Choose Preset Manager from the menu of any picker or panel such as the Swatches or Styles panel.. A In the Preset Manager dialog, choose a category from the Preset Type menu, select the
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Appearance
Choose a value between Black and White for the
overall User Interface Brightness (for the side
panels) and for the Image Backdrop (the area
behind the Content and Preview panels)
Choose an Accent Color for highlighted items
Behavior
Check When a Camera is Connected, Launch
Adobe Photo Downloader to make the
Downloader the default system utility for
acquiring photos (for Mac OS users only)
Check Double-Click Edits Camera Raw Settings
in Bridge to have raw files open into Camera Raw,
hosted by Bridge, when double-clicked See page 62
If Ctrl-Click/Cmd-Click Opens the Loupe When
Previewing or Reviewing is checked, you have to
hold down Ctrl/Cmd while clicking an image
pre-view to make the loupe display With this option
unchecked, you can make the loupe appear simply
by clicking the preview (see page 38)
For Number of Recent Items to Display, enter the
maximum number of files (0–30) that can be listed
at a time on the Open Recent File menu and
Preferences for Adobe Bridge
A General Preferences, in Bridge B Thumbnails Preferences, in Bridge
the Reveal Recent File or Go to Recent Folder menu on the Path bar, and on the Go to Parent, Recent Items, or Favorites menu in Mini Bridge
Favorite Items
Check which items and system-generated folders
you want listed in the Favorites panel, by default.
Thumbnails Preferences B Performance and File Handling
Note: To implement Performance and File Handling changes, you must purge the folder cache (Tools >
Cache submenu)
For Do Not Process Files Larger Than, enter the
maximum file size that you will permit Bridge
to display a thumbnail for (the default value is
1000 MB) Large files preview slowly
Details From the Additional Lines of Thumbnail Metadata menus, choose which categories of
file information are to be listed below or next to the image thumbnails in the Content panel (see page 42)
Check Show Tooltips to allow tool tips to display
when you rest the pointer on Bridge features, such
as image thumbnails
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Playback Preferences
Choose options to control whether audio and video
files will play and/or loop when viewed in the
Preview panel The Stack Playback Frame Rate
controls the speed at which a stack of 10 or more
video thumbnails play back via the Play button
Metadata Preferences
Check which categories of metadata are to be
displayed in the Metadata panel
Check Hide Empty Fields to hide fields on the
Metadata panel that are empty
Check Show Metadata Placard to display camera
data at the top of the Metadata panel (see page 36)
Keywords Preferences
Check Automatically Apply Parent Keywords to
have the parent keyword apply automatically when
a subkeyword check box is clicked in the Keywords
panel (we keep this option off) If this option is
on and you want to override it (to apply just a
sub-keyword), Shift-click the check box See page 55
For Write Hierarchical Keywords, click an Output
Delimiter character to separate keywords in exported
files The Read Hierarchical Keywords setting
applies to keyword delimiters in imported files
Labels Preferences
Check whether to Require the Control/Command
Key [to be pressed] to Apply Labels and Ratings
to selected file thumbnails (see page 44) You can
also change the label names here, but not the colors
File Type Associations Preferences
These settings tell Bridge which application it may
open files of different types into Don’t change
these settings unless you know what you’re doing!
Cache Preferences
Options
Check Keep 100% Previews in Cache to save a
large JPEG preview of image thumbnails to disk for
faster previewing when using the loupe and when
previewing images in Slideshow mode at 100% or
in Full Screen Preview view We keep this option
unchecked, because it uses a lot of disk space
Check Automatically Export Caches to Folders
When Possible to have Bridge export the cache (in
which thumbnail data is stored) to the same folders
as the images See page 54
Location Click Choose to specify a different location for the
Bridge cache (then relaunch Bridge)
Manage
If you have a very large hard drive, you can increase the maximum number of items that can be stored
in the cache via the Cache Size slider.
Click Compact Cache to allow previously cached
items that are no longer available to be removed from the cache, for improved performance
Click Purge Cache to purge all cached thumbnails
and previews from the central database to free
up space on your hard disk, or if Bridge is having trouble displaying your image thumbnails
Startup Scripts Preferences Startup Scripts that are checked will be
avail-able at startup We recommend keeping them all checked, unless you have a specific reason to uncheck any particular ones Changes to these settings take effect when you relaunch Bridge
Advanced Preferences
Note: Most changes to the Advanced Preferences settings take effect when you relaunch Bridge
Miscellaneous
If (and only if) you encounter display problems in
Bridge, check Use Software Rendering This option
turns off hardware acceleration for the Preview panel and Slideshow mode
Check Generate Monitor-Size Previews to have
Bridge generate previews in a dual-monitor setup based on the resolution of the larger monitor
Check Start Bridge at Login to have Bridge launch
automatically at startup
Output Preferences
Check Use Solo Mode for Output Panel Behavior
to display only one expanded category on the Output panel at a time
Check Convert Multi-Byte Filenames to Full ASCII to define Chinese and Japanese file names
using the ASCII character system, to prevent problems when transferring files
Check Preserve Embedded Color Profile to
preserve any embedded profiles in files being output as PDF files or as a Web gallery
Click Reset Panel to Defaults to restore all the
default settings to this panel
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Using the Preset Manager
If you have practiced the image-editing techniques
in other chapters, you have already accessed presets
on many of the pickers in Photoshop, such as the
Brush Presets, Styles, and Swatches panels Other
presets are found in less obvious locations, such as
contours in some panels of the Layer Style dialog
and gradients in the Gradient Fill dialog The preset
categories include brushes, swatches, gradients,
styles, patterns, contours, custom shapes, and tools
A collection of saved presets that can be loaded onto
a picker is called a library (To learn how presets are
created, see the sidebar on page 400.)
Beware! If there are presets on a picker that
haven’t been saved and you want to be able to access
them in the future, you must save them as a library;
otherwise, they could be easily replaced by other
presets You can save presets via the Preset Manager
dialog (see the instructions at right) or via an
indi-vidual picker (see “To save the presets on a picker as
a library” on page 401) You can load a saved library
of presets onto a picker at any time, and you can
share them with other Photoshop users
To save select presets as a library via the Preset Manager:
1 To open the Preset Manager, do one of the
following:
Choose Edit > Preset Manager
Choose Preset Manager from the menu of any
picker or panel (such as the Swatches or Styles panel)
On the Brush or Brush Presets panel, click the
Open Preset Manager button. ★
2 From the Preset Type menu, choose the category
of presets that you want to create a library for, or press the shortcut that is listed on the menu.A
3 From the menu on the right side of the dialog,
choose a view option for the Preset Manager (such as Small Thumbnail or Small List) For Brushes, you can choose Stroke Thumbnail view
to display a sample of the brush stroke alongside each thumbnail
4 Shift-click or Ctrl-click/Cmd-click the presets to
be saved in a library, then click Save Set.
5. In the Save dialog, enter a name for the new library, keep the default extension and location, then click Save
6 Click Done to exit the Preset Manager.
7. Relaunch Photoshop
A In the Preset Manager dialog, choose a category from the Preset Type menu, select the presets to be
saved in a library, then click Save Set.
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To load a library of presets onto a picker, you can use
either the Preset Manager (instructions here) or an
individual preset picker (see pages 400–401) You can
reset any category of presets to the factory defaults,
append (add) more presets to the current ones on
the picker, or replace the current presets with those
in a library Presets on the pickers and panels remain
there when you relaunch Photoshop
Note: Changes made in the Preset Manager also
appear in the corresponding picker, and vice versa
To load presets onto a picker via the Preset
Manager:
1 Choose Edit > Preset Manager or choose Preset
Manager from the menu on any picker or panel.
2 Choose a category of presets from the Preset
Type menu.
3 Any unsaved presets on the current picker will be
deleted in the next step, unless you choose the
Append option To save the current presets as a
library before proceeding, follow the steps on the
preceding page
4. From the menu on the right side of the dialog,
choose a specific library name;Aor to reload the
default library, choose Reset [preset type] In the
alert dialog, click Append to add the new library
to the current ones on the picker, or click OK to replace the current presets with the new ones
If the picker contains any unsaved presets (you didn’t follow step 3), another alert will appear
Click Don’t Save or Save
5 Optional: To delete presets from the picker (but
not from the library), click a preset to be deleted
or Shift-click or Ctrl-click/Cmd-click multiple presets, then click Delete This can’t be undone (but any library can be reloaded)
6. Click Done to exit the Preset Manager
➤ To load a library that isn’t in the default loca-tion, click Load in the Preset Manager, locate the library in the Load dialog, then click Open Or
to replace the current presets, choose Replace [preset type] from the menu, locate the desired library in the Open dialog, then click Open
➤ To rename a preset when the Preset Manager is
in a Thumbnail view, double-click the thumbnail, then change the name in the dialog If the Preset Manager is in Text Only or a List view, double-click the preset name You can also select multi-ple presets and then click Rename, in which case naming dialogs will open in succession
A After selecting a category from the Preset Type menu,
choose Reset [preset type] or a specific library name from the
menu on the right side of the dialog.
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Managing presets via the pickers
and panels
Presets are created in various ways, such as when
you define a new pattern via the Define Pattern
command, add a new swatch to the Swatches panel,
add a new style to the Styles panel, create a new
gradient in the Gradient Editor dialog, or create a
new brush or tool preset (see the sidebar at right)
New presets are saved in the Adobe Photoshop
Preferences file temporarily They stay on the
picker when you relaunch Photoshop, but are
dis-carded if you replace them with another library or
reset the default library to the picker Thankfully,
there’s a way to preserve your custom presets and
hard work
When you use the Preset Manager to create a
library, you are able to pick and choose which
presets are saved When you create a library via a
specific preset picker (accessed from the Options
bar or from a dialog, such as the Gradient Editor),
all the presets on the picker are included — you
can’t pick and choose To outsmart this limitation,
before creating the library, delete the presets you
don’t want saved in the library
Note: When you delete a preset from a picker
or panel, no documents are altered and no saved
presets are deleted from the “actual” library they
reside in
To delete presets from a panel or picker:
1 Display the picker or panel that you want to
delete presets from, such as the Brush Presets,
Styles, Swatches, or Tool Presets panel
2 Do either of the following:
Alt-click/Option-click the preset to be deleted
(you’ll see a scissors pointer)
Right-click a preset and choose Delete [preset
name] If an alert dialog appears, click OK
HOW ARE PRESETS CREATED?
A new preset is created each time you do any of the following:
➤ Customize a brush using the Brush panel, then click the New Preset button on the Brush or Brush Presets panel, or on the Brush Preset picker, which is accessed from the Options bar
➤ Add a swatch of the current Foreground color
to the Swatches panel by clicking the New Swatch button
➤ Create a tool preset by clicking the New Tool Preset button in the Tool Presets panel or on the Tool Preset picker (see page 402)
➤ Create a gradient by clicking New in the Gradient Editor dialog
➤ Create a style by clicking the New Style button
on the Styles panel or by clicking New Style in the Layer Style dialog
➤ Create a pattern via Edit > Defi ne Pattern
➤ Create a custom shape via Edit > Defi ne Custom Shape
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To save the presets on a picker as a library:
1 Make sure the preset picker or panel contains
only the presets to be saved in a library (see the
instructions on the preceding page)
2. Do one of the following:
From the Brush Presets, Swatches, Styles, or
Tool Presets panel menu, or from the Brush
Preset picker menu, choose Save [preset type].
For a gradient, click Save in the Gradient Editor
dialog; or from the menu in the Gradient Fill
dialog (for a fill layer) or in the Gradient picker
(on the Options bar), choose Save Gradients.
For a pattern, from the picker menu in the
Pattern Overlay panel of the Layer Style dialog,
the Edit > Fill dialog, or the Pattern Fill dialog
(for a fill layer), choose Save Patterns
3 In the Save dialog, enter a name, keep the
default extension and location, then click Save
4 Relaunch Photoshop to make your new library
appear on the panel and/or preset picker menu
and on the menu in the Preset Manager.A
Photo shop supplies an assortment of predefined preset libraries that you can load as needed onto the relevant picker The libraries are available on the lower portion of the panel or picker menu when you select a tool that uses that panel or picker (for example, from the Brush Preset picker when the Brush or Mixer Brush tool is selected)
User-created libraries are also listed on the menu
To load a library of presets:
1 From the lower portion of a panel menu or picker menu, choose a preset library name
Libraries are listed on the Brush Presets, Styles, Swatches, and Tool Presets panel menus, and
on the Shape and Tool Preset picker menus (on the Options bar) You can also choose a library from the picker menu in the Gradient Editor dialog, the Gradient Fill dialog (for a Gradient Fill layer), the Edit > Fill dialog (for patterns), the Pattern Fill dialog (for a Pattern Fill layer), and the Layer Style dialog (for contours, gradients, patterns, and styles)
2 When the alert appears, click Append to add
the additional presets to the panel or picker, or click OK to replace the current presets on the panel or picker with those in the library
Note: If the panel or picker contains unsaved presets, another alert dialog appears Click Don’t Save or Save
➤ To access a library that isn’t listed on the menu (because it isn’t being stored in the default folder), choose Load [preset name] from the panel or picker menu, locate the desired library, then click Open
➤ To create document presets for use in the New dialog, see page 23
You can restore the factory-default library to any panel or picker
To restore the default presets to a panel
or picker:
1 Choose Reset [preset name] from a panel or
picker menu
2 When the alert dialog appears, click OK to
replace the existing presets on the panel or picker with the default ones
Note: If you made changes to the current presets, another alert dialog will appear Click Don’t Save or Save
A The new library appears
at the bottom of the Brush
Preset picker menu.