Mini Bridge

Mini Bridge is an extension that lets you work with assets in a panel in Adobe® Photoshop®, Adobe InDesign®, and Adobe InCopy®. It is a useful way to access many Adobe Bridge features when you work those applications. Mini Bridge communicates with Adobe Bridge to create thumbnails, keep files synchronized, and perform other tasks.

Open the Mini Bridge panel by doing any of the following:

• (Photoshop) Choose File > Browse In Mini Bridge.
• (Photoshop) Choose Window > Extensions > Mini Bridge.
• (InDesign, InCopy) Choose Window > Mini Bridge.

• Navigate to files by clicking the Favorites pop-up menu on the left side of the panel. You can also view a folder by clicking the folder name or arrow in the path bar. 
• Use the Search button  to find files based on criteria you specify.

• Specify what you want to see in the preview area using the following buttons:
  

To open or place a file, select its thumbnail in the Mini Bridge panel and do any of the following:

• Drag it into the host application or onto the host application icon.
• Double-click it to open it in its preferred application. 
• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the file and choose Place or Open With, and then choose an application.
• (InDesign) Drag a snippet from the Mini Bridge panel into a document. Position the loaded cursor where you want the upper-left corner of the snippet to be. Snippet files have the file extension .IDMS or .INDS.
• To run an automated task, select one or more thumbnails, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) and choose [Host Application] > [Automated Task]. For information about a particular command, see or search Photoshop Help or InDesign Help, as necessary.
• To open a file in Adobe Bridge, select it and click the Adobe Bridge button  at the top of the Mini Bridge panel. Or, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a thumbnail and choose Reveal In Bridge.

• Choose Slideshow to open a slideshow of the selected images in Adobe Bridge.
• Choose Review Mode to open the selected images in Review Mode in Adobe Bridge.
• Choose Full Screen Preview to open a full-screen preview in Adobe Bridge.

• Click a filename in the Mini Bridge panel and type to rename it. Or, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a thumbnail and choose Rename.

Adobe Bridge Favorites and collections appear in the Mini Bridge panel.

• To add an item to Favorites or to a collection, drag its thumbnail to the folder or collection in the navigation area of the panel.

To learn more about using Mini Bridge in CS5, read or watch any of these tutorials:

• Adobe Mini Bridge panel and InDesign CS5 (02:00)

• Using Mini Bridge with Photoshop CS5

• Mini Bridge in Photoshop CS5

• Use Mini Bridge in CS5 applications (06:09)

• New features in Bridge and Mini Bridge (10:17)

• Using Mini Bridge in Adobe Photoshop CS5