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Adjust Multiple Images in Camera Raw
In Adobe’s Camera Raw application, you can adjust multiple images at the same time by selecting their thumbnails, then applying a change to the active image. Try it with the Crop tool, exposure or color temperature. To adjust just one of the images, click its thumbnail before making changes.
Continue reading...Bridge’s Carousel View
5. October 2009
Bridge CS4 has a new view that helps quickly weed out the bad photos from the keepers. Just select the folder you want to work with, then press Command/B. Use your right and left-arrow keys to navigate. Press down-arrow to remove an image from the set. When you’re satisfied with what’s left, click the Make Collection icon [...]
Continue reading...Getting Loupe-y
29. January 2009
My favorite feature in the new Creative Suite 4 is found in Bridge. If you hated the tiny previews you got with the Loupe in Bridge CS3, then you’re in for a real treat with the newest version. If you want to see a full-screen preview of the image, just press the Spacebar. Click the preview image [...]
Continue reading...Full-Screen Preview in Bridge CS4
29. January 2009
Bridge CS4 lets you quickly get a full-screen preview of any image. Select the image and press the Spacebar or select the “Full Screen Preview” from the View menu. This opens the selected image in a full-screen preview. Click on the image and it zooms to a 100% preview; Control/click-and-drag on the image to move around; press [...]
Continue reading...Custom Workspaces in Bridge CS4
29. January 2009
It’s now easier than ever to switch between different custom workspace layouts in Bridge CS4. Just click on one of the layouts from the list at the top right of the window. Bridge CS4 comes with eight standard workspaces and also allows you to save your own custom workspace(s) by clicking on the down-facing arrow (between [...]
Continue reading...Bridge’s New Grid View
21. January 2009
Unlike other view modes in Bridge, the new Grid view in Bridge CS4 shows all images without cutting any off at the bottom of the preview window.
Continue reading...Preview Tips for Bridge
24. March 2008
Adobe Bridge can display previews of InDesign snippets, InDesign templates, Illustrator templates and Illustrator clip art, even though InDesign and Illustrator can’t. (!) Tip #2: You can preview all the files in a folder’s subfolder if you click the Folder icon at the top left in Bridge’s Filter panel.
Continue reading...Bridge as Library
24. March 2008
You can use Adobe Bridge as a kind of cross-application library for pictures, text files and snippets. First put Bridge into Compact Mode (click the rightmost icon on the Bridge window menu bar). Then from the side menu on the Bridge window, choose Compact Window Always On Top. You can then drag and drop items [...]
Continue reading...Let Bridge Make Contact Sheets in InDesign
24. March 2008
Select some files in Adobe Bridge that you want to include in a contact sheet, even including PDFs. Choose Tools > InDesign > Create InDesign Contact sheet. You can then choose the number of columns, rows, metadata included in captions, etc. You can also save a combination of caption options as a preset. Optionally, you can [...]
Continue reading...Rename Batches of Images in Bridge
17. November 2007
If you select any combination of images in Bridge, then choose Tools > Batch Rename, you can tell Bridge to rename all of them using the dates and times of the images, custom text, number increments, and more.
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Details about the iPad
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Antiglare Display Option For 15-inch MacBook Pro Now Available
If you prefer a display with antiglare coating for a matte rather than glossy viewing experience, an antiglare display is now available as a configure-to-order option on all 15-inch MacBook Pro models. This display has a silver aluminum bezel, which is the same as the 17-inch antiglare MacBook Pro display.Google CEO Schmidt leaves Apple board
In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs cited potential conflicts of interest in explaining Schmidt’s resignation.
“Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings,” he said.
Apple is racing to offer a portable tablet-sized computer in time for the Christmas shopping season, in what the entertainment industry hopes will be a new revolution.
via Financial Times.
20. October 2009
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