Bridge in InDesign

Bridge does not open in InDesign CS4 - can someone suggest why please.
Ken

Yes - I think that is probably what it was! - thanks.
I will now carry on with trying to get to grips with InDesign. After a
lifetime with Pagemaker it is not easy - but I am sure it will be worthwhile
in the end - in particular I am delighted that InDesign is fully colour
managed.
Ken

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It shows it for me (below). But did you notice that the folders aren't mixed in with the pictures in the Picture folder. They appears in a list on the left as shown.
If you're not seeing that, try restoring your InDesign preferences and/or your Bridge preferences. For InDesign use this method:
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cynglas wrote:
... so I don't see why it couldn't do it directly from within ID through CTRL+D. The fact that it has never done it before is no reason why it couldn't or shouldn't be able to do it...
...... It would just mean that I wanted faster as well as etter intergrated software.
It has just never worked that way and I've never seen a request for it either.
In the Control Panel you have got a Bridge Icon
At the bottom of the document window you have the Browse in Bridge
The Default Shortcut for Bridge is CTRL+ALT+o (CMD+OPT+o)
In Edit>Keyboard Shortcuts under
Product area : Panel Menus
Layout Window Status: Reveal in Bridge --- [none defined]
or
Layout Window Status: Reveal in Mini Bridge --- [none defined]
to add your own shortcut to Reveal in Bridge command
But I just don't see a way to go "Place from Bridge"
In fact - in all the years I've been on the forums I have never seen the request.
However you can make feature requests here
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
And there's a feature request forum
http://forums.adobe.com/community/indesign/indesign_feature_requests
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http://forums.adobe.com/community/indesign/indesign_scripting

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Hey everyone,
I've been using Adobe InDesign CS5 and Apple's Aperture software together (on a Mac) to do design projects over the past year and a half or so. I'd never been that interested in Adobe's other applications until recently, when I got a Creative Cloud membership, and now am reveling in the bounty of creative possibilities. Recently i've been interested in integrating Bridge into my workflow and transitioning away from Aperture to Lightroom (as i imagine many other people are considering/in the process of doing right now). I've been taking some video tutorials on Lynda.com and recently came across Terry White's "Bridge CC vs. Lightroom" youtube screencast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd8XLYG8A0s#t=20). While I really appreciated Terry's perspectives and find them helpful, I think he polarized the "Design" (Bridge) and "Photography" (Lightroom) paradigms that he used to distinguish the programs: Bridge is a file browser for working numerous file types across creative cloud applications, whereas Lightroom is a tool for photographers to do powerful non-destructive edits.
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Very new to all of this. Thanks in advance for everyone's help.
Quin

Hey everyone,
I've been using Adobe InDesign CS5 and Apple's Aperture software together (on a Mac) to do design projects over the past year and a half or so. I'd never been that interested in Adobe's other applications until recently, when I got a Creative Cloud membership, and now am reveling in the bounty of creative possibilities. Recently i've been interested in integrating Bridge into my workflow and transitioning away from Aperture to Lightroom (as i imagine many other people are considering/in the process of doing right now). I've been taking some video tutorials on Lynda.com and recently came across Terry White's "Bridge CC vs. Lightroom" youtube screencast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd8XLYG8A0s#t=20). While I really appreciated Terry's perspectives and find them helpful, I think he polarized the "Design" (Bridge) and "Photography" (Lightroom) paradigms that he used to distinguish the programs: Bridge is a file browser for working numerous file types across creative cloud applications, whereas Lightroom is a tool for photographers to do powerful non-destructive edits.
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I need a script that will convert metadata in Bridge to an xml file I can import into InDesign so that when I export long documents the alt text for photos is already included with the images.
Two problems -
1) I need the scripting for dummies version - from step 1 to end. I have zero experience with using scripts, as in - did not know they existed until a few days ago.
2) If the script needs adapted - see #1; there is very little hope that I will have any idea of how to do that without assistance.
I will be grateful for any assistance!! I do want to learn how to do this, if I can.

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Another beginners question, but I promise after this I'm done:
I'm using a script written for Bridge CS4 to create contact sheets in InDesign v 5.03.
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Melissa

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TYPES.DEFAULT_CONTACTSHEET
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TYPES.DEFAULT_CONTACTSHEET = "JPG,JPEG,TIF,TIFF,GIF,AI,PSD,PDF,";
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LR4/Bridge CS5/InDesign CS4

I understand why LR 4 will not allow Drag & Drop from Lightroom to InDesign. Prior to purchasing LR, I was quite happy using the ability to drag and drop photos from Bridge, right into my InDesign document. Since I do not have that luxury any longer, is there a way to ensure that all edits done in Lightroom are automatically reflected in Bridge? So if I edit a shot in LR and want to use it in an InDesgn document, I would like to have Brisge open on a second monitor so that I can drag and drop the shot into InDesign. Workable?
Bob

Yes, there is.
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b) in the Develop Module go >Photo > Save metadata to file, or
c) shortcut: press Ctrl / Cmd + letter "S" on your keyboard, or
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Hi Robert,
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Thanks!

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