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Place an Image from Bridge

You can place an image into any Adobe application right from Bridge CS3. Just choose File>Place and select the application you’d like to place the file into.

November 10th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Taking your files from Bridge to the Web is simple using the Adobe Media Gallery. You can simply select the images that you would like to use, and choose a Template from the top pop-up menu in the Adobe Media Gallery panel. After filling in some Style Information fields (things like your email address, some gallery text, copyright information, etc.), you can create the gallery in a folder on your computer or upload it to a website. In order for you to use the Adobe Media Gallery, you must have Bridge CS3 version 2.1, so be sure to upgrade. (That in itself is a tip.)

November 9th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Adding Keywords to Multiple files

In Bridge, you can add keywords to images to make searching for pictures a little less cumbersome. You don’t, however, want the process to become tedious as well. By either Command-clicking (PC: Ctrl-clicking) or Shift-clicking on images, you can select multiple files inside Bridge. Once you have the files selected, you can go to the Keywords panel and turn on any keyword you like. This will apply the keyword to all of the files that you have selected. It takes away a little bit of the pain of categorization, but just a little.

November 6th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Workspaces for Bridge? Sure!

This may seem like a “Duh!” tip, but it’s often overlooked. Remember that the appearance of Bridge CS3 can be customized in a variety of different ways. You can keep the layout of your favorite panels by saving them as a workspace. To do so, choose Window>Workspace>Save Workspace.

November 5th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Creating Favorites in Bridge

Sometimes navigating to whatever folder you have specific images in can be cumbersome. Save yourself some time and create favorites out of your most-used folders. To do that, Control-click (PC: Right-click) on the folder and select Add to Favorites from the contextual menu. The next time that you need to find that image, you can go to the Favorites panel and click on the folder.

November 4th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Grouping and Stacking in Bridge

If you have multiple shots of the same subject and would like to be able to group them, image stacks are a good idea. Either Shift-click or Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) on the images that you would like to group and press Command-G (PC: Ctrl-G). This will create a stack of the images. You can expand the stack by pressing Command-Right Arrow (PC: Ctrl-Right Arrow) or collapse the stack back into itself by pressing on Command-Left Arrow (PC: Ctrl-Left Arrow).

November 3rd, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Fill and Recovery Sliders in Camera Raw

Chances are you’ve noticed that when you attempt to increase the exposure in an image that is underexposed, you are going to clip your highlights—take areas of light color information and make them completely white. Before Camera Raw 4.1, the only way for you to compensate for this would be to dial back the exposure. Now, with the Recovery slider you can bring back some of the detail that was lost in the highlights without affecting the entire image.

November 2nd, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Bridge’s Camera Raw instead of Photoshop’s

Camera Raw has powerful tools for applying adjustments and effects to multiple images in a batch-type process. If you were to open Photoshop to do these things, it would be tied up performing these functions. By having Bridge’s Camera Raw processing the images, it frees you up to use Photoshop for other tasks.

October 30th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Open in Camera Raw from Bridge

You can open RAW images in Camera Raw right from Bridge in Photoshop CS3. This frees up Photoshop to continue working on your files while they’re being processed in Camera Raw. Just select one or more images in Bridge, Control-click (PC: Right-click) on them, and choose Open in Camera Raw. This will open the image(s) in Bridge’s Camera Raw rather than Photoshop. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Command-R (PC: Ctrl-R).

October 29th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Check Out Photomerge!

You can create really cool panoramic images with Photomerge. Located under File>Automate, Photomerge has taken great leaps to make your panoramic photos as painless as possible. In some cases, you can shoot holding your camera close, and shoot in a circle. Thanks so much to Dave Cross for the tip, although I’m sure many people will wonder what I am doing spinning in a circle like I’m seven years old. At least I have an excuse.

October 28th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

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Photoshop Tutorials

3D Light Beams
This effect was discovered by a 'happy accident' and uses the 3D features inside of Photoshop CS4 Extended.
More Texture Effects
Further experiments into what you can do with texture images in Photoshop.
Reverse Restoration
Corey shows you how to make a new photo look damaged by blending in some unusual textures.
Rain Drops
In this tutorial, Corey not only creates the raindrops, but also the splashes that are formed with the raindrops hit the hands.

Light From 3D Shapes

Corey shares another way to get a cool 3D light beam effect.
Olympic Graphics, Part 2

Corey finishes up the Olympic-inspired design that he began last week in Part 1.
Olympic Graphics, Part 1

The Olympic-inspired tutorial will be coming in two parts. Stop by next week for the conclusion to this video.
Masking with Channels

This week’s tutorial deals with creating masks for complicated images by using channels.

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Smart Object Masking Trick
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