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For those of you have to know where things get saved, Workspaces as

saved as workspacename.workspace, and are stored in Users/username/

Library/Application Support/Adobe/Bridge/Workspaces on Mac OS and

in Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Adobe\Bridge\

Workspaces on Windows.

Bridge Navigation

You can always navigate in Bridge with the mouse, but it’s often more

effi cient to do so from the keyboard.

In the Folders panel, the up and down arrow keys move up and down

one folder at a time. Adding the Command key moves up one level in the

hierarchy. The right arrow key expands folders containing subfolders; the

left arrow key collapses them.

In the Metadata panel, Tab advances to the next editable fi eld, Shift-Tab

to the previous one, and Enter commits an entry. In the Keywords panel,

the up and down arrows move up and down the keywords list.

In the main window, the up, down, left, and right arrows move the

selection to the next thumbnail in their respective directions. Adding Shift

extends the selection to include the next thumbnail in that direction. (You

can’t, however, make discontiguous selections from the keyboard—you

have to Command-click the thumbnails to add noncontiguous images

to the selection.) Home selects the fi rst thumbnail, and End selects the

last one. Command-A selects all thumbnails, and Command-D deselects

all thumbnails. Command-Option-L selects all labeled images, while

Command-Option-Shift-L selects all unlabeled images. Last but not least,

Command-Shift-I inverts the selection, deselecting the selected images

and selecting the formerly unselected ones.

Opening Images

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.

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I’ll discuss the workfl ow reasons for choosing one or the other in the next

chapter, It’s All About the Workfl ow. Table 6-1 shows the mechanics.

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 preference—see 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!

Table 6-1

Opening raw images

To do this... Press this

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 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 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