Organizing and Managing Your Files with Adobe Bridge - Adobe Photoshop CC - page 45

Choose the metadata template you want to use to add metadata to an image or images.
Opening a file from Adobe Bridge
Opening files from Adobe Bridge is a great way to begin the work process in Adobe Photoshop. Not only
is it very visual, but important data stored with the files also makes it easier to locate the correct file.
1 In the ps03lessons folder, double-click iStock_10138490.jpg to open the file in Adobe Photoshop.
Sometimes you will find that double-clicking a file opens it in a different application than expected.
This can happen if you are working in generic file formats such as JPEG and GIF. To avoid this
problem, you can right-click (Windows) or Ctrl+click (Mac OS) the image, and choose Open With
to select the appropriate application.
2 Choose File > Close and then select File > Browse in Bridge to return to Adobe Bridge.
3 You can also click once to select an image and then choose File > Open, or use the keyboard shortcut
Ctrl+O (Windows) or Command+O (Mac OS).
Searching for files using Adobe Bridge
Find the files that you want quickly and easily by using the Search tools built directly into Adobe Bridge
and taking advantage of the Filter panel.
In this example, you have a limited number of files to search within, but you will have the opportunity to
see how helpful these search features can be.
Searching by name or keyword
The benefit of adding metadata to your images is that you can use it to find your files later. Using the Find
dialog box in Adobe Bridge, you can narrow your criteria down to make it easy to find your files when
needed.
1 Make sure that you are still viewing the content in the ps03lessons folder.
2 Choose Edit > Find, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F (Windows) or Command+F (Mac OS). The
Find dialog box appears.
3 Select Keywords from the Criteria drop-down menu, and type Skateboarder into the third text field (re-
placing Enter Text.) Then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS). Because you are looking within
the active folder only, you get a result immediately. The image files iStock_1771975.jpg ,
iStock_10138490.jpg , iStock_10138506.jpg , and iStock_10135568.jpg appear.