The File Browser now sports a new menu bar. This menu bar is a visual testimony to the newly expanded capabilities of the File Browser. The next several sections provide a rundown of what you’ll find under each menu category.
File menu
Here’s what you’ll find on the File Browser’s File menu:
-->New Folder: This command creates a new folder in the location listed in the location bar.
-->Open: After you select a thumbnail in the main browser window, you can choose the
Open command to open the image in Photoshop. Of course, you can also simply double-click the selected file(s). To open multiple files, just press Ctrl (Ô on the Mac) while selecting. To select a group of contiguous files, Shift+click the first and last files to select those and all the files in between.
-->Edit in ImageReady: Choose this command if you want to open the selected files in ImageReady to prep the files for the Web.
-->Close File Browser: When you’ve had enough of the File Browser, choose this command.
Or click the Toggle File Browser button in the Options bar.
To have the File Browser close after you open an image, be sure to Alt+double-click (Option+double-click on the Mac) when you select your files in the File Browser window.
-->File Info: This feature lets you add some of your own metadata, such as title, author, copyrights, dates, credits, and so on. This information can come in handy for photographers and reporters. You can also edit (replace, append, save, and delete) Advanced Data such as EXIF (Extended File Information) Properties and TIFF Properties. But feel free to leave this data as it is.
-->Delete: To get rid of a selected image, choose Delete or click the trash can icon.
Be warned that choosing Delete removes the image(s) from your hard drive or external media, not just from the File Browser view.
-->Add/Remove Folder to Favorites: You can choose to add or remove a folder from your Favorites. If you’re not familiar with Favorites, it is a special folder that lists your favorite files, folders, programs, and drives for quick and handy access. You can easily find the Favorites folder in the folder bar and the location bar. And depending on your operating system, you’ll come across numerous ways to access your Favorites.
-->Cache commands: Cache is memory that stores frequently used data, such as thumbnails and file info, to allow for quicker loading when you display a previously viewed image or folder. Building cache for a subfolder will allow you store the information for a selected folder. If you purge the cache, you delete ranking and thumbnail information, thereby creating more disk space. Exporting cache lets you export to the folder selected in the location bar. This allows you to burn a CD without generating thumbnails.
Edit menu
On the File Browser’s Edit menu, here are your options:
-->Select All/Deselect All: These two commands quickly select or deselect all the files in your selected folder.
-->Select All Flagged: Selects all flagged images located in your selected folder.
-->Flag: Select your desired images and choose Flag. Photoshop then tags the images and adds a small flag icon to the thumbnail. You can flag images for distinction and quick locating. Think of it as an electronic sticky note. For example, you can flag images that need editing or retouching or those you are considering using for an upcoming project. You can also quickly flag images by clicking the Flag icon in the menu bar.
-->You can also choose to display either Flagged, Unflagged, or both Flagged and Unflagged files from the Show drop-down list.
-->Rank: You can create your own custom sorting order by applying a “rank” for each image. Happily, you are no longer limited to ranking images from A to E. Apply any alphanumeric text, and Photoshop does its best to make sense of your ranking scheme and sort the images in a logical order. Numeric rankings appear first, followed by alpha rankings. Remember I said Photoshop tries to logically sort your ranking. But be warned that if you number your images 1, 2, 12, and 122, Photoshop sorts the images as 1, 12, 122, and 2. Photoshop looks to the first character, then the second, and so on.
-->Clear Ranking: Choose this command to strip all ranking from your images in the selected folder.
-->Rotate: The rotate commands rotate your images in varying degrees and direction. Note that when you rotate your images, the rotation is shown in the File Browser only when you open the image. When you open the image, Photoshop then applies the rotation. Use the Apply Rotation command to apply rotation without opening the file. You can also click the rotate buttons.
-->Append Metadata and Replace Metadata: Allow you to add or substitute existing metadata based on a template. To create a template, choose File➪File Info. In the File Info dialog box, enter all of your desired data. Then choose Save Metadata Template from the dialog box pop-up menu. Name the template and click Save.
-->Metadata Display Options: This command allows you to choose the fields displayed in each of the metadata categories.
-->Preferences: Selecting this command brings up the File Browser options of the Preferences dialog box. In addition, all other preferences are accessible as well. Here you can specify the file size limit of images you allow the File Browser to process. The default size is 100MB, while the maximum size allowed is 2047MB. However, allowing the File Browser to process extremely large files slows down its performance. If you don’t work in the world of mondo files, leave Preferences at the default setting and don’t worry about it. Here is the lowdown on the other Preference settings:
-Display: You can specify the number of most recently used folders in your location bar pop-up menu.
-Custom Thumbnail Size: Choose a Custom thumbnail size for displaying your images when you choose View➪Custom Thumbnail Size. Specify the Width of your thumbnail in pixels.
-Allow Background Processing: Select this option to allow Photoshop to process images in the background while you execute other tasks.
-Pre-generate High Quality Previews: This option enables the File Browser to create high-quality preview thumbnails of all images in your selected folder even before you select them. You must have Background Processing turned on to be able to select this option.
-Render Vector Files: Select this option if you want to allow your non-Photoshop files, such as EPS and PDF files, to be rendered, or displayed, in the File Browser window.
-Parse XMP Metadata from Non-image Files: This setting removes metadata from non-graphic images, such as text files.
-Keep Sidecar Files with Master Files: The Camera Raw file format has a feature that enables conversion and adjustment settings to be recorded and stored with the file.
These settings are stored in a sidecar file, which is an XMP (Adobe’s version of XML) data file. If you want to be able to reopen your file and have your conversion settings intact, select this option. If you want the conversion data stored in a single, collective file in the Camera Raw database, deselect this option.
Automate menu
On the File Browser’s Automate menu, you have the following options:
-->Batch: This command applies an action to multiple files within your selected folder in one fell swoop.
-->Batch Rename: Choose this command to rename multiple image files within a folder in one execution. You can choose to rename the files and keep them in the same folder or move them to a new folder. Click the Choose button to select that folder. Next, designate how your files are named. Choose an option from the pop-up menu or type your own. In my example, I chose to keep the original name of my documents, plus NYC, the date, and file extension. Next, choose the starting number for renamed images and check whether you want to enable the naming convention to be compatible with another platform. My images were quickly renamed.
-->Apply Format Settings: If you have a file selected in the browser, and the file is in a format that supports it (such as Camera Raw), the settings in the Camera Raw plug-in will tweak the results and be shown in the file browser. Any plug-in can potentially take advantage of this function, but currently the Camera Raw plug-in is the only one that does. Therefore, if you have the Camera Raw file selected, and the Camera Raw plug-in installed, the menu command will read “Apply Camera Raw Settings.” However, if you don’t have both of those conditions, the command will be grayed out and will just say “Apply Format Settings.”
-->Online Services: You can access Adobe’s partners and service providers online to order products such as prints and photo books.
-->All the remaining features are the same as those found in the Photoshop File➪Automate menu.
Sort menu
From this menu in the File Browser, select the criteria by which you want to sort your files. The default is by the name of your file, but a ton of other options, such as rank, flag, or date, are up for grabs. After you select the criteria, the File Browser displays your files accordingly.
View
And last but not least, here’s what the File Browser’s View menu has to offer:
-->Folders: Select this option to view folder icon thumbnails, in addition to image thumbnails, in your File Browser.
-->Unreadable Files: Select this option to see files that Photoshop does not recognize.
-->Flagged/Unflagged: Choose to view either flagged, unflagged, or both flagged and unflagged files in the File Browser. For more on flags, see the earlier section, “Using the menu bar and buttons.”
-->Thumbnails: Choose the viewing size of your thumbnails. The Custom Thumbnail size is based on your Preferences setting. The Details view displays the metadata in the File Browser window, next to a small thumbnail of the image.
-->Show Rank: Choose this option to display the ranking, if any, of each image. You can use ranking to sort your images in a specific order.
-->Reveal Location in Explorer (Finder on the Mac): If you select a file and then choose this option, the File Browser opens a Windows Explorer window and shows you the location of that file on your system.
-->Refresh: If you’ve renamed a file, the order of your files isn’t updated in the File Browser window. Choose Refresh or press F5, to get your files in order. Note that you can also choose Refresh from the Folders palette pop-up menu.
File menu
Here’s what you’ll find on the File Browser’s File menu:
-->New Folder: This command creates a new folder in the location listed in the location bar.
-->Open: After you select a thumbnail in the main browser window, you can choose the
Open command to open the image in Photoshop. Of course, you can also simply double-click the selected file(s). To open multiple files, just press Ctrl (Ô on the Mac) while selecting. To select a group of contiguous files, Shift+click the first and last files to select those and all the files in between.
-->Edit in ImageReady: Choose this command if you want to open the selected files in ImageReady to prep the files for the Web.
-->Close File Browser: When you’ve had enough of the File Browser, choose this command.
Or click the Toggle File Browser button in the Options bar.
To have the File Browser close after you open an image, be sure to Alt+double-click (Option+double-click on the Mac) when you select your files in the File Browser window.
-->File Info: This feature lets you add some of your own metadata, such as title, author, copyrights, dates, credits, and so on. This information can come in handy for photographers and reporters. You can also edit (replace, append, save, and delete) Advanced Data such as EXIF (Extended File Information) Properties and TIFF Properties. But feel free to leave this data as it is.
-->Delete: To get rid of a selected image, choose Delete or click the trash can icon.
Be warned that choosing Delete removes the image(s) from your hard drive or external media, not just from the File Browser view.
-->Add/Remove Folder to Favorites: You can choose to add or remove a folder from your Favorites. If you’re not familiar with Favorites, it is a special folder that lists your favorite files, folders, programs, and drives for quick and handy access. You can easily find the Favorites folder in the folder bar and the location bar. And depending on your operating system, you’ll come across numerous ways to access your Favorites.
-->Cache commands: Cache is memory that stores frequently used data, such as thumbnails and file info, to allow for quicker loading when you display a previously viewed image or folder. Building cache for a subfolder will allow you store the information for a selected folder. If you purge the cache, you delete ranking and thumbnail information, thereby creating more disk space. Exporting cache lets you export to the folder selected in the location bar. This allows you to burn a CD without generating thumbnails.
Search is a great new feature that enables you to find files in selected folders or subfolders, based on a variety of criteria such as filename, dates, flags or keywords. Click Search and the files matching your criteria appear in the File Browser window. Note that you can also click the Search icon (binoculars icon) on the menu bar.
Assigning keywords to files is one of the quickest and most efficient ways to search for and locate images.
Many commands, such as Open, Delete, Rotate, Flag, and Rank, are available via a contextsensitive menu. Simply select an image or folder and right-click (Control+click on the Mac) to access the menu.
Edit menu
On the File Browser’s Edit menu, here are your options:
-->Select All/Deselect All: These two commands quickly select or deselect all the files in your selected folder.
-->Select All Flagged: Selects all flagged images located in your selected folder.
-->Flag: Select your desired images and choose Flag. Photoshop then tags the images and adds a small flag icon to the thumbnail. You can flag images for distinction and quick locating. Think of it as an electronic sticky note. For example, you can flag images that need editing or retouching or those you are considering using for an upcoming project. You can also quickly flag images by clicking the Flag icon in the menu bar.
-->You can also choose to display either Flagged, Unflagged, or both Flagged and Unflagged files from the Show drop-down list.
-->Rank: You can create your own custom sorting order by applying a “rank” for each image. Happily, you are no longer limited to ranking images from A to E. Apply any alphanumeric text, and Photoshop does its best to make sense of your ranking scheme and sort the images in a logical order. Numeric rankings appear first, followed by alpha rankings. Remember I said Photoshop tries to logically sort your ranking. But be warned that if you number your images 1, 2, 12, and 122, Photoshop sorts the images as 1, 12, 122, and 2. Photoshop looks to the first character, then the second, and so on.
-->Clear Ranking: Choose this command to strip all ranking from your images in the selected folder.
-->Rotate: The rotate commands rotate your images in varying degrees and direction. Note that when you rotate your images, the rotation is shown in the File Browser only when you open the image. When you open the image, Photoshop then applies the rotation. Use the Apply Rotation command to apply rotation without opening the file. You can also click the rotate buttons.
-->Append Metadata and Replace Metadata: Allow you to add or substitute existing metadata based on a template. To create a template, choose File➪File Info. In the File Info dialog box, enter all of your desired data. Then choose Save Metadata Template from the dialog box pop-up menu. Name the template and click Save.
-->Metadata Display Options: This command allows you to choose the fields displayed in each of the metadata categories.
-->Preferences: Selecting this command brings up the File Browser options of the Preferences dialog box. In addition, all other preferences are accessible as well. Here you can specify the file size limit of images you allow the File Browser to process. The default size is 100MB, while the maximum size allowed is 2047MB. However, allowing the File Browser to process extremely large files slows down its performance. If you don’t work in the world of mondo files, leave Preferences at the default setting and don’t worry about it. Here is the lowdown on the other Preference settings:
-Display: You can specify the number of most recently used folders in your location bar pop-up menu.
-Custom Thumbnail Size: Choose a Custom thumbnail size for displaying your images when you choose View➪Custom Thumbnail Size. Specify the Width of your thumbnail in pixels.
-Allow Background Processing: Select this option to allow Photoshop to process images in the background while you execute other tasks.
-Pre-generate High Quality Previews: This option enables the File Browser to create high-quality preview thumbnails of all images in your selected folder even before you select them. You must have Background Processing turned on to be able to select this option.
-Render Vector Files: Select this option if you want to allow your non-Photoshop files, such as EPS and PDF files, to be rendered, or displayed, in the File Browser window.
-Parse XMP Metadata from Non-image Files: This setting removes metadata from non-graphic images, such as text files.
-Keep Sidecar Files with Master Files: The Camera Raw file format has a feature that enables conversion and adjustment settings to be recorded and stored with the file.
These settings are stored in a sidecar file, which is an XMP (Adobe’s version of XML) data file. If you want to be able to reopen your file and have your conversion settings intact, select this option. If you want the conversion data stored in a single, collective file in the Camera Raw database, deselect this option.
You’ll notice the standard Copy command isn’t in the Edit menu. To copy a file, Alt+drag (Option+drag on the Mac) the file into another folder. To move a file, just drag it into another folder, either in the Folders palette or in the thumbnail panel.
Automate menu
On the File Browser’s Automate menu, you have the following options:
-->Batch: This command applies an action to multiple files within your selected folder in one fell swoop.
-->Batch Rename: Choose this command to rename multiple image files within a folder in one execution. You can choose to rename the files and keep them in the same folder or move them to a new folder. Click the Choose button to select that folder. Next, designate how your files are named. Choose an option from the pop-up menu or type your own. In my example, I chose to keep the original name of my documents, plus NYC, the date, and file extension. Next, choose the starting number for renamed images and check whether you want to enable the naming convention to be compatible with another platform. My images were quickly renamed.
-->Apply Format Settings: If you have a file selected in the browser, and the file is in a format that supports it (such as Camera Raw), the settings in the Camera Raw plug-in will tweak the results and be shown in the file browser. Any plug-in can potentially take advantage of this function, but currently the Camera Raw plug-in is the only one that does. Therefore, if you have the Camera Raw file selected, and the Camera Raw plug-in installed, the menu command will read “Apply Camera Raw Settings.” However, if you don’t have both of those conditions, the command will be grayed out and will just say “Apply Format Settings.”
-->Online Services: You can access Adobe’s partners and service providers online to order products such as prints and photo books.
-->All the remaining features are the same as those found in the Photoshop File➪Automate menu.
Sort menu
From this menu in the File Browser, select the criteria by which you want to sort your files. The default is by the name of your file, but a ton of other options, such as rank, flag, or date, are up for grabs. After you select the criteria, the File Browser displays your files accordingly.
View
And last but not least, here’s what the File Browser’s View menu has to offer:
-->Folders: Select this option to view folder icon thumbnails, in addition to image thumbnails, in your File Browser.
-->Unreadable Files: Select this option to see files that Photoshop does not recognize.
-->Flagged/Unflagged: Choose to view either flagged, unflagged, or both flagged and unflagged files in the File Browser. For more on flags, see the earlier section, “Using the menu bar and buttons.”
-->Thumbnails: Choose the viewing size of your thumbnails. The Custom Thumbnail size is based on your Preferences setting. The Details view displays the metadata in the File Browser window, next to a small thumbnail of the image.
-->Show Rank: Choose this option to display the ranking, if any, of each image. You can use ranking to sort your images in a specific order.
-->Reveal Location in Explorer (Finder on the Mac): If you select a file and then choose this option, the File Browser opens a Windows Explorer window and shows you the location of that file on your system.
-->Refresh: If you’ve renamed a file, the order of your files isn’t updated in the File Browser window. Choose Refresh or press F5, to get your files in order. Note that you can also choose Refresh from the Folders palette pop-up menu.
Closing and opening files also causes the File Browser to refresh.
Photoshop CS has bestowed the thumbnail pane with light-box powers. You can now drag images around to reorder, group, or rank them. What the heck? You can just drag them around to give them a little exercise if you want. Sitting in that File Browser window all day can make a file a little stiff.
Using the menu bar and buttons in Photoshop
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