RapidFixer - Camera RAW Adjustments right inside Bridge
Wanna speed up your edits in Bridge even more? Check this out:
Some of you may have noticed the "RapidFixer" link on the right side of the WAPDAM blog. Check it out if you haven't already. Basically, RapidFixer is a Bridge plugin (developed by Peter Krogh, the author of the DAM Book) that gives you commonly used ACR adjustments right inside the Bridge interface. There is no need to open ACR at all unless you need to access an adjustment not available via RapidFixer (I still open images in ACR, but not as often. You also still need to open ACR at the end to export your DNG's too). Check out this screenshot of my Bridge window with RapidFixer enabled (I've highlighted the RapidFixer buttons - click to enlarge):
The buttons along the top control colour mostly, and the buttons along the bottom control exposure, tone, contrast etc. Note that these controls are actually changing the ACR adjustments they correspond to: You will see the updates immediately in Bridge. Really cool. Another great way to spend $50 IMO. (Though it doesn't say specifically on the RF website that it is compatible with Bridge CS4, it is) You DAM geeks out there will also notice to the left of the screenshot that I have an expanded "Working Files" area with a few extra folders in there to reflect a few extra steps I do in my ingestion workflow. I won't go into detail, but I'd be happy to answer any questions that arise. You can also see a few of the hard drives I use on a daily basis - Note that I have backups of each of these also.
Cheers, Josh
Copyright © 2010 Josh McCulloch.
Some of you may have noticed the "RapidFixer" link on the right side of the WAPDAM blog. Check it out if you haven't already. Basically, RapidFixer is a Bridge plugin (developed by Peter Krogh, the author of the DAM Book) that gives you commonly used ACR adjustments right inside the Bridge interface. There is no need to open ACR at all unless you need to access an adjustment not available via RapidFixer (I still open images in ACR, but not as often. You also still need to open ACR at the end to export your DNG's too). Check out this screenshot of my Bridge window with RapidFixer enabled (I've highlighted the RapidFixer buttons - click to enlarge):
The buttons along the top control colour mostly, and the buttons along the bottom control exposure, tone, contrast etc. Note that these controls are actually changing the ACR adjustments they correspond to: You will see the updates immediately in Bridge. Really cool. Another great way to spend $50 IMO. (Though it doesn't say specifically on the RF website that it is compatible with Bridge CS4, it is) You DAM geeks out there will also notice to the left of the screenshot that I have an expanded "Working Files" area with a few extra folders in there to reflect a few extra steps I do in my ingestion workflow. I won't go into detail, but I'd be happy to answer any questions that arise. You can also see a few of the hard drives I use on a daily basis - Note that I have backups of each of these also.
Cheers, Josh
Copyright © 2010 Josh McCulloch.
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