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Increase and Decrease your Text Without Scrubbers

To increase and decrease your text size, select all of your text in a type layer and press Command-Shift-< or > (PC: Ctrl-Shift-< or >). Command-Shift-< decreases the text, while Command-Shift-> increases the text.

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

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.

January 27th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

Use the Adobe Media Gallery

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.)

January 26th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (1)

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.

January 23rd, 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.

January 22nd, 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.

January 21st, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (1)

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).

January 20th, 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.

January 19th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (1)

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.

January 16th, 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).

January 15th, 2009 | Web Editor | Tip of the Day | Comments (0)

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Viewing and Basking in your Image

When I’m done working with an image, I like to sit and admire it (hey, I spent six hours working on it, I should). To do that, I hit the Tab key, then hit the F key three times. This hides all of the panels and toolbars and lets you see the image by itself surrounded by black. To get back to regular mode, press the F key and the Tab key one more time.

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