SAVE TIME FINDING YOUR IMAGES with the Mini Bridge

The Mini Bridge panel in Photoshop is a time-and space-saving feature. You can quickly find an image from within the Photoshop interface, without having Bridge completely take over your screen. 

The Mini Bridge actually launches Bridge in the background; however, the Bridge window does not open until you click the Bridge icon. You can set the preferences for the way the Mini Bridge displays information. Then with a click of the Mini Bridge icon you can browse the contents of your computer, find an image, preview it in a mini preview window, and zoom in to check details, all without leaving Photoshop. You can even sort multiple images and rate them in a mini review mode window, and then filter the images you want to view in the Mini Bridge.

Finding a specific image or a group of images to work on using the Mini Bridge is the quickest way to improve your Photoshop workflow.

 

 

1 Click File.

2 Click Browse in Mini Bridge.

A You can optionally click the Mini Bridge tab at the base of the screen.

The Mini Bridge opens.

Note: To close the Mini Bridge, double-click its tab.

3 Click the Launch Bridge button.

B The Mini Bridge opens in the default layout.

4 Click the Computer drop-down menu to locate your image folder.

5 Double-click a drive or folder to open it.

C The image thumbnails appear.

6 Click and drag to scroll through the image thumbnails.

7 Click the sort drop-down menu to change to a different sort order.

 

 

8 Ô+click (Ctrl+click) multiple images to select them.

9 Click the View dropdown menu and select Review Mode from the menu.

The screen fills with the selected images in Carousel view. 

10 Click any of the smaller images to bring it to the front.

The image carousel rotates to that image.

11 Click here to close the Review Mode window and return to Photoshop.

TIPS

Did You Know?

You can quickly return to Photoshop from the full Bridge CS6 window by clicking the Boomerang  in the Options bar of the Bridge application. 

Try This!

When in Review mode in the Mini Bridge content window, click in the front image to get a 100% preview of that section of the image. 

More Options!

You can play a mini slide show inside the Mini Bridge panel or in full screen mode, and quickly return to the Photoshop interface. Ô+click (Ctrl+click) a number of images in the content pane of the Mini Bridge. Click the View button at the top on the Mini Bridge and click Slideshow in the drop-down list. A slide show of the selected images fills the screen. Press Esc to return to the Photoshop window.