

My suggestion would be to download your images from your memory card, directly onto your computer.

Loading your imagesīefore starting the batch processing, you need to load your images to a new folder on your computer. I like Bridge because, together with Adobe Camera Raw, it is straight-forward, hassle-free, and offers a non-destructive way of editing. Bridge is my personal preference over Lightroom, and I choose to use as much or as few of the functions in Bridge as I see fit for every image, or batch of images, that I edit. I do not claim it is the better way of editing nor the perfect way it is one option, among many others available. This tutorial is a very basic suggested process of editing in Bridge, meant to aid your understanding if you have never used Bridge before. If you photograph in RAW, make sure you have downloaded Adobe Camera Raw, preferably the latest version, onto your computer before you can edit the files in Bridge. I shoot in RAW, and always edit from that format in Bridge, as my starting point. Here is a good article about RAW vs JPGS which explains the benefit of shooting in RAW format. RAW files however, can only be opened, and read, in Adobe Camera Raw. To edit photographs in Bridge, you need to have Adobe Camera Raw, a powerful plug-in that allows you to edit and enhance any photo, including JPGS.
#Adobe bridge how to
Let me share with you a few simple steps on how to get started batch processing using Adobe Bridge.Įditing in Bridge is super simple, and as easy as one – two – three. I am personally a fan of simplicity, when it comes to technology. However, everyone starts from somewhere, and not everything is terribly confusing. Beginners especially can feel overwhelmed when confronted by amazing software, that can do almost anything, like Photoshop for example.
