Use Adobe Bridge, provided with Adobe Creative Suite 3 components, to organize, browse, and locate the assets you need to create content for print, the web, television, DVD, film, and mobile devices. Bridge keeps native Adobe files (such as PSD and PDF) as well as non‑Adobe files available for easy access. You can drag assets into your layouts, projects, and compositions as needed, preview files, and even add metadata (file information), making the files easier to locate.

For a video on understanding Bridge, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0090.

File browsing

From Bridge you can view, search, sort, filter, manage, and process image, video, and audio files. You can use Bridge to rename, move, and delete files; edit metadata; rotate images; and run batch commands. You can also view files and data imported from your digital still or video camera.

Version Cue

Use Bridge as a central location from which to work with Adobe Version Cue®. From Bridge, you can browse all project files, including non‑Adobe files, in one place without having to start the native application for each file. You can create new Version Cue projects, delete projects, and create versions in Bridge. Use the Inspector in Bridge to view and act on context-sensitive information about Adobe Version Cue Servers, projects, and Version Cue-managed assets.

Bridge Home

Bridge Home is a feature of Bridge CS3 that lets you access tips, news, and information about Adobe Creative Suite 3 products and components. From Bridge Home, you can access Adobe.com and other design resources.

Camera Raw

If you have Adobe Photoshop® or Adobe After Effects® installed, you can open or import camera raw files from Bridge, edit them, and save them in a Photoshop-compatible format. You can edit the image settings directly in the Camera Raw dialog box without starting Photoshop or After Effects, and copy settings from one image to another. If you don’t have Photoshop or After Effects installed, you can still preview the camera raw files in Bridge.

Stock Photos

Select Adobe Stock Photos from the Favorites panel in Bridge to search leading stock libraries for royalty‑free images. You can download low-resolution, complimentary versions of the images and try them in your projects before purchasing them.

Color management

If you use Adobe Creative Suite 3, you can use Bridge to synchronize color settings across color-managed Adobe Creative Suite 3 components. This synchronization ensures that colors look the same in all Adobe Creative Suite 3 components.