thumbnail image on the home page,
the associated full-size image is loaded into a gallery page. You use the Adobe Output Module script in Adobe Bridge
to automatically generate a web photo gallery from a set of images.
Adobe Output Module provides a variety of templates for your gallery, which you can select using the Output panel.
Each template has one or more style options, which you can select and customize to suit your needs.
Important: Though gallery previews display a maximum of 10 files, your complete gallery will appear when you save or
upload it.
1 Select the files or the collection or folder that contains the images you want to include in the web gallery.
Choose Window > Workspace > Output.
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If the Output workspace is not listed, select Adobe Output Module in Startup Scripts preferences.
Adobe Bridge displays the Output panel at the right side of the window and the Folders panel at the left. The Content
panel with your selected photos appears at the bottom of the window, and the Preview panel appears in the middle.
3 At the top of the Output panel, select Web Gallery.
Choose a gallery from the Template menu, and select a size for the thumbnails from the Style menu.
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5 With your photos selected in the Content panel, click Refresh Preview to view the gallery in the Output Preview
panel.
USING ADOBE BRIDGE AND ADOBE VERSION CUE CS4
Updated 15 July 2009
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