Adobe ’s raw Bridge — a bear - alone software ably named for its consolidative and management functions — has replaced Photoshop CS ’s give File internet browser and now provides file - management and mechanization features for the total Creative Suite 2 .

Like the previous File browser app , Bridge ’s interface provides separate , resizable paneling that expose metadata , preview , and your Mac ’s directory structure . you could expend Bridge to preview just about any eccentric of raster or vector single file format , including many that do n’t usually allow for trailer , and you could easily edit filing cabinet names and metadata . InDesign users will appreciate Bridge ’s ability to display an InDesign document ’s font and colour information without having to launch the Indian file .

The user interface has been improved with a Filmstrip pane that bear witness both a landing strip of thumbnail and a full - size paradigm . There is also a built - in slide - show lineament that allows you to rate and recording label effigy as you view them .

Workflow betterment admit better mechanization , improved searching , and batch processing that now span the entire suite . Bridge also eases color direction by automatically synchronizing color options throughout all the CS apps ( this feature is not available if you purchase the apps individually ) .

In summation to open documents , Bridge lets you place files into Illustrator , Photoshop , or InDesign documents , making it a very effective control center .

bridge deck — through its handy Bridge Center interface — allow a portal vein to Adobe ’s new stock pic service , which sells double from PhotoDisk , ComStock , DigitalVision , and others . Though the feature does n’t provide entree to anything you ca n’t get from a Web situation , it gives you one interface that have you explore multiple stock subroutine library with one instruction .

The Bridge Center also gives you inst approach to your most recent files and folders , an RSS referee , the supporter and color - direction menus , and more .

Bridge is not a permutation for an image - cataloging program like iView Multimedia ’s iView MediaPro (; March 2004 ) , because it ca n’t save catalogue of offline images . But for finding , organizing , and placing images in your current projection , Bridge is a great addition to the Adobe suite .

How CS2 Apps Use Bridge

PhotoshopAs a direct descendent of Photoshop ’s File web browser , Bridge is a primal companion to Photoshop CS2 . It ’s a virtual twinkle table , a coast projector , and an mechanization helper . I could see using some of the other Creative Suite 2 applications without also using Bridge , but I ca n’t guess using Photoshop CS2 without it.—Jim Heid

InDesignBridge is an diligence InDesign substance abuser can easily ignore , except for setting suitewide color preferences ( if you own the entourage ) . Most designers will likely use InDesign as the primary interface to the layout ’s constitutive file cabinet , unless they ’re doing a portion of the Photoshop and Illustrator oeuvre . But Bridge is there — and quite useable — if it ’s needed.—Galen Gruman

IllustratorBridge is gravid for quickly observe the Illustrator papers you ’re look for , thanks to its thumbnail showing . Complex Illustrator documents often include many linked image files , and Bridge makes short oeuvre of finding , tracking , and localise them.—Ben Long

GoLiveAdobe GoLive CS2 curb embedded versions of the two most useful Bridge tools for examining versions and alternates , so there ’s little grounds for GoLive drug user to engage Bridge except to search at undertaking files that are n’t part of a GoLive site.—Glenn Fleishman