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Learn how to use the Export Panel in Bridge to export all supported file types as image files.
With the Export panel in Bridge, you can now convert your assets such as videos, PDFs, or images and export as an image file format. By default, the Export panel is in focus when you work in the Essentials and Output workspaces in Bridge.
From the drop down options, select Export Panel.
Adjust the position and width of the Export panel that opens as per your preference. In the Export panel, you can select — Custom Export or Create New Preset to begin your export process.
Export assets
To export your files using the Export panel, you can either Custom Export or Create New Preset.
Custom Export
Select assets from the Content panel that you wish to export and do any of the following:
- Drag and drop the selected assets from the Content panel to the Custom Export option in the Export panel.
- Ctrl-click (mac) or right-click (win) to bring up the context menu. Select Export To > Custom Export.
- Go to File (menu bar) > Export to > Custom Export.
In the Export dialog that opens, type a preset name and set your preferences for — Saving Options, Image Format, Image Size, and Metadata.
Saving Options:
- Export To: Expand the drop-down option to choose a location — Original File Location and Specific Folder.
- If you select the Specific Folder option, you can further use the Browse field to set a location for your exported files.
- Enable the Save to subfolder named checkbox and type in a name to specify a subfolder location.
- You can also Manage Conflicts by selecting any of the options from the drop-down — Create unique file name, Overwrite existing file, or Skip file.
Image Format: Use this option to select a format using the Export panel. Bridge supports JPEG, DNG, TIFF, and PNG for export. Based on the format selected, you can choose from further settings.
Image Size:
- Scale: Select Scale to set a scale percentage in the Image field.
- Resize to: Select this option to resize your assets to fit or fill a target rectangle area and set the dimensions. You can resize images based on Long Edge, Short Edge, or Width/Height in the Export panel. You can also enable the Don't enlarge option to make sure your image doesn't get enlarged on exporting. By default, Don't enlarge is enabled for Fit and disabled for Fill.On selecting Fit, you can fit your image to resize on the basis of Long edge, Short edge, or Width Height. Long Edge: You can manually change the Dimension and Resolution before you export your images.Short Edge: You can manually change the Dimension and Resolution before you export your images.Width Height: You can manually change the Width, Height, and Resolution before you export your images. When you select Width/Height as your Fit option, your image is resized as per a target rectangle.On selecting Fill, you can resize on the basis of Width Height. You can also view image thumbnails under Resize To having the original and new sizes of the images mentioned below each thumbnail.You can specify the Resolution of your image in Pixels/inch or Pixels/cm and Dimension metrics in pixels/inches/cm.
- Image preview: You can also see a preview of your images beside the resize options to quickly look at your applied changes for Width/Height options.
- Resample Method: Choose any of the available Resample Method — Bilinear, Bicubic (best for smooth gradients), or Bicubic Sharper (best for reduction).
Metadata:To learn more about applying metadata templates, see Create metadata templates.
- Include Original Metadata: Select this checkbox and use the drop-down menu to choose from the metadata associated with the files that you wish to keep.
- Select the Remove Location Info checkbox to remove location specific metadata from the exported files.
- Apply Metadata Template: Select this checkbox and choose from the following field:
- Name: Choose any of the available metadata from the Name drop-down.
- Method: Select a method — Append Metadata, or Replace Metadata.
- Additional Keywords (Separated by semicolon): Use this field to add additional keywords to the files you wish to export.
Select Start Export in the Export dialog or from the bottom of the Export panel to start the export process.
Edit your export presets
In the Export panel, cmd-click (macOS) or right-click (Win) to bring up the context menu options. You can also select the edit preset icon from the bottom of the Export panel to edit your export settings. Select the delete preset icon to delete a preset if required.
- Duplicate: Use this option to duplicate an export preset while making minimal changes and save for later use.
- Rename: Use this option to rename an export preset.
- Delete: Use this option to delete an export preset.
- Edit: Use this option to edit all settings in your export preset and save for future use.
View export progress
You can view your entire export job list that includes pending jobs, active jobs, and completed jobs. To check the progress of your export jobs:
Select View Progress from the bottom of the Export panel.
In the Export Progress dialog that opens, you can observe the progress status of your export jobs.
Select Clear to remove the job list.
Select Close to exit the progress window.
Cancel export
In the Export Progress dialog, select the cancel icon visible next to a selected job status to stop the export process at any time.
Select Close to exit the progress window. Once an export job is completed, selecting the cancel icon only removes the job information from the list and does not impact the export process.
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