Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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