2-Opening a file with adobe Bridge

Opening a file with adobe Bridge

In this book, you’ll work with different start files in each lesson. You may make
copies of these files and save them under different names or locations, or you may
work from the original start files and then copy them from the DVD again if you
want a fresh start. This lesson includes three start files.
In the previous exercise, you used the Open command to open a file. Now you’ll
open another file using Adobe Bridge, a visual file browser that helps take the
guesswork out of finding the image file that you need.

1 Choose File > Browse In Bridge. If you’re prompted to enable the Photoshop
extension in Bridge, click OK.
Adobe Bridge opens, displaying a collection of panels, menus, and buttons.

2 Select the Folders tab in the upper left corner, and then browse to the Lessons

folder you copied from the DVD onto your hard disk. The Lessons folder

appears in the Content panel.

3 Select the Lessons folder, and choose File > Add To Favorites. Adding files,

folders, application icons, and other assets that you use often to the Favorites

panel lets you access them quickly.

4 Select the Favorites tab to open the panel, and click the Lessons folder to open

it. Then, in the Content panel, double-click the Lesson01 folder.

Thumbnail previews of the folder contents appear in the Content panel.

5 Double-click the 01A_Start.psd thumbnail in the Content panel to open the file,

or select the thumbnail and choose File > Open.

The 01A_Start.psd image opens in Photoshop. Leave Bridge open; you’ll use it to

locate and open files later in this lesson.