The Adobe Photoshop CS6 Book for Digital Photographers
Finding Your Photos by Searching
Mini Bridge has a search function that lets you either use your computer’s built-in search (like the Mac’s Spotlight search or Windows Desktop Search), or you can use Mini Bridge’s Advanced Search, which has searching power more like the one in Big Bridge. Here’s how it works:
SCOTT KELBY
Step One: At the top-right corner of the Mini Bridge panel is a search field. If you click on the little down-facing arrow in the field, you’ll see that you have three different choices in the pop-up menu for how to search: (1) You can use your computer’s built-in search to search your entire computer (which is surprisingly handy), or (2) just the current folder. Or, (3) you can use a standard Bridge search (which searches just the filename and any embedded keywords) to narrow things down in just your current folder.
Step Two: Here, I typed in the keyword “Tires” and chose the basic Bridge search of the current folder, and Mini Bridge displayed the results of this keyword search, which in this case was just three images with a clear view of a tire (as seen here). To leave the search results and return to your previous folder of images, just click the Back button (the left arrow) at the top-left corner of the Mini Bridge panel.
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Chapter 1
Using Photoshop CS6’s Mini Bridge