Workflow Builder

Workflow workspace

The Workflow workspace is accessible from the application bar on the top. You can also switch to the Workflow workspace by navigating to Windows > Workspace > Workflow.

The workspace consists of the following panels:

• Task Diagram: This appears in the center of the workspace. Use this space to add tasks in the desired order to build your workflows.
  
• Workflow Details: On the right side, the details of the Workflow and its tasks show up. Use this panel to name your workflow presets, specify the destination folder of your output, and customize your task settings.
  
• Workflow Panel: On the left bottom, next to the Filters and Collection panel appears the Workflow Panel.  All your workflow presets will appear here. At the bottom of the Workflow panel, you have the Start workflow and View progress options.
• Content Panel appears at the center-bottom and Folders and Favorite panel appears on the top left. 
  

Build your workflow

To start building your workflows, switch to the Workflow workspace. The Workflow workspace should appear on the Application bar along with the other workspaces like Essentials, Libraries, etc. You can also switch to the workspace by navigating to Windows > Workspace > Workflow.

Create a new workflow

Add tasks to your workflow

Once the blank workflow is created, start adding the desired tasks to start stitching your workflow.

Specify the details of your workflow and tasks

In the Workflow Details section, you can specify the Workflow Preset name, Workflow Saving Options (Output Location), and Task Details based on the selected task.

Workflow Preset Name

• Preset Name: Enter the name of the Workflow preset.

Workflow Saving Options

• Save To: Expand the drop-down option to choose a location — Original File Location and Specific Folder. 
• If you select the Specific Folder option, you can further use the Browse field to set a location for your exported files. 
• Enable the Save to subfolder named checkbox and type in a name to specify a subfolder location. 
• You can also Manage Conflicts by selecting any of the options from the drop-down — Create unique file name, Overwrite existing file, or Skip file.

Task Details

Change Format

Use this option to change the format using the Workflow panel. Bridge supports JPEG, DNG, TIFF, and PNG for conversion.

Apply Metadata:

• Include Original Metadata: Select this checkbox and use the drop-down menu to choose from the metadata associated with the files that you wish to keep.
• Select the Remove Location Info checkbox to remove location-specific metadata from the saved files.
• Apply Metadata Template: Select this checkbox and choose from the following field:
  • Name: Choose any of the available metadata from the Name drop-down. 
  • Method: Select a method — Append Metadata, or Replace Metadata.
  • Additional Keywords (Separated by semicolon): Use this field to add additional keywords to the files you wish to export.

To learn more about applying metadata templates, see Work with metadata templates.

Resize to

This option is applicable only for JPEG, PNG, and TIFF.

• Scale Image: Select this option to set a scale percentage.
• Resize to: Select this option to resize your assets to fit or fill a target rectangle area and set the dimensions. You can resize images based on Long Edge, Short Edge, or Width/Height. 
  
  • On selecting Fit, you can fit your image to resize on the basis of Long edge, Short edge, or Width Height.
    1. Long Edge: You can manually change the Dimension and Resolution before you resize your images.
    2. Short Edge: You can manually change the Dimension and Resolution before you resize your images.
    3. Width Height: You can manually change the Width, Height, and Resolution before you resize your images. When you select Width/Height as your Fit option, your image is resized as per a target rectangle.
       
  • On selecting Fill, you can resize on the basis of Width Height. You can also view image thumbnails having the original and new sizes of the images mentioned below each thumbnail.
  • You can specify the Resolution of your image in Pixels/inch or Pixels/cm and Dimension metrics in pixels/inches/cm.
    
• Don't Enlarge: Select this option to make sure your image doesn't get enlarged on resizing.
  
• Resample Method: Choose any of the available Resample Method — Bilinear, Bicubic (best for smooth gradients), or Bicubic Sharper (best for reduction).

Batch Rename

• Preset Name: Select a preset from the Presets menu to renaming with frequently used naming schemes. Important: Batch rename presets are used as a reference in Workflow builder. Any changes done to the rename settings need to be saved first to be picked in the Workflow.
  
  Note:
  • If you change a Batch rename preset outside of the Workflow builder and if that preset is referred to in a Workflow, the changes done in the Batch rename preset will be honored
  • If you delete a Batch rename preset outside of the Workflow builder, that preset reference will be lost in the Workflow.
    
• New File Name: Choose elements from the menus and enter the text as appropriate to create new filenames. Click the Plus icon (+) or Delete icon ( ) to add or delete elements.
• Options: Select Preserve Current Filename In XMP Metadata to retain the original filename in the metadata. For Compatibility, select the operating systems with which you want renamed files to be compatible. The current operating system is selected by default, and cannot be deselected.

Run the workflow

After entering the workflow details, task details, and saving the workflow preset, it appears in the Workflow Panel.

View workflow progress

You can view your entire Workflow job list that includes pending jobs, active jobs, and completed jobs. To check the progress of your workflows, do the following:

Cancel a workflow

To cancel a workflow, do the following:

Set Workflow preferences

To set your workflow preferences, do the following:

Supported Image Formats

The following image formats are supported for the Change Format task:

JPEG

Image Quality: Use the slider to set your image quality. The values can vary between 1 (minimum image quality) to 12 (maximum image quality).

PNG

• Bit Depth: 16-bit or 8-bit version 
• Color Space: For most color-managed workflows, it is best to use a preset color setting that has been tested by Adobe such as sRGB. Choose a color space option based on your requirement.
  
• Save transparency: This allows you to preserve the transparency of your image.
  

TIFF

• Compression: When saving images as TIFF, you can choose to compress and zip files.
• Color Space: For most color-managed workflows, it is best to use a preset color setting that has been tested by Adobe such as sRGB. Choose one based on your requirement.
  
• Bit depth: Users can choose to store color information in two schemes — 8 bits per component or 16 bits per component.
• Save transparency: This allows you to preserve the transparency of your image.

DNG

• JPEG Preview: You can select a preview option — None, Medium, and Full.
• Embed Original Raw File: Enable this to embed the original raw file.
  
• Delete Original File: Enable this to delete the original file after the file format is successfully changed.

Use the sample workflow preset to see a workflow preset in action 

You can use the sample Workflow Preset with the name Rename, Change format and Resize available in Bridge by default. Click on this Workflow preset to view the details.

You can also duplicate this preset and save it with a new name to tweak and explore the options.