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Managing Bridge

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 50 User Guide See also "To search with criteria saved as collections" on page 50 To search with criteria saved as collections If you saved search criteria, you can run that search again by using that collection. 1 Select Collections in the Favorites panel or Look In menu. 2 Double-click the collection you want. The results of the search display in the Bridge window. See also "To search for files and folders with Bridge" on page 49 To rotate images with Bridge You can rotate the view of images in Bridge. Rotating an image in Bridge may rotate it in the application in which it was created as well. Important: Rotating does not affect the data in the image file. 1 Select one or more images in the content area. 2 Do one of the following: • Click one of the Rotate buttons . • Choose Edit > Rotate 90˚ Clockwise, Rotate 90˚ Counterclockwise, or Rotate 180˚. Managing Bridge To set Bridge preferences 1 Choose Bridge > Preferences. 2 Select any of the preferences categories on the left: General Controls the general appearance settings. Metadata Controls which sections and fields are displayed in the Metadata panel. Labels Assigns names to each color label and specifies whether you need to press Command as part of the keyboard shortcut combination to apply labels and ratings to files. File Type Associations Specifies which application to use from Bridge to open files of the named type. For any file type, you can click the name of the application (or None) and click Browse to locate an application to use. You can also reset the file type associations to their default settings as well as hide any file types that don't have an associated application. This affects only those files that you open with Bridge, and overrides the Finder settings. Advanced Specifies advanced settings, including cache options and language options. 3 Click OK.

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0
User Guide
50
See also
“To search with criteria saved as collections” on page 50
To search with criteria saved as collections
If you saved search criteria, you can run that search again by using that collection.
1
Select Collections in the Favorites panel or Look In menu.
2
Double-click the collection you want.
The results of the search display in the Bridge window.
See also
“To search for files and folders with Bridge” on page 49
To rotate images with Bridge
You can rotate the view of images in Bridge. Rotating an image in Bridge may rotate it in the application in which it
was created as well.
Important:
Rotating does not affect the data in the image file.
1
Select one or more images in the content area.
2
Do one of the following:
Click one of the Rotate buttons
.
Choose Edit > Rotate 90˚ Clockwise, Rotate 90˚ Counterclockwise, or Rotate 180˚.
Managing Bridge
To set Bridge preferences
1
Choose Bridge > Preferences.
2
Select any of the preferences categories on the left:
General
Controls the general appearance settings.
Metadata
Controls which sections and fields are displayed in the Metadata panel.
Labels
Assigns names to each color label and specifies whether you need to press Command as part of the keyboard
shortcut combination to apply labels and ratings to files.
File Type Associations
Specifies which application to use from Bridge to open files of the named type. For any file
type, you can click the name of the application (or None) and click Browse to locate an application to use. You can
also reset the file type associations to their default settings as well as hide any file types that don’t have an associated
application. This affects only those files that you open with Bridge, and overrides the Finder settings.
Advanced
Specifies advanced settings, including cache options and language options.
3
Click OK.