The Basics Of Bridge; Chapter 3: Adobe Bridge And Stock Photos - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

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Chapter 3: Adobe Bridge and Stock
Photos

The basics of Bridge

About Adobe Bridge
You can use Adobe Bridge to organize, browse, and locate the assets you need to create content for print, the web,
television, DVD, film, and mobile devices. Adobe Bridge keeps native Adobe files (such as PSD and PDF) as well as
non-Adobe application files available for easy access. You can drag assets into your layouts, projects, and composi-
tions as needed, preview them, and even add metadata (file information), making the files easier to locate. Bridge is
available independently, as well as from within many Adobe applications.
From Bridge you can view, search, sort, manage, and process image files. You can use Bridge to create
File browsing
new folders; rename, move, and delete files; edit metadata; rotate images; and run batch commands. You can also
view information about files and data imported from your digital or DV camera.
If you have Adobe Creative Suite 2, you can use Bridge as a central location from which to use Adobe
Version Cue
Version Cue . From Bridge, you can browse all the files in a project in one place without having to start the native
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application for each file, including non-Adobe application files. Also, you can create new Version Cue projects, delete
projects, create versions, save alternates, and set access privileges in Bridge.
Note: Adobe Version Cue is not included with Production Studio.
If you have Adobe Creative Suite 2, Adobe Bridge includes Bridge Center, where you can view news
Bridge Center
readers in your web browser, see your most recent activity, read about tips and tricks for using Adobe products, save
groups of files, and more. Adobe Creative Suite 2 users can also use Bridge to specify color management settings and
access scripts that help automate your workflow.
Note: Bridge Center is not included with Production Studio.
If you have Adobe Photoshop or Adobe After Effects installed, you can open or import camera raw
Camera Raw
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files from Bridge, edit them, and save them in a Photoshop-compatible format. You can edit the image settings
directly in the Camera Raw dialog box without starting Photoshop. If you don't have Photoshop or After Effects
installed, you can still preview the camera raw files in Bridge.
Click Adobe Stock Photos from the Favorites pane in Bridge to search leading stock libraries for
Stock Photos
royalty-free images. You can download low-resolution, complimentary versions of the images and try them out in
your projects before purchasing them.
You can use Bridge to synchronize color settings across Adobe Creative Suite 2 applications.
Color management
This synchronization ensures that colors look the same no matter which Creative Suite application you view them in.
See also
"About Adobe Stock Photos" on page 40