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One-Button Refresh for the Bridge

 

When you’re working in CS2’s Bridge, you’ve probably noticed that when you plug in a jump drive, memory card, etc., your Folders pane doesn’t always update immediately. If that’s the case, there’s a simple one-button trick—press F5. If you’re charging by the hour, you could always choose Refresh from the Folder palette’s flyout menu, but that just takes too long. Instead, just press F5 for an instant refresh anytime.

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Create A Composite Layer

If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.

Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
by Colin Smith

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