Ok I have been playing with CS3 and have not really used Bridge up until now. I got some of DJ's Brilliant settings and wanted to try them out on a wedding I just did. So I opened my jpg's in Camera Raw (I don't shoot raw, just jpg) and did quite a bit of editing. I didn't do the "save" but just clicked "done" and then they showed up in Bridge all pretty and edited. But now when i open my pics in another application, they don't show the edits.

1. How do I save my bridge/camera raw edits as jpg's??

2. Why is it that when I click on the pics in Bridge, they show up edited in the window to the top right of screen. But when I try to open them in another application, they are not edited?

3. Now that I have edited so many in camera raw... how do I save them now that they are just sitting in Bridge? Do I have to open up the whole batch in camera raw and save them??? Will they save as a jpg? I tried saving something one time and it was a .dng file... I want jpg's though...

PLEASE HELP!!

Thanks osp!!!

When you make an adjustment in camera raw it make what called a sidecar file. This is a hidden file that is for the most part a list of changes to get from the original file to the new one. These files are only seen by camera raw so any other app. you have doesn’t know to look for the sidecar file. If you open the flies in camera raw again and choose the save button this time you should get a pop-up window. About a third of the way down that window there is a drop down menu to choose the file type. Jpeg should be in that list. I hope this was of some help.

Carl Stevens
http://axisphotography.blogspot.com/

Chelsea, I don't have the answer to your question, but I am very interested to know about the new CS3 Camera Raw features when working with Jpegs. Are you happy with the upgrade (other than this issue you are having)?

Thanks!!

Bruce it is awesome with Jpeg. Still, you can only do so much with a jpeg as opposed to a raw file though (for many reasons).

Chelsea, while you are in bridge, you have to select the ones you want to save (edit> select all, if it is all) then go to the tools menu in the top bar, select Photoshop>image processor, and a dialog window will come up asking how, and where you want to save them.

Send me a PM if you can't get it still, I will walk you through it on the phone if we have to.

Bruce, I have CS3, so I'll comment on your questions a bit. I am a RAW shooter and I love the new Bridge CS3. I spend about 2 days trying to get the images from my D200 to look the way I wanted out of the camera and I save those settings as my defaults. So now when I import the files those defaults are automatically applied without me having to do anything. I love it. For JPEGs, it's definitely better than CS2, but in my opinion, it's not there yet. For example, WB adjustments are not per standard Kelvin scale (unless there is a preference to set), the simply go in +/- increments of 1 and to my untrained eye, custom WB adjustments on JPEGs with the WB tool, never look right, or at least as accurate as when doing the same operation to a RAW file. The brightness slider also has a different scale similar to the WB one. I have several presets that I created for ACR, and when I applied a Brightness of 50 to a JPEG, it almost blew everything out. I check the slider and sure enough the scale is different, so creating presets for RAW won't yield the same results on JPEGs. The other issue, which for me at this point in my experience is a killer for using JPEGs, is that unless your exposures are very close to spot on, one has very little lattitude for recovering lost detail. Maybe that is a limitation of JPEG and not Bridge, but for me that kind of kills the issue. Exampe: In RAW you may overexpose an area, you hold down the ALT key and drag the exposure slider until nothing shows up blown up, and unless the shot is mostly over exposed, one is able to get detail back in the over exposed area. I tried the same on a JPEG, and what is seen as pure white stays pure white no matter how far back you slide the exposure slider. But I do think it's a step in the right direction.

I hope this helps.

oh oh oh can you guys help me? i have cs2. i use bridge all the time. i have my screen set up so the picture is big in the middle and the right hand side has all the tumbprints running from top to bottom. the problem is somehow i managed to make the thumbprints super tiny and i cant get them back to normal. they used to have where i can rate them and some other info now NONE! its just like a tiny little thumprint and its driving me CRAZY please help me. its like the only way i edit and this is so slowing the process down.

julie b

Julie you should be able to adjust it under View from the menu bar, or the view options in the bottom right corner.

i thought i tried everything. i went under view and thumbnails what else do i do??? i also tried to click on the things on the bottom right too, but it changes them its just the info is still missing. HELP =)

julie b

I'm not sure (anyone else want to chime in) you may want to go up to the tool bear, select window>workspace>reset to default workspace, but I don't really know for sure?

Good luck, hope someone else helps too.

Hit CTRL T, that should bring back the info you want displayed back under your thumbnails. I hope that is what you are looking for, if not, let me know and I can try to help sort this out.

thanks for the help!! i was able to save everything!!

no, it actually then takes off the picture number too. right now i do have a picture number but nothing else. i used to have a bunch of info like where i could star it.

please

jb

You may have already tried this, but did you try moving the slider in the bottom right corner, next to the other views. Moving it to the right should make the thumbnails bigger and you'll most likely be able to see all your information again. When the thumbnails are smaller, it decreases the amount of info you can see so you can get more pictures in.

you fixed it you fixed it you fixed it. oh thank you thank you thank you! i knew it would be super easy i just couldnt figure it out. i tried clicking on everything. You so made my day!!! i was beginning to think i deleted something. YIPPIE!!!!!!!!!!

julie b

Glad I could help!!! Happy editing

You probably already know this ---- but when you are in image processor converting to jpg - be sure to check the box to convert to sRGB.