WHAT IS ADOBE BRIDGE CS4?

Since its introduction with Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite (CS) 2, Bridge has gr
own, become more useful and quicker to operate. While selecting and opening imag
es in Bridge CS2 was sluggish, using Bridge CS4 is nearly seamless with Photosho
p. CS4 was reorganized to make Bridge more efficient and make it more useful to
users.
Definition: â Adobe Bridge CS4 is a very powerful media manager letting you browse, o
rganize, locate, relocate or view different images or files from different Creat
ive Suite products like Photoshop, Illustrator and any other application. Beside
s wonderful preview options, you can additionally alter images or files directly
inside of Bridge or switch between your Creative Suite applications using Bridg
e as a bridge.â
Bridge started as the Browser in earlier editions of Photoshop and was spun off
as a separate but integral program when Photoshop CS2 was released. Photographer
s used it more often as time went on, so the information presented within it got
better organized. For example, Metadata was moved from the left to the right si
de of the Bridge window so that Filters and Collections could be broken out on t
he left.
FEATURES OF ADOBE BRIDGE CS4
Now we will list the features of the new Adobe Bridge CS4 which comes with the A
dobe Suite 4 products. Following are a list of the new features in Adobe Bridge
CS4:
1. Faster performance: Experience faster performance from starting up Bridg
e CS4 to browsing your assets. For example, set an option to display embedded pr
eviews in camera raw images to speed up their display.
2. Task-based workspaces: Quickly access task-based workspaces at the top o
f the Bridge CS4 window to move efficiently among common tasks, such as previewi
ng assets, looking at images in a light table, assigning metadata, preparing out
put, and more.
3. List View: Sort assets in the new List View, a customer-requested enhanc
ement that enables you to view, customize, and sort on a rich list of data about
your content.
4. Web galleries and PDF contact sheets: Automatically create web galleries
in HTML or SWF format and contact sheets in PDF from directly in Bridge CS4.
5. Full-screen previews: Switch from a thumbnail to a full-screen preview w
ith one click to look more closely at a particular asset.
6. Collections: Quickly organize assets in freeform or search-based virtual
groups, so you can interact with related assets without physically moving them
into the same folder.
7. New Review Modes: Sort through large numbers of assets more easily using
new Review Modes, such as Carousel view, which cycles images around in an easy-
to-view circle. Use keyboard shortcuts to quickly move among and eliminate image
s as you zero in on the ones you need.
8. Smart auto-stacking of HDR images: Intelligently analyze and auto-stack
high dynamic range (HDR) image and panoramas before handing them off from Bridge
to Adobe Photoshop CS4 software for further processing.
9. 3D image preview: Preview and apply metadata to 3D images directly in Br
idge CS4.
10. Enhanced camera raw: Apply nondestructive image adjustments, such as dod
ge, burn, sharpen, and more, as you batch process camera images.
11. Mobile content previewing with Adobe Device Central CS4: Access Device C
entral CS4 from within Bridge to preview, test, and optimize images, animations,
video, and other content for a variety of mobile devices.
12. Workgroup file management with Adobe Version Cue CS4: Access Adobe Versi
on Cue CS4 from inside Bridge to manage file handling within creative teams. Tra
ck multiple versions, prevent overwriting, find the files you need quickly, cond
uct browser-based Adobe PDF reviews, and control access to files on a project-by
-project basis.
13. Centralized color settings: Set color preferences from a centralized pan
el in Bridge for more consistent color in your projects and files. This single s
et of preferences controls color settings for Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4, In
Design CS4, and Acrobat 9 Pro, so colors match closely onscreen as you work with
the same file in different tools.