Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Way back in Photoshop 7, we had a feature I loved called the File Browser, which let
you access your images from right within Photoshop. Well, when Photoshop CS came
along, they took the File Browser away and gave us the more powerful Adobe Bridge.
I loved that it was more powerful, but I hated that it was a totally separate program,
and now I had to leave Photoshop to get to my images. Thankfully, in Photoshop CS5,
they added Mini Bridge, and in CS6, it's faster, easier to use, and so convenient that
in most cases we don't have to leave Photoshop (wild cheers ensue!).
Getting to
Your Photos
Using Mini Bridge
Step One:
By default, Mini Bridge lives at the bot-
tom of Photoshop's workspace, and to
make it visible, you just click directly on
its tab and it pops right up (as seen here).
When it appears, click on the Launch
Bridge button, and it launches “Big
Bridge” (what I call the full-sized Adobe
Bridge) in the background (you won't
see it, but Mini Bridge actually needs
Big Bridge open to do its thing, but
again, this happens in the background,
so you won't actually see it at all). By the
way, if you already have Big Bridge open,
of course you won't see a button asking
you to launch it.
Step Two:
Once Big Bridge launches in the
background, Mini Bridge comes alive,
displaying your images in a horizontal
filmstrip layout (as seen here). On the
left side of the panel is the Navigation
pod, which is where you navigate to
the photos you want to appear in Mini
Bridge. There's a pop-up menu at the
top to help you make your way to the
photos on your computer (or even ones
on your memory card, if it's connected
to your computer). Here, I chose my
Pictures folder, and below the pop-up
menu, it lists the folders I have inside
that folder. To see what's inside any of
the folders, you just double-click on one.
 
 
 
 
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