If you thought that opening an image is simply a matter of double-clicking its thumbnail, you're missing some important nuances of Bridge's behavior. First and foremost is the distinction between opening raws in Camera Raw hosted by Bridge, and opening raws in Camera Raw hosted by Photoshop. I'll discuss the workflow reasons for choosing one or the other in the next chapter, It's All About the Workflow. Table 6-1 shows the mechanics. Table 6-1. Opening raw imagesTo do this... | Press this |
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Open raw images in Camera Raw hosted by Bridge, leaving Photoshop unaffected. | Mac Command-R Windows Ctrl-R | Open raw images in Camera Raw hosted by Photoshop, bringing Photoshop to the foreground, and leaving Bridge visible in the background. | Mac Command-O, Return, or Command-down arrow Windows Ctrl-O, Enter, or Ctrl-down arrow | Open raw images in Camera Raw hosted by Photoshop, bringing Photoshop to the foreground, and hiding Bridge. | Mac Option-Return, or Command-Option-down arrow Windows Alt-Enter, or Ctrl-Alt-down arrow | Open raw images directly into Photoshop, bypassing the Camera Raw dialog box, bringing Photoshop to the foreground, and leaving Bridge visible in the background. | Mac Shift-Return, or Command-Shift-down arrow Windows Shift-Enter, or Ctrl-Shift-down arrow | Open raw images directly into Photoshop, bypassing the Camera Raw dialog box, bringing Photoshop to the foreground, and hiding Bridge. | Mac Option-Shift-Return, or Command-Option-Shift-down arrow Windows Alt-Shift-Enter, or Ctrl-Alt-Shift-down arrow |
In addition, double-clicking thumbnails opens images in Camera Raw hosted by either Bridge or Photoshop depending on the setting of the Double-click edits Camera Raw settings in Bridge preferencesee Figure 6-16, earlier in this chapter. Various other keyboard shortcuts may or may not open raw images, depending on this preference setting. The ones listed above are unaffected by the preference setting, and encompass all the available behaviors! |