1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,917 Make quick work of turning your scrapbook pages and raw images into universally 2 00:00:06,917 --> 00:00:13,280 accepted files. The export panel lets you use automation to 3 00:00:13,281 --> 00:00:19,380 convert files into a universal shareable format. So what exactly 4 00:00:19,380 --> 00:00:26,366 does that mean? Well you have all these files sitting on your computer and they have extensions 5 00:00:26,366 --> 00:00:32,473 like PSD. That would represent an Adobe layered document. 6 00:00:32,473 --> 00:00:38,549 Well PSD files are not intended to be shared. Also that file format is not 7 00:00:38,549 --> 00:00:44,551 universally accepted in all other applications. So if you ever plan 8 00:00:44,552 --> 00:00:50,746 to want to share a scrap of page that you created or if you want that layered page to be able 9 00:00:50,746 --> 00:00:57,073 to be opened in other programs, the export panel is here to help. Let's 10 00:00:57,073 --> 00:01:03,260 take a look and I'll further explain. First we'll want to open the export panel. In the menu 11 00:01:03,261 --> 00:01:09,923 bar choose window export. just like I did with the collections 12 00:01:09,924 --> 00:01:16,465 panel, I'm going to go ahead and click on the tab of this panel and dock it over 13 00:01:16,465 --> 00:01:22,500 here with a favorites panel. And that's just to get it out of my way. 14 00:01:22,500 --> 00:01:29,124 So one thing you need to know right off the bat with the export panel is that you can only export files. 15 00:01:29,124 --> 00:01:35,541 You can not export folders. So the export panel uses presets. 16 00:01:35,542 --> 00:01:41,594 By default, your export panel came with one preset, which is called export to 17 00:01:41,594 --> 00:01:48,417 DNG. We'll talk more about this preset in a little bit. But before we talk about presets, 18 00:01:48,417 --> 00:01:55,328 let's first create three important presets that you will use as a scrapbooker. 19 00:01:55,329 --> 00:02:02,634 To create a new preset, in the export panel, click on the new preset icon. 20 00:02:02,634 --> 00:02:08,859 The first preset that we'll create will turn a PSD file into a JPEG file 21 00:02:08,860 --> 00:02:14,592 that is high enough quality for printing. In the dialog box under 22 00:02:14,592 --> 00:02:22,406 preset name, enter the name, PSD-JPG-Print. 23 00:02:22,407 --> 00:02:27,509 Under saving options, set the Save To to original 24 00:02:27,510 --> 00:02:35,411 file location. Set the Manage Conflicts to create unique file name. 25 00:02:35,411 --> 00:02:42,496 Set the image format to JPG, then scroll down. Set the extension 26 00:02:42,497 --> 00:02:49,613 to .JPG, and set the image quality all the way up to 12. 27 00:02:49,613 --> 00:02:55,879 Under image resize, the scale image should be set to 100%. 28 00:02:55,879 --> 00:03:02,123 Scroll down once again, and under metadata, place a checkmark next 29 00:03:02,124 --> 00:03:08,187 to include original metadata. And you want to include all of it. Then 30 00:03:08,187 --> 00:03:15,425 click save. The new preset will appear in the export panel. 31 00:03:15,426 --> 00:03:22,509 The next preset we'll create in the export panel will turn a PSD file into a JPEG file 32 00:03:22,509 --> 00:03:27,443 that's meant for sharing. Once again in the export panel, 33 00:03:27,443 --> 00:03:34,945 click on the new preset icon. In the dialog box under preset name, 34 00:03:34,946 --> 00:03:41,996 name the file PSD-JPG-Share. 35 00:03:41,996 --> 00:03:48,224 Again we'll set the Save To to original file location and set the manage 36 00:03:48,225 --> 00:03:54,463 conflicts to create unique file name. Scroll down, 37 00:03:54,464 --> 00:04:02,711 set the image format to JPG and the extension to .JPG. 38 00:04:02,712 --> 00:04:08,006 Next, we'll change the image quality. For a shareable file, the image quality 39 00:04:08,006 --> 00:04:14,022 does not need to be very high. So we're going to set this down to six. Setting the 40 00:04:14,023 --> 00:04:20,347 image quality lower will help to reduce the size of the file. Scroll down 41 00:04:20,347 --> 00:04:26,252 to image resize. Click the button next to resize to 42 00:04:26,252 --> 00:04:32,272 and we want to resize it to fit on the width height. 43 00:04:32,273 --> 00:04:41,723 We'll go ahead and set both of the width and the height to 1000 pixels 44 00:04:41,724 --> 00:04:46,401 and set the resolution to 72 45 00:04:46,401 --> 00:04:53,442 pixels per inch. You'll always want to have a check mark next to don't enlarge 46 00:04:53,442 --> 00:04:59,626 and then scroll down once again to the metadata. Set the metadata to include the 47 00:04:59,627 --> 00:05:05,840 original metadata and we want to make sure and include all of it. So all 48 00:05:05,841 --> 00:05:11,940 of these settings are going to help to make your file shareable both 49 00:05:11,940 --> 00:05:18,014 in file size and file dimensions. Go ahead and click save 50 00:05:18,015 --> 00:05:24,258 and you'll see that new preset over here in the export panel. Now I just wanted 51 00:05:24,258 --> 00:05:30,330 to say real quick that a lot of this might not make sense just yet but in a little bit here I'm 52 00:05:30,331 --> 00:05:36,565 going to show you how to use all these things and why you might want to do it. Okay let's create one more 53 00:05:36,565 --> 00:05:42,685 preset. For this preset, we're going to turn a PSD file into a 54 00:05:42,686 --> 00:05:48,908 TIFF file and this preset will be for archiving. Once again, to do that 55 00:05:48,908 --> 00:05:55,004 back in the export panel, click on the new preset icon. Let's name this 56 00:05:55,004 --> 00:06:02,515 preset PSD-TIFF for tiff. 57 00:06:02,516 --> 00:06:08,771 Set the Save To to original file location, and set the manage conflicts to create 58 00:06:08,771 --> 00:06:14,972 unique file name. Scroll down set the image format to 59 00:06:14,972 --> 00:06:21,417 TIFF, set the compression to none, the color space to SRGB. 60 00:06:21,418 --> 00:06:27,482 We can set the bit depth to 8 bits unless you need it to 61 00:06:27,482 --> 00:06:33,798 be 16. Place a checkmark next to save transparency. Scroll down to 62 00:06:33,799 --> 00:06:39,929 image resize. We want to keep the scale at 100% so it stays the 63 00:06:39,929 --> 00:06:46,361 original size and then scroll down to the metadata options and you'll 64 00:06:46,362 --> 00:06:53,067 always want to include the original metadata with all the facts. 65 00:06:53,068 --> 00:06:59,551 Click save and our third preset will appear in the export panel. 66 00:06:59,552 --> 00:07:05,853 You now have four presets that we can use. But before I show you how to use these 67 00:07:05,853 --> 00:07:11,937 presets, let's first talk about two of them. First, I want to talk about 68 00:07:11,938 --> 00:07:19,206 the PSD-TIFF reset. As I mentioned, this preset is for archiving your scrapbook pages. 69 00:07:19,206 --> 00:07:25,445 So why would you want to archive a PSD file to a TIFF file? 70 00:07:25,446 --> 00:07:31,578 Well, first, if you want to save your layered PSD scrapbook pages, it's recommended 71 00:07:31,579 --> 00:07:37,967 to save them as TIFF files, because TIFF is a more universal format. 72 00:07:37,967 --> 00:07:44,214 Another reason to convert your PSD files to a TIFF file for archiving is 73 00:07:44,215 --> 00:07:50,317 that a lot of cloud photo or video storage, like Amazon photos, 74 00:07:50,318 --> 00:07:55,686 will allow for TIFF files to be uploaded, but not PSD files. 75 00:07:55,686 --> 00:08:03,763 And then a third reason would be that TIFF files are generally smaller in size than PSD files. 76 00:08:03,764 --> 00:08:10,032 The second preset that I want to talk about real quick is the export to DNG. 77 00:08:10,032 --> 00:08:15,563 This preset is for camera raw files, and it will turn your camera 78 00:08:15,564 --> 00:08:21,877 raw files that you've edited in Adobe applications to DNG files. 79 00:08:21,877 --> 00:08:27,952 Now, why would you want to do that? Well, first of all, if you want to archive your raw 80 00:08:27,952 --> 00:08:34,216 images, it's recommended to save them as DNG files, because DNG is a more 81 00:08:34,217 --> 00:08:40,425 universal format. just so you know a DNG image contains the same 82 00:08:40,425 --> 00:08:46,537 capabilities as a raw image. The second reason that you might want to convert your raw 83 00:08:46,538 --> 00:08:53,157 files into DNG files for archiving is that a DNG image is generally 84 00:08:53,157 --> 00:08:59,216 smaller in size than a raw image. Alright, now we only use the 85 00:08:59,217 --> 00:09:05,752 export panel to create these preset, but we no longer need the export panel to take 86 00:09:05,752 --> 00:09:12,095 up valuable real estate in our workspace. So I'm going to go ahead and close it. 87 00:09:12,096 --> 00:09:18,230 To do that, in the tab of the export panel, click on the panel menu 88 00:09:18,230 --> 00:09:24,236 and choose close panel. And then next, I'm going to show you how 89 00:09:24,236 --> 00:09:30,371 I use those presets in scrapbooking. Here I've navigated to a folder 90 00:09:30,372 --> 00:09:36,748 that contains a PSD file of a finished scrapbook page. Now that I've 91 00:09:36,749 --> 00:09:43,524 finished it, I am ready to save it for printing, sharing, and archiving. 92 00:09:43,525 --> 00:09:49,629 Now I could do all of those things in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, but I can 93 00:09:49,629 --> 00:09:55,695 also do them right here in Bridge by simply using my exports. Let's first 94 00:09:55,696 --> 00:10:02,229 export for printing. To do that, in the content panel, right click in Windows 95 00:10:02,229 --> 00:10:08,378 or Control-click on a Mac on a layered PSD file, scroll down 96 00:10:08,379 --> 00:10:14,656 and choose Export To, and you'll see a list of the exports that 97 00:10:14,656 --> 00:10:22,533 you created. For this file, I'm going to choose PSD-JPG-Print. 98 00:10:22,534 --> 00:10:27,068 A progress box is always going to pop up, but you'll just 99 00:10:27,069 --> 00:10:33,463 have to go ahead and click close, and now you can see here in my content 100 00:10:33,463 --> 00:10:39,686 panel that I have two scrapbook pages. The active one is that original 101 00:10:39,686 --> 00:10:47,057 PSD file, and then this one here next to it is the JPG file for printing. 102 00:10:47,058 --> 00:10:53,375 Let's take a look at the size of this PSD file. You can see down here at the bottom, 103 00:10:53,375 --> 00:10:59,468 it's 253 MB. If I click here on the JPG file, 104 00:10:59,469 --> 00:11:05,498 you can see that it's 7.76 MB. So that file is ready 105 00:11:05,499 --> 00:11:11,678 to be uploaded and printed. Next, you're likely going to need a scrapbook page 106 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:17,958 for sharing. So I'll go ahead and use that PSD file again. I'm going to right-click in 107 00:11:17,958 --> 00:11:24,534 windows or Control-click on a Mac and scroll down, choose Export To, 108 00:11:24,534 --> 00:11:31,227 and this time I'm going to choose the PSD-JPG-Share export. 109 00:11:31,228 --> 00:11:37,472 Again, I'm going to get this progress dialog block. Click Close. And here you're 110 00:11:37,472 --> 00:11:44,838 going to see three files of my scrapbook page. Again, I have the PSD file that's layered. 111 00:11:44,839 --> 00:11:51,500 Next to that is the JPG file that I created for printing. and then next to that 112 00:11:51,501 --> 00:11:57,693 is another JPG file. And if you look at the name of that file, it has a 113 00:11:57,693 --> 00:12:04,226 -1 at the end. And that is there because we told bridge that if the file names 114 00:12:04,226 --> 00:12:09,818 are the same, we want it to go ahead and add an extra character. So this is the 115 00:12:09,819 --> 00:12:15,877 web file. Now you could leave it that way and just know that the -1 is for 116 00:12:15,878 --> 00:12:21,994 a web file, or you can right-click in windows or control click on a Mac on that 117 00:12:21,995 --> 00:12:28,354 web file. Choose rename. I'll press my right arrow key to place the cursor 118 00:12:28,354 --> 00:12:35,040 at the end of the file name, and then I'm going to back up two spaces, 119 00:12:35,041 --> 00:12:41,504 place a dash, and put in web, so that I know this is the web file. 120 00:12:41,504 --> 00:12:48,179 This is the file that is 1000 pixels by 1000 pixels at 72 pixels per inch. 121 00:12:48,179 --> 00:12:54,391 Now as of this recording, here on my Mac, I don't see much of a difference 122 00:12:54,392 --> 00:13:00,966 in the size of the file between the printable file and the web file. 123 00:13:00,967 --> 00:13:07,381 I do know that not everybody has this same experience, so this might be something 124 00:13:07,381 --> 00:13:13,465 that actually changes in the future so that the file size of this web image should be much 125 00:13:13,466 --> 00:13:19,522 lower. It should be around one megabyte or less. If you have this same 126 00:13:19,522 --> 00:13:26,543 experience, I would recommend going ahead and saving your web files in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. 127 00:13:26,544 --> 00:13:33,184 which just as a side note, you may be wondering why does it matter what the file size is. 128 00:13:33,184 --> 00:13:39,423 Well, when you upload an image to the web, the file size will determine how quickly 129 00:13:39,424 --> 00:13:45,569 that image loads on the web page. So an image that is very low in file size, 130 00:13:45,569 --> 00:13:51,651 say for example, one megabyte, it's going to load very quickly. Whereas 131 00:13:51,651 --> 00:13:58,037 if you have a large file, like 20 megabytes, it's going to load very slowly. 132 00:13:58,038 --> 00:14:04,407 In fact, if somebody has very slow internet, the image may not load at all. 133 00:14:04,407 --> 00:14:10,643 That's why it's important to save an image for the web, because it will load very quickly 134 00:14:10,643 --> 00:14:16,784 in forms and galleries. All right, so we use the printing preset. We use 135 00:14:16,785 --> 00:14:23,511 the sharing preset. Next, let's use the archiving preset. To do that, 136 00:14:23,511 --> 00:14:29,597 right click in Windows or control click on a Mac on your layered PSD file, 137 00:14:29,598 --> 00:14:36,166 scroll down to export and click on PSD-TIFF. 138 00:14:36,167 --> 00:14:42,325 Again, you're going to get the export progress window. Go ahead and click close. 139 00:14:42,325 --> 00:14:49,117 And here you can see that now we have a TIFF file next to the PSD file. 140 00:14:49,117 --> 00:14:55,987 So here's the PSD. It's 253 MB. and here's the TIFF file. 141 00:14:55,988 --> 00:15:01,904 that a whopping lower 44.65 MB. 142 00:15:01,904 --> 00:15:08,605 So you can see where that could really save some space on an external hard drive or when you are uploading 143 00:15:08,606 --> 00:15:14,842 to a cloud storage like Amazon photos. When we get to the photos module, I'm going 144 00:15:14,842 --> 00:15:20,945 to tell you what I actually do with all these files that I just created. But until then 145 00:15:20,945 --> 00:15:27,201 let's use that last preset that is in the export panel. For that one we're going to need 146 00:15:27,202 --> 00:15:33,884 a camera raw file. You may or may not have a camera raw file. I think I put a couple 147 00:15:33,884 --> 00:15:39,710 of mine here in this folder. So here is 148 00:15:39,711 --> 00:15:47,444 a camera raw file of my strawberries. Currently that file is 34.68 MB. 149 00:15:47,445 --> 00:15:53,078 Let's turn it into a DNG file and see if it's any different. 150 00:15:53,078 --> 00:15:59,104 So I'll right click in Windows or Control-click on a Mac on this file, scroll down to 151 00:15:59,105 --> 00:16:05,106 export to and choose export to DNG. 152 00:16:05,107 --> 00:16:11,595 You can't see that because it's below the recording screen. One last time I'm getting 153 00:16:11,596 --> 00:16:18,083 that progress window and I'll click close. Now we didn't create that preset. that preset 154 00:16:18,083 --> 00:16:24,313 was created by Adobe and it was set to create a folder of the DNG files 155 00:16:24,314 --> 00:16:30,714 that were exported. So you'll need to look for the DNG folder within 156 00:16:30,714 --> 00:16:36,547 the folder that contains your camera raw images. I'll open that folder 157 00:16:36,547 --> 00:16:45,132 and there's my DNG image. Let's see, this image is now 36.78 MB. 158 00:16:45,133 --> 00:16:50,441 Let me go back. This one was 34. 159 00:16:50,441 --> 00:16:56,956 So the file size of this image actually went up. It's surprising that some of them 160 00:16:56,956 --> 00:17:03,871 go up and some of them go down in file size. Not exactly sure why, but it just happens. 161 00:17:03,872 --> 00:17:10,657 But the point is is that now I have DNG files instead of camera raw files which are universally 162 00:17:10,658 --> 00:17:16,988 accepted. So that's totally up to you if you want to archive your camera raw files 163 00:17:16,988 --> 00:17:22,993 in that way. So that's how to use the export panel and exports in Adobe 164 00:17:22,994 --> 00:17:28,133 Bridge. This has been Jen White.