Lesson 1 - Objectives 10-13 (Wednesday)
Time yourself! Spend 45 minutes in this section, and learn as much as you can!
B01-10 Skill: Rate and label images in Bridge
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It's easy to rate or label images in Bridge. Just select images you want to rate or label, go to the Label menu (see image at right), and select what you want to do.
You've also learned in an earlier video that you can rate or label images in Adobe Bridge's Review mode (Cmd-B or CTRL-B). In that mode, pressing "1" will give an image a 1 star rating. Pressing the numbers 2, 3, 4, or 5 will give that same rating in stars. Pressing 6 will set the label to "Select." Pressing 7 will set the label to "Second." Pressing 8 will set the label to "Approved." Pressing 9 will set the label to "Review." When you're not in review mode, you'll need to add the command key to the star numbers or labels (CTRL on a Windows PC). So, if you've selected 10 images in the content pane, and then press Cmd-4, all those images will be given a 4 star rating. Once labeled or rated, you can used the Filter pane to filter to just the images you want to see, based upon your labels, ratings, keywords, etc. |
Image: The LABEL menu in Adobe Bridge
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Assignment: Go through the exercise files and rate them, with 1 star being the ones you like least, and 5 stars awarded to the ones you like most, and something in-between for the in-between ones. Then sort the content pane in the Essentials workspace by rating. Take a screenshot of the Bridge window and save it as B01-10 Your name.
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Image: Example of rating images and sorting them by their rating. Click image for larger view.
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B01-11 Skill: Create and use Bridge smart collections
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You learned how to create a collection in part 10. Now we'll learn how to create and use a smart collection. A smart collection is a collection where you define the criteria for adding images to the collection, then Adobe Bridge goes and looks for any images that meet your criteria and adds them to the collection. The great thing about this is that you can change your mind and change the metadata or keywords or label on certain images that were in your collection, and Adobe will remove them from the smart collection automatically. The other advantage is you can go back in and change the criteria for your smart collection at any time. Watch the video at the right.
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Video: How to create Adobe Bridge smart collections (4:33)
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B01-12 Skill: Organize images into stacks in Bridge
Organizing groups of thumbnails into stacks is a great way to be able to view more images in the content pane. So, for example, let's stack our spring images together, our summer images into a separate stack, and the same for autumn and winter.
Note: If you have a series of photos that will make an animation, stacking them is one way you can preview that animation, just by clicking the play button.
To un-stack a stack you've created, select the stack. Go to the Stacks menu, and choose "Ungroup from Stack."
- First of all, sort your images by keyword. Then select all the autumn images. Go into the Stacks menu and "Group as Stack" (Cmd-G on Mac, CTRL-G on PC).
- Do the same for Spring, Summer, and Winter images. You'll end up with 4 stacks. Increase the thumbnail size. When the thumbnail size is large enough you'll see a play button and a slider. You can press the play button or drag the slider to view the thumbnails in the stack.
- The number in the upper left corner of a stack is the number of images you've got stacked together. You can add other images into the stack just by dragging an image thumbnail onto the stack you wish to add it to. If you click on the number for a stack, the stack will expand so you can see all the thumbnails within. Click on the number again, and the stack will collapse back into a stack icon.
Note: If you have a series of photos that will make an animation, stacking them is one way you can preview that animation, just by clicking the play button.
To un-stack a stack you've created, select the stack. Go to the Stacks menu, and choose "Ungroup from Stack."
Image: 1) Select all autumn images. Click the Stacks menu. Choose "Group as Stack."
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Image: 2. All seasons are grouped now. You can press the play button, or use the slider to browse through the thumbnails in the stack.
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Image: 3. Click on the stack number in the upper left corner. The stack will expand to show all thumbnails. Click again to collapse the stack. Use the play or slider to browse through thumbnails within the stack.
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Assignment: Organize the exercise files into stacks, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. Take a screenshot of the Bridge window and save it as B01-12 Your name.
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USU Students, Submit Your Lesson 1 Assignment in Canvas
Before you proceed to the last portion of lesson 1 below, take moment and gather the following exercise images you've saved. Zip them all into a single zip archive named B01_Your_Name.zip and submit that file to me in the Canvas lesson 1 assignment. [If you're unsure how to do this, review the videos about how to create a zip archive (Mac or Windows PC). Then watch the Canvas tutorial, "Assignment Submissions."]
- B01-05 Your Name.jpg
- B01-06 Your Name.jpg
- B01-07 Your Name.jpg
- B01-09 Your Name.jpg
- B01-10 Your name.jpg
- B01-12 Your name.jpg
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For the second part of the lesson 1 assignment, I'd like to get to know you better, and also have you become familiar with Canvas, which we'll be using throughout this course. Send me a message in Canvas inBox, and attach a photo of yourself. That will help me connect faces with names. Tell me about you. What is your major? Where is home? Why are you interested in taking this course? What are some of the things you'd like to learn in the course? What are some of the things you enjoy doing? And anything else you'd like to share with me. [Unsure how to do this? Watch the Canvas tutorial "Communicate with Your Instructor and Peers."]
In the last part of lesson 1, we are going to change directions and discuss visual communications, informational graphics, and image resolution. |
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B01-13 Start to learn about and become familiar with Photoshop's tools!
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Click on the Photoshop CC Quick Keys chart at right. Then download it. This is a chart of the tools in Photoshop. It is a reference for you. It is a multimedia PDF file - meaning that you can click on any tool in the menu lists and be taken to a short video describing how that tool works!
We'll be learning how to use most of these tools this semester. Part of the assignment for this lesson is to start to become familiar with the tool names, and where each is located in the tool bar. |
Guide: Photoshop CC Tools and Quick Keys. Click image to view or download...
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