How to Import Photos in Adobe Bridge

• Create folders in Adobe Bridge.
• Label each folder with a name that identifies the contents. For example: Name_YYMMDD_Leading Lines_Raw

• Plug your camera into a USB port of your computer; then the camera should appear as a new drive.
• Navigate to the new drive, open the DCIM folder and select all of the photos.
• Use Ctrl + C on a PC, or Command + C on a Mac or right-click and select Copy.
• Navigate to the folder you created in Step 1.
• Use Ctrl + V on PC, or Command + V, or right-click and select Paste.

Warning: Never delete photos from the camera until you have saved them somewhere else.

• Navigate to the folder containing the images you copied and select all the images.
• Select Batch Rename from the Tools panel.
• The Batch Rename window will appear. Confirm the Rename in same folder option is selected.
• Make sure the New Filenames boxes indicate the following:
  • The first New Filenames box indicates "Date Time / Date Created / YYMMDD."
  • The second New Filenames box indicates Text. Type the following dashes and information:
    • Dash, service or affiliation abbreviation, dash, Vision ID, dash
    • Example: -A-ME638-
  • The third New Filenames box indicates "Sequence Number / 1001 / Four Digits."
• Select Rename.

Your images are now ready for captioning and/or editing in photo editing software.