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Bridge (Adobe)

The folder and file browser used across Adobe's Creative Cloud applications, not just Photoshop. For many photographers, its a simpler and more predictable image organising tool than Lightroom.

Open in Camera Raw: the Lightroom alternative right under your nose!

April 16, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Adobe Bridge and Camera Raw make a great alternative to Lightroom, with all the same editing tools but in a simpler workflow with no tiresome imports, just ‘live’ image browsing and editing.

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, Tutorials, WorkflowTagged With: Adobe Camera Raw (ACR), Bridge (Adobe), Browser (photos), RAW processing

Lightroom vs Photoshop: which program should you use and when?

April 15, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Lightroom vs Photoshop, which is best? It’s not that simple, as anyone who uses them will know, because although there is some crossover (well, a lot of crossover), they have very different roles and very different strengths and weaknesses. One is not better than the other because it depends on what you want to do. […]

Filed Under: Lightroom, PhotoshopTagged With: Adobe, Adobe Camera Raw (ACR), Asset management, Bridge (Adobe), Cataloguing software, DAM (Digital Asset Management), Layers, Lightroom (Adobe), Lightroom Classic (Adobe), Local adjustments, Photography Plan (Adobe), Photoshop (Adobe), Plug-ins, Retouchii, Retouching

Cataloguing software explained

March 29, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Cataloguing software can organize your entire photo collection, but how does it work and what do you look for?

Filed Under: Editing A-Z, Featured, GeneralTagged With: Adobe, Album, Asset management, Batch processing, Bridge (Adobe), Browser (photos), Capture One, Catalog, Cataloguing software, Cloud storage, Collection, Copyright, Culling, DAM (Digital Asset Management), Develop (RAW files), EXIF data, Export, Import, IPTC data, Keyword, Library, Lightroom (Adobe), Lightroom Classic (Adobe), Local adjustments, Metadata, Non-destructive editing, Presets, Preview, Referenced images, Session (Capture One), Smart album/collection, Thumbnail, Virtual Copy (Lightroom)

Image metadata explained

March 19, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Metadata is image information stored alongside or within a photo. You don’t see it in the image, but it can be read by different software applications to help filter, sort, search or identify images.

Filed Under: Editing A-Z, GeneralTagged With: Asset management, Bridge (Adobe), Cataloguing software, Copyright, DAM (Digital Asset Management), EXIF data, IPTC data, Keyword, Metadata, Non-destructive editing, Sidecar file, XMP file

How to use String Substitution in Adobe Bridge

October 11, 2017 by Rod Lawton

Batch rename in Adobe Bridge

So here’s a thing I’ve been struggling with. My personal photo filing system (see part 1 and part 2 of this mini-series) has worked brilliantly for years, except for one tiresome niggle. I number my photos sequentially and yes, I can do that straight away with all my images straight from the camera. BUT there […]

Filed Under: TutorialsTagged With: Batch rename, Bridge (Adobe)

How to batch-rename RAW+JPEG pairs in Adobe Bridge

October 9, 2017 by Rod Lawton

Here’s part 2 of my mini-series on creating a basic image filing and naming system. Part 1 explains the basic folder and file naming structure and how to batch rename photos in Adobe Bridge. This part looks at specific situation that lots of us face – what to do when you shoot RAW+JPEG pairs with […]

Filed Under: TutorialsTagged With: Batch rename, Bridge (Adobe), Browser (photos), RAW+JPEG

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