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You can follow these steps with your own files, or you can download the DummiesCCfiles folder, as instructed in Chapter 1 of this minibook.

1 In Bridge choose Window ⇒ Workspace ⇒ Reset Standard Workspaces.This ensures that you are in the Essentials view and that all the default panels for Adobe Bridge are visible. Alternatively, click Essentials in the Application bar at the top-right of the Bridge workspace. You might need to maximize your Bridge window after you reset the workspace.

2 Click the Folders tab to make sure it is brought forward.If you have files located on your hard drive, you can navigate to them using the named folders icons in the Folders panel.

3 Click Documents in the Folders panel to see saved documents that are stored in that folder. If you saved your DummiesCCFiles on the desktop, click Desktop to see in the center Content pane the files you have sitting on the desktop.

4 In the Content pane, double-click the DummiesCCFiles folder to open the contents.You see additional folders that contain files that will be referenced throughout the book.

5 Double-click the folder named Book02_Bridge to open it and see the images within that folder, as well as a subfolder named Hockey.

6 Double-click on the folder named Hockey to see the images that are located inside the folder, as shown in Figure 2-1.FIGURE 2-1: The contents of the Hockey folder which is inside the Book02_Bridge folder.

7 Click once on IMG_4088.JPG, and look for the Metadata and Keywords panels in the lower-right area of the Adobe Bridge workspace.

8 If the Metadata panel is not visible, click the Metadata panel tab. In this panel, as shown in Figure 2-2, you see the image data that is stored with the file. Take a few moments to scroll through the data and view the information that was imported from the digital camera that was used to take the photo.

9 If necessary, click the arrow to the left of IPTC Core to reveal its contents.IPTC Core is the schema for XMP that provides a smooth and explicit transfer of metadata. Adobe’s Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) is a labeling technology that allows you to embed data about a file, known as metadata, into the file itself. With XMP, desktop applications and back-end publishing systems gain a common method for capturing and sharing valuable metadata.

10 On the right side of this list, notice a series of pencil icons. These icons indicate that you can enter information in these fields.Note: If you are not able to edit or add metadata information to a file, it could be locked. You can check by right-clicking on the file directly in Bridge and selecting Reveal in Explorer (Windows) or Reveal in Finder (Mac OS). In Windows, right-click the file, choose Properties, and uncheck Read-only; in Mac OS, right-click the file, choose Get Info, then change the Ownership (Sharing) and Permissions to Read and Write.

11 Scroll down until you can see Description Writer and click the pencil next to it. All editable fields are highlighted, and a cursor appears in the Description Writer field.

12 Type your name, or type Picture-by-me.

13 Scroll up to locate the Description text field. Click the Pencil icon to the right and type Goalie in net to add a description for the image, as shown in Figure 2-3.FIGURE 2-2: Scroll through the Metadata panel on the right side of the Bridge workspace.FIGURE 2-3: The description added to the image’s metadata.

14  Click the Apply button, located in the bottom-right corner of the Metadata panel, to apply your changes.You have now edited metadata that is attached to the image; this information will appear whenever someone opens your image in Bridge or views the image information in Adobe Photoshop using File ⇒ File Info.