To Open Files In Bridge; To Manage Files With Bridge - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

To open files in Bridge

You can open files in Bridge, even files that were not made with Adobe applications.
Select the file in the current folder.
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Choose File > Open.
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Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
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Double-click the file in the content area or Preview panel.
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Choose File > Open With, followed by the name of the application with which to open the file.
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Drag the file into the working area of an application, such as an open Illustrator document.
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Drag the file onto the application icon.
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Choose File > Open In Camera Raw to edit the Adobe camera raw settings for the file.
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Choose File > Open In Adobe Encore DVD As, followed by the file type (Asset, Menu, Timeline, or Slideshow)
you want to use (Windows only).
If you choose File > Browse to launch Bridge within a Production Studio application, double-clicking a file opens or
imports that file within the application.

To manage files with Bridge

Adobe Bridge makes it easy to drag and drop files, move them between folders, copy and duplicate them, and
otherwise manipulate them.
Note: If you have Adobe Creative Suite 2, you can also use Adobe Version Cue from Bridge to manage files you author.
You can create and manage revisions to files kept in Version Cue projects. Version Cue is also a convenient environment
for collaborative file management in workgroups. You can manage not only Adobe Creative Suite files but also other
Adobe and non-Adobe files.
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Do any of the following:
Select the files and click the Delete button
To delete files
Select the files or folders and choose Edit > Copy, or Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Option-drag
To copy files and folders
(Mac OS) the file or folders to a different folder.
To move files to another folder
Stock Photos, you can't drag images to other areas, because some images may be comp thumbnails. To drag a comp
image, first download it and then drag it from the downloaded comp's folder.)
To quickly attach an image to an e-mail message, drag the image from Bridge and drop it into the e-mail message.
To display the location of a file in the operating system
(Windows) or File > Reveal In Finder (Mac OS).
To find the location of a file in a collection
search. By default, if you select a file in a collection, the file is listed as being located in the folder "File Results. "
Selecting Reveal In Bridge moves you to the folder in which the file is located.
To place files into an application
instance, you can use this command to place a JPEG image into Illustrator. You can also drag files from Bridge into
an application. Depending on the file, the document into which you want to place it may need to be opened first.
Select the files and drag them to a different folder. (When you search for Adobe
Select the file and choose File > Reveal In Explorer
Select a file and choose File > Reveal In Bridge. A collection is a saved
Select the files and choose File > Place, followed by the name of the application. For
or press Delete.
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