Using the Filter panel
You can use the Filter panel to locate files whose location you can’t remember. With the Filter panel, you can look at attributes such as file type, keywords, and date created or modified to narrow down the files that appear in the content window of Adobe Bridge. The following steps show you how:
1 Make sure that you are still viewing the content of the Hockey folder. Notice that the Filter panel collects the information from the active folder, indicating the keywords that are being used, as well as modification dates and more.
2 Click to turn down the arrow next to Keywords in the Filter panel, and select Goalie from the list; notice that only images with the Goalie keyword applied are visible. Click Goalie again to deselect it and view all the images.Find files quickly by selecting different criteria in the Filters panel.
3 Click the Clear Filter button in the lower right of the Filter panel to turn off any filters.
4 Experiment with investigating file types as well. Only file types that exist in the selected folder appear in the list. If you are looking for an Adobe Illustrator file, you might see that there are none located in this folder, but you will see a QuickTime video file that you can select and preview right in Adobe Bridge, as shown in Figure 2-9.FIGURE 2-9: You can select File Types from the Filter panel to locate them easily.
5 Again, click the Clear Filter button in the lower-right area of the Filter panel to turn off any filters. The Clear Filter button looks like a circle with a slash through it.
Saving a Collection
If you like using favorites, you’ll love using collections. A collection allows you to take images from multiple locations and access them in one central location. Understand that when you use a collection, Adobe Bridge essentially creates a shortcut, or alias, to your files and does not physically relocate them or copy them to a different location.
1 If your Collections tab is not visible, choose Window ⇒ Collections Panel or click the tab next to Filter.The Collections panel comes forward.
2 Click the gray area in the Content pane to make sure that nothing is selected, and then click the New Collection button in the lower-right area of the Collections panel. Type Pictures of hockey into the new collection text field, as shown in Figure 2-10. Press Return or Enter to confirm your new collection.
3 Navigate back to the Bridge02-Folder, and then take two random images and drag them to the Pictures of hockey collection.
4 Click the Pictures of hockey collection folder; notice that even though you can easily access the files you added to the collection, the files remain intact in their original location.
FIGURE 2-10: Create a collection to keep selected Pictures easily accessible.
Chapter 3
Using Automation Tools in Adobe Bridge
IN THIS CHAPTER
You have already discovered how Adobe Bridge can save you time by helping you organize and more easily find your images. In this chapter, you find out how to use automated features that cut out redundant tasks and save even more time.
Getting Files from Your Camera
1 Simply attach your phone via USB, insert a card into your card reader, or connect your camera via cable.Note: At the time of writing this feature was not working correctly with iPhones on the Mac platform.
2 Launch Bridge.
3 Click the Get Photos from Camera button. The Adobe Bridge CC – Photo Downloader dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 3-1.
4 Click open the Get Photos From drop-down menu and select your device.Note: If Bridge does not recognize your device, make sure that you have the latest version installed by launching your Creative Cloud App. Look in the Apps section to see if an update is available. You can also try connecting your device when Bridge is not open and launching it after the device is connected.In the Create Subfolders drop-down menu, you can use a standard format for naming your folders or choose Custom to create your own naming convention.
5 If you choose to have the Adobe Downloader rename your files, you can choose a standard naming convention using the date, or choose Custom name and create your own custom name.
6 The options at the bottom offer you the opportunity to see the files in Bridge, convert the files to DNG (Digital Negative Files), delete the files off the device, and save them to another location.
7 Click the triangle to the left of the Advanced Dialog button to see a more detailed preview of your files. In this more detailed view, you can individually select and deselect files to be downloaded, as shown in Figure 3-2.
8 In Save Options, select a location to which you wish the files to be transferred. And press Get Media.
FIGURE 3-1: Download your photos quickly using the Photo Downloader available in Adobe Bridge.
FIGURE 3-2: The Advanced view allows you to select your images.
Automation Tools in Adobe Bridge
Adobe Bridge provides many tools to help you automate tasks. In this section, you discover how to use a few helpful features that will save you from repeating redundant tasks.
Batch renaming your files
You might have noticed that in the Book02Bridge ⇒ Hockey folder, many files contain generic filenames. These images were downloaded from a digital camera, and instead of changing the names immediately, we opted to change them simultaneously using the batch rename feature in Adobe Bridge. To do so, follow these steps:
1 In Bridge, navigate to the Book02Bridge folder and then open