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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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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).
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.
Photoshop CS3 Extended’s new 3D capabilities make it easy to modify models created in other 3D programs. However, there are some that may not have a 3D modeling program. Google has introduced the Google 3D Warehouse, which is a library of free 3D models you can import directly into Photoshop and manipulate using the available 3D tools. Here is the site: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse.
When you create a grid box inside Vanishing Point, in addition to having the option of returning that grid back to Photoshop as a 3D object, you also have the option of exporting it as a 3D object that you can import into After Effects CS3 and manipulate in a 3D layer. Just click on the small right-facing triangle in the top of the dialog and in the flyout menu, choose Export for After Effects CS3 (.vpe).
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Continue exploring the possibilities with Photoshop’s new 3D tools.
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In the second part of this tutorial, Corey finishes creating this illustration of a striking match.
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.