Adobe Bridge and Localization Project File Management

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Adobe Bridge and Localization
Project File Management

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In a previous blog, I discussed in detail
Adobe Bridge and how it works.
Now, I would like to list my top 5 reasons why you
should be using Adobe Bridge for your project file
management and some of the best practices for its
use. Regardless if you area Bridge user or not, I am
confident that at least one of these features will
help you increase your Productivity and
performance in your daily workflow.

Top Five Reasons and
Best Practices

1: Tags
File management can easily become a daunting task. Especially, if you haven't
made it a priority in the last few years. You can amass thousands and thousands
of images, documents, Illustrator and other Adobe files, and it can
quickly morph into an unruly mess without any structure. Fortunately, it is not an
impossible mission for users of Adobe Bridge. You can spend more time thinking
about doing it, than actually doing it- it's that simple.
With Bridge, you can tag your files by color, names, level stars, keywords,
etc. Tagging by color is a great practice that I strongly recommend. Once you
have decided how you want to group your files, you can be more specific with
names, dates or quality stars. Then, when you are searching for something, you
can simply filter by any of the assigned tags.
Are you wondering how you can do this quickly and efficiently? That question
take us to my second reason.

2: The Review Mode
The Review Mode (Ctrl+B for PC or Cmd+B for Mac) has a carousel view, which you can tag from.

If you click the down arrow on your keyboard, the file will be deselected in the essentials view
and also when you press Esc., so items will no longer be in the selection. Using Review Mode
makes choosing files in order to tag, open, edit or save them into a collection very fast.

3: Multiple File Comparison
There are numerous management file applications that allow users to choose and compare
files. But doing that with multiple files is only possible with Adobe Bridge. A best practice for this
if you're working with images is the Zoom function. You can compare in detail which images you
like. The Zoom function is a great tool if you need to do a "before and after" comparison.

4: Collections
If you are wondering why having the ability to choose files and put them together into
a new collection is so important, it's because this is useful for managing multiple files
across multiple projects. If you are working with a set of images related to one
project, with this feature, those images could be a part of many other projects in
different folders and even in different hard drives. It makes keeping your files
organized much more manageable. You can create a collection and manage it from
one central place without needing to duplicate it. You will save space and several
headaches with this function.
And, last but not least:
5: Contact Sheets
This is a great way to review printed files and avoid waiting for high-quality
prints. Contact Sheets are PDFs which you can quickly print through the Output panel
of Adobe Bridge. You also have the ability to customize the PDF output.

Conclusion
Adobe Bridge offers many great features that allow users to be
more time efficient and produce higher quality outputs. I hope
this list of reasons to adopt this product sways users to begin
utilizing Adobe Bridge's features. People who manage multiple
files and projects, such as translation projects with multiple
images, files and graphics in many different languages, can
especially benefit from these features. I strongly encourage you
to try them and see how your daily workflows are affected.

Further GPI Resources on Connectors and Website Development
GPI offers custom CMS Translation Connectors for a variety of web content management systems
and client relationship management systems in order to streamline localization workflows and
access to translation project information across your enterprise. Connectors and plug-ins include:
Ektron CMS Connector
EPiServer CMS Connector
Adobe Experience Manager Translation Connector
You may also find some of the following articles and links useful:
Website Translation in Adobe Experience Manager - Adobe CQ5
Adobe Experience Manager Content Translation and Management Part 2
Multilingual Website Design, Development and Deployment

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