ABSTRACT
The Bridge solution Bridge is included with Photoshop, as well as being part of the Creative Suite package. Bridge is best described as a dedicated file browser program, which also works smoothly with Adobe Camera Raw, allowing you to open your raw image files (assuming your camera’s raw format is supported) and manage the Camera Raw settings. Bridge may not be as sophisticated as some of the other programs mentioned in the sidebar, but it does provide a direct way to manage the photographs you intend working with in Photoshop. On the plus side, Bridge comes free, and integrates nicely with all the programs in the Adobe Creative Suite, as well as many other programs. It also contains most of the tools you need to import and manage your images, plus Bridge allows you to work directly with the automation tools in Photoshop, such as Photomerge and the Image Processor. The interface offers easy workspace switching, one-click full screen previews and revised Collections features. There is a separate Mini Bridge in the form of an Extension panel for Photoshop that I’ll be discussing in more depth towards the end of this chapter. Bridge may not be as fast as some other browser and cataloging programs, plus inputting metadata and keywords is an awkward process, but I still find it very useful as a project managing tool when working on things like this book. As I just mentioned, the Output module features have been removed in this particular update. All that has been added really is HiDPI support for Macintosh customers using the latest MacBook Pro computers.
