Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop Image File Management File Browser Utility Powerful image management utility with a new name, Bridge. It has 4 resizable window panes. 1.File management 2.Enlargement 3.Metadata 4.Slide Viewer/Sorter Have Photoshop Open ….

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop Image File Management: 1. File management (FM) 1.Use this pane to locate (point to) your storage device containing your image files. Far superior to opening a file through the Menu >File>Open command, which is a very low tech option..

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop Image File Management: 2. Enlargement 2.This pane use to be useful to closely view enlargements of any particular image. Now that the thumbnails can be enlarged, it has lost most of its usefulness. I don’t use it anymore. Although, If your home computer doesn’t have enough RAM or external hard drive space, it may still be useful. Although, If your home computer doesn’t have enough RAM or external hard drive space, it may still be useful..

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop Image File Management: 3. Metadata 3.Use this pane to learn exactly what and when about your assignment image. JPEG image data file has a header containing some very vital data such as: -Date Shot – set date -Image File Format -Camera Make -Camera Model -Exposure – Time -Exposure – F/Stop -Sensitivity – ISO -Focal Length - And other

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop Image File Management: 3. Metadata EXIF warning There are different EXIF versions and some of them are not compatible with different versions of Photoshop. Canon in particular often fills in with incomplete data. Often the ISO is missing from most Canon digitals

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop Image File Management: 4. Slide viewer 4.Slide Viewer Slide (light box) viewer is an extremely productive image file management tool. It became even more useful in the Photoshop Creative Suite (version 8). The thumbnail image size became adjustable to enlargement proportions. The sizing control was also made easy access and control via a slider at the bottom of the Slide Viewer pane.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop Image File Management: 5. Last but not the least The Bride window can and should be detached from the menu bar. Let’s do it now….

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