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Bridge makes good use of the keyword feature by allowing you to create new keywords and keyword groups and assigning them to files using the Keywords panel, shown in Figure 6.11.. If you

Bridge also allows you to add labels to files to help you organize them to use later You can label files with the Select, Second, Review, Approved, and To Do labels To add a rating or a label to a file, select Label from the main menu in Bridge and then select one of the options shown in Figure 6.10

FIGURE 6.10

Adding ratings and labels to files helps you organize, prioritize, and find files easier

Assigning keywords to files

An extremely useful feature of file metadata is the ability to add keywords that identify or link the file with a person, event, place, or some other piece of data Bridge makes good use of the keyword feature by allowing you to create new keywords and keyword groups and assigning them to files using the Keywords panel, shown in Figure 6.11 After the keywords have been assigned to files, you can use them to find the files much easier later

Adding an existing keyword to a file

To add an existing keyword to one or more files in Bridge, open the Keyword panel Then select the file(s) in the Content panel Then select the keyword you want to add to the file(s); the key-word is written to the metadata of the file

Adding a new keyword

The Keywords tab displays only the basic keywords and keywords that exist in the selected files If you want to add a new keyword to a file that doesn’t exist already, click the New Keyword button

in the Keywords panel or right-click in the Keywords panel and select New Keyword from the pop-up menu A new keyword is added to the list, and you can type the name in the provided text box

FIGURE 6.11

Adding and managing keywords associated with files helps you organize and find files more easily

Keyword search

Delete keyword

New subkeyword New keyword

Adding a new sub-keyword

As you add more and more keywords, you realize that you need to organize them into subgroups

Bridge allows you at add sub-keywords to an existing keyword already in the list If you want to add a new keyword to a file that doesn’t exist already, click the New Keyword button in the Keywords panel or right-click in the Keywords panel and select New Sub Keyword from the

pop-up menu A new keyword is added as a sublevel to the selected keyword, and you can type the name of the new keyword in the provided text box

Note

When you select add a keyword to a file, any sub-keywords under it are not added to the file You need to add

each sub-keyword for them all to apply n

Finding a keyword in the list

Sometimes even having keywords divided into subgroups doesn’t make it easy enough to find the keywords You can use the search field in the Keywords panel to search for keywords As you type into the search box, the keywords matching the search are displayed in the list The search is not case sensitive and searches for text anywhere in the keyword name

Deleting and renaming keywords

Bridge allows you to quickly rename and delete keywords to keep your list organized To rename a keyword, right-click it in the list and select Rename from the pop-up menu Then type the new name of the keyword Bridge modifies the metadata in all the files containing that keyword to update the keyword name

To delete a keyword, right-click it in the list and select Delete from the pop-up menu The key-word is deleted from the list

Renaming files

As discussed earlier, you can rename files as you import them from a camera or a memory card

Bridge also provides the Batch Rename utility to rename files that already exist on the filesystem

To rename files in Bridge, select them in the Content panel and then open the Batch Rename util-ity, shown in Figure 6.12, by selecting Tools ➪ Batch Rename from the main menu in Bridge

FIGURE 6.12

Configuring custom filename options when renaming files in Bridge

These options are available when renaming files using the Batch Rename utility:

l Preset: This allows you to select a default rename configuration or a configuration based

on string substitution or to use one of your previous renaming configurations

l Destination Folder: This allows you to specify whether you want Bridge to place the

renamed files in the same folder, move them to another folder, or make a copy in another folder while keeping the original

l New Filenames: This area allows you to specify custom filenames based on up to ten

dif-ferent components including text, new extension, current filename, preserved filename, sequence number, sequence letter, date, time, metadata, and string substitution

l Options: This lets you specify whether to preserve the current file in the XMP metadata of

the file You also can specify whether to enforce the new filename to be compatible with filename requirements on Windows, Mac, or Unix

l Preview: Displays a preview of how the renamed filenames will appear.

Finding files

One of Bridge’s biggest strengths is in quickly finding files you are looking for Bridge provides several tools to help you quickly find files The following sections discuss using the Filter panel, the Find tool, and the Review Mode to find files using Bridge

Using the Filter panel

As discussed earlier, you can add keywords, labels, and ratings to files, and Bridge helps you quickly find files based on those and other values To use metadata information to find files in Bridge, open the Filter panel, shown in Figure 6.13 The Filter panel keeps a list of categories of metadata that can be used to filter the list of files displayed in the Content pane These categories can be expanded and collapsed using the triangle button next to the Category title

To filter on a specific item, expand the Category and select the item A check mark appears next to the item selected, as shown in Figure 6.13 You can select as many items as you like Bridge dis-plays only the items that match the criteria of the selected metadata items

Tip

If you need to browse several folders when searching for files, you can click the Pin button on the bottom left

of the Filter panel to keep the filter in effect when browsing through folders and collections n

Using the Find tool

Another extremely effective method of finding files in Bridge is using the Find tool by selecting Edit ➪ Find from the main menu in Bridge The Find tool, shown in Figure 6.14, allows you to quickly specify a source location and search criteria to find files The resulting files that match the specified criteria are then placed in the Content pane

The Look in field of the Find tool allows you to specify a folder or collection to search from You also can launch the Find tool by selecting a collection or folder in the Collections, Favorites,

FIGURE 6.13

Filtering the list of files in the Filter panel using metadata contained in the files

You can specify the search criteria on a specific metadata item or on all metadata by selecting the option from the drop-down list Then specify the criteria matching option and a value To add more criteria, click the plus button To remove criteria, click the minus button next to the criteria

You also can specify to add the file if any of the criteria are met or only if all the criteria are met

You also can tell the search to include the subfolders of the selected location and non-indexed files

Tip

When you are creating collections, a good place to start is using the Find tool to get a list of the files that you

want to place in the collection Then select all the files in the Content panel and add them to the collection n

Using the review mode

After you have a list of files in the Content panel, one additional feature in Bridge can help you find the files you want Typically, you view the files as thumbnails and look for specific files Bridge also provides the Review Mode utility, shown in Figure 6.15, to quickly view and locate images

FIGURE 6.14

Using the Find tool, you can specify a set of criteria to match in the metadata of files while searching the

filesystem

FIGURE 6.15

Using the Review Mode utility lets you scroll through a list of images in the Preview panel

The Review Mode utility, available by selecting View ➪ Review Mode from the main menu, displays the images in a rotating carousel view of the images in the Preview panel Selecting an image with the mouse brings that image to the front of the view You also can click the left and right arrows to rotate the image to the left or to the right Clicking the down arrow or dragging an image off the screen removes the front image from the list

Using collections

A collection is a set of files that are grouped together in Bridge The collection concept does not exist outside of Bridge, which offers some advantages and disadvantages The advantage is that you can create and delete collections in Bridge without affecting the actual files on disk You also can add files to collections regardless of where they exist in the filesystem The disadvantage is that although you can view collections of files quickly in Bridge, you cannot view them in other appli-cations (except Photoshop using the mini-Bridge panel)

Using Bridge collections is useful for keeping track of files that belong together The following sec-tions describe creating collecsec-tions of files in Bridge using the Collecsec-tions panel, shown in Figure 6.16

FIGURE 6.16

Using the Collections panel to create collections of files in Bridge

Creating collections

You create a new collection in Bridge by clicking the New Collection button in the Collections panel A new collection appears, and you can type the name of the collection You can rename the collection at any time by right-clicking it and selecting Rename from the pop-up menu To delete a collection, right-click it and select Delete from the pop-up menu