Chapter 1. It Starts in Bridge

Use Bridge to Manage Your Images Quickly

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It really all does start out in Bridge. I mean, there are a ton of ways to do things faster in Photoshop, but what better way to really begin to work faster than by learning how to find, protect, get to, and organize your images the right way in the first place? Adobe Bridge is exactly the place to start doing this. Do me a favor, though. If you're used to the File Browser in previous versions of Photoshop, make sure you still read this chapter because Bridge is not just File Browser with a facelift. It's a totally new beast by itself and has some incredible timesaving features available inside it. Plus, the very first tutorial in this chapter gives you some vital info about how to read this book and where to access the download files if you want to follow along.