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Chapter 1: Getting started

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Installing/uninstalling Elements Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Creating an Adobe ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Registering your software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Supported software and hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

What’s new in Elements Organizer 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Help resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Adobe Product Improvement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 2: Workspace

About workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Getting started with your Adobe ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Using Elements Organizer and Adobe Premiere Elements together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Chapter 3: Import photos and videos

About getting photos and videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Cameras and card readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Scanners (Windows only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Local files, CDs, DVDs, and video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Mobile phone cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Import media from iPhoto library (Mac OS only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Chapter 4: Viewing and fixing photos and videos

Viewing photos and videos in the Elements Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Viewing video projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

View video and full-screen images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Viewing media files in Date view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Fixing photos and videos in Elements Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Fixing photos and videos using other applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Chapter 5: Tagging and organizing photos and videos

Tagging photos and videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Editing keyword tags, categories, and subcategories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Creating albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Creating and editing smart albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Editing albums and album categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Chapter 6: Finding media files in Elements Organizer

Searching for media files in Elements Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Search based on visual uniqueness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Finding media files by keyword tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Finding media files by content, type, and metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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Chapter 7: Managing files and catalogs

Managing catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Moving, copying, and renaming files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Grouping photos in stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Grouping photos in version sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

About Video Scene Groups and Scene Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Filenames and versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Adding captions and notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

File information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Backup and synchronize catalogs, albums, and files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Reconnecting files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Chapter 8: Projects in Elements Organizer

Elements Organizer projects overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Create and share an online album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Creating photo calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Creating photo books, greeting cards, and photo collage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Creating slide shows (Windows only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Create instant movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Create a Flipbook (Windows only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Chapter 9: Printing and sharing photos

Printing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Print options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Sharing through Photoshop.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Sharing photos using online services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Share photos on SmugMug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Share photos on Facebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Upload videos to YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Sharing photos by e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Sharing video online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Sharing media files to mobile phones and players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Exporting photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Burn media files to a DVD/Blu Ray Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Burn media files to a CD/DVD (Windows only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Chapter 10: Elements Organizer keyboard shortcuts

Keys for navigating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Keys for viewing photos (Elements Organizer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Keys for viewing the calendar (Date view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Keys for editing photos (Elements Organizer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Keys for finding photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

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Elements Organizer 10 is an integral part of both Adobe® Photoshop® Elements and Adobe® Premiere® Elements software. You import, manage, and view your photos and video clips in Elements

To do more extensive editing, you work with your photos and clips in the Photoshop Elements Editor or the Adobe Premiere Elements Editor.

System requirements

To ensure that Photoshop Elements or Adobe Premiere Elements can run on your computer, review the complete system requirements and recommendations for your Adobe software. See the ReadMe file included on your software CD installation disc.

Installing/uninstalling Elements Organizer

Organizer 10.

Install from disc

Elements Organizer 10 gets installed when you install Adobe Premiere Elements or Adobe Photoshop Elements.

Ensure that you have a DVD drive (not CD drive) connected to your computer before you begin installation. Insert the relevant DVD into the drive and follow instructions.

1 Close any other Adobe applications open on your computer.

2 Insert the installation disc into your disc drive. In Windows, follow the onscreen instructions. In Mac OS, double-

click the mounted disk icon, browse to the Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 folder, and then double-click Setup.app.

Install downloaded software

See http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_installonlineorg_en.

Convert a trial version to a licensed (purchased) version

See http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_convertorg_en.

Can I have more than one version installed?

Elements Organizer 10 doesn't automatically remove or replace any previous versions of Elements Organizer 10 installed on your system. It's not necessary to uninstall a previous version of Elements earlier versions of Elements

Organizer 10 once you are comfortable with the latest version of the software.

Organizer 10. You can uninstall

Uninstall Elements Organizer

Windows XP

1 Click the Start menu, and then choose Control Panel.

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2 Double-click Add Or Remove Programs.

3 Select the version of Adobe Premiere Elements or Photoshop Elements that you want to uninstall.

4 Click Remove

5 In the dialog box asking you if you really want to remove the application from your computer, click “Yes” to

uninstall.

Mac® OS

1 Select Applications > Utilities > Adobe Installers

2 Double-click Uninstall Adobe Premiere Elements/Adobe Photoshop Elements <version_number>

For more information, see http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_uninstallorg_en.

Creating an Adobe ID

For information on how to create an Adobe ID, and the advantages of having an Adobe ID, see

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_adobeid_en.

Important: Free online benefits and Plus benefits for Elements Organizer 10 are available in the United States only. Internet access required.

Sign up with your Adobe ID to receive free online benefits, such as 2 GB of free storage, automatic online backup, and automatic syncing of your photos and video clips on multiple computers. You also receive tutorials that appear when you need them, access to your photos and videos at Photoshop.com, and a personal URL for sharing your photo and video albums. If you purchased Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Plus, sign up with your Adobe ID to receive all the Plus benefits, including additional storage space, artwork, and tutorials. For more information, see

www.adobe.com/go/learn_org10_membership_en.

Registering your software

For information on registering your purchased Adobe software, and the benefits of registering, see

www.adobe.com/support/registrationfaq.html.

Supported software and hardware

For the latest information on file formats, graphics drivers, other hardware, and devices supported by

Organizer 10, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_readmeorg10_en.

Elements

If you do not have access to the Internet, open the ReadMe file on the installation disc.

What’s new in Elements Organizer 10

Visit www.adobe.com/go/learn_org_features_en to learn about new and enhanced features.

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Help resources

If you have questions about installing or using Elements Organizer 10, Adobe recommends that you use these resources before contacting Adobe support. These resources contain answers to many common questions.

Welcome screen

Use the resources on the Welcome screen to get started with using Elements Organizer 10.

Other getting started sources

If you are new to Elements Organizer 10 and would like to quickly get started with using it before moving to the advanced features, use these resources.

Getting Started page See www.adobe.com/go/learn_org_gs_en. The Getting Started page provides links to FAQs,

Help topics, videos, and other resources that help you quickly start using Elements Organizer 10.

Help and Support page See http://www.adobe.com/support/photoshopelements/ for quick links to all key

resources for Elements Organizer.

Adobe Elements Organizer Help

Find step-by-step instructions for how to use the various features of Elements Organizer 10 from within the application and in online Help.

Using Help within the application Press F1 to launch the Help client. Ensure that you are online at least once to

download the Help content. Thereafter, the Help client uses the downloaded content on your computer or downloads content from the Internet based on your computer's connection status. For more information on the Community Help client, see

Online Help (User guide) The online version of the user guide. See www.adobe.com/go/learn_usinorg_en.

Download User Guide (PDF) See www.adobe.com/go/learn_pdforg_en.

www.adobe.com/go/learn_orgchc_en.

Help menu

Use the Help menu in Elements Organizer 10 to quickly access a list of resources that help you get started with the software.

Elements Organizer Help Depending on whether you are online or offline, the online Help (user guide) content or

the downloaded Help content is loaded.

Getting Started The Getting Started page contains FAQs, Help topics, videos, and other resources that help you

quickly start using Elements

Key concepts Opens a page containing all the important concepts and terms that are good to know when working

with Elements

Support Opens the Help and Support page containing information on Help and troubleshooting resources.

Organizer 10.

Video tutorials Opens a link to the Adobe TV page containing a list of videos that help you get started with

Organizer 10.

Elements

Elements Inspiration Browser Opens a window containing a list of videos for Elements Organizer 10. Use the

search options to search for videos.

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Getting started

Provide feedback on the product/post useful tips and tricks

• Visit www.adobe.com/go/learn_psefeed_en.

Troubleshooting tips

Here are some things to consider when troubleshooting Elements Organizer 10.

• Restart Elements Organizer 10, or restart your computer.

• Reset the Elements Organizer 10 preferences. Hold down the Ctrl + Alt + Shift keys (Windows) or Option +

Command + Shift keys (Mac OS) immediately after you choose to open Elements Organizer on the Welcome Screen.

• Turn off other programs, including anti-virus, firewall, and CD/DVD burning applications that run in the

background, until you find the cause.

• Make sure that the computer operating system is up-to-date. Install the latest drivers for your video card, sound

card, printer, and other devices.

• Remove any recent additions to your computer. What was the last thing you changed on your computer before the

problem began? Did you install a new printer, font, or other software?

• If a problem occurs when you open or edit a photo, does the problem occur with all photos? Does it occur with

photos from different cameras or sources?

• If something in Elements Organizer 10 doesn’t seem to work properly, check Elements Organizer 10 Help.

Organizer 10 or Elements

Ask experts

To reach out to experts in the Adobe® Elements Organizer 10 community that can help you with your problem, visit

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_forumpse_en.

Support for How-to questions

How-to questions and most issues related to using Elements Organizer 10 can be best solved using the following resources:

• Help and Support page (http://www.adobe.com/support/photoshopelements/)

• Getting Started page (http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_pse_gs_en)

• Forums (www.adobe.com/go/learn_forumorg_en)

Customer support for product orders, installation, and activation

For the most efficient ways to get through to customer support, try the following:

• If you prefer getting answers through email, log on to the customer support portal

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_cust_por_en. If you do not have a registered Adobe ID, click the Create An

Account button to create your ID.

• If you must call, Adobe recommends using the pop-up menus found on the contact page

http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_contact_en. You are given the option of Live Chat (if available) or a phone

support through this contact method.

• If you call and encounter a long hold time, you can request a callback from the first available agent. Alternatively,

you can schedule a callback at a more convenient time.

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Adobe Product Improvement Program

After you have used your Adobe software a certain number of times, a dialog box appears, asking whether you want to participate in the Adobe Product Improvement Program.

If you choose to participate, data about your use of Adobe software is sent to Adobe. No personal information is recorded or sent. The Adobe Product Improvement Program only collects information about the features and tools that you use in the software and how often you use them.

You can opt in to or opt out of the program at any time:

• To participate, choose Help > Adobe Product Improvement Program and click Yes, Participate.

• To stop participating, choose Help > Adobe Product Improvement Program and click No, Thank You.

Adobe provides more information about the Adobe Product Improvement Program in a frequently asked questions (FAQ) list on the

Adobe website.

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Chapter 2: Workspace

Use the Elements Organizer workspace for finding, organizing, and sharing your photos and media files. Use the Photoshop Elements Editor for creating, editing, and fixing photos and the Adobe Premiere Elements Editor for editing video.

To open a photo or video file for editing:

1 Select a photo or video.

2 Click the triangle beside the Fix tab, and select one of the following depending on the media file you want to edit:

Full Photo Edit Launches Photoshop Elements Editor in the Full Edit mode to edit a photo.

Quick Photo Edit Launches Photoshop Elements Editor in the Quick Edit mode to edit a photo.

Guided Photo Edit Launches Photoshop Elements Editor in the Guided Edit mode to edit a photo.

Edit Videos Launches Adobe Premiere Elements Editor to edit a video file.

When you are working in the Editor workspace, click the Organizer button to open the Elements Organizer workspace.

If both the Elements Organizer 10 and the Photoshop Elements Editor, or the Elements Organizer 10 and Adobe Premiere Elements Editor are open, you can move between the workspaces. To move between the workspaces, click

the corresponding button in the Windows® OS taskbar.

About workspaces

The Welcome screen

When you start Photoshop Elements or Adobe Premiere Elements, the Welcome screen opens by default. The Welcome screen is a convenient starting place, or hub, for major tasks.

If you want to skip the welcome screen and launch either Elements Organizer or the editor directly, click Settings. Select Always Launch Elements Organizer Only, or Always Launch <Photoshop Elements/Adobe Premiere Elements> Editor.

Note: You can log in with your Adobe ID to access free online benefits. You can also access Photoshop Elements 10 and Adobe Premiere Elements 10 Plus features. These features are available in the United States only. Internet access required.

Click a button to open the workspace you need. For example, click Organize to open Elements Organizer 10 and import, tag, or organize your photos and media files. Or, click Edit to open the Editor and enhance your media files or add special effects.

You can open the Welcome screen at any time by clicking the Welcome Screen button . It’s not necessary to return to the Welcome screen to open other workspaces.

Workspace

For a video overview, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid916_pse_en

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Use Elements Organizer 10 to find, organize, and share your photos and media files. Use the Media Browser in Elements Organizer to view thumbnails of the media files you’ve imported. You can view a large thumbnail of a single media file or smaller thumbnails of many media files. You specify the thumbnail size by using the thumbnail slider. If you prefer viewing your media files by date, use the Date in the Calendar view to work with your files in a calendar format.

The Media Browser lists all the photos, as well as videos and PDF files that you’ve imported. Imported items appear in one comprehensive window that you can easily browse and filter. It can even show thumbnails of files stored remotely, such as those files that you want to keep on CDs.

You can fix the most common problems in the media files by using the tools in the Fix tab of the Task pane. For more complex editing, you can select a photo or video in Elements

Organizer 10, and in the Fix tab:

• Click Full Photo Edit, Quick Photo Edit, or Guided Photo Edit to work with photos. The photo opens in the

Photoshop Elements Editor workspace.

• Click Edit Videos to work with video files. The video file opens in the Adobe Premiere Elements Editor workspace.

You can create projects, from printed photo books to computer slide shows, from the Create tab of the Task pane.

Finally, you can share your photos, videos, and projects with others, by using any of the tools in the Share tab of the Task pane.

Elements Organizer buttons and menu bar A. Left and right side of menu bar B. Undo and Redo buttons C. Text and Visual Search D. Back To Previous View and Forward To Next View buttons E. The Find bar F. Media Browser Arrangement menu G. Star ratings filter H. The four tabs of the Task Panel I. The Display menu J. Welcome screen button K. Rotate Left and Rotate Right buttons L. View, Edit, Organize In Full Screen M. Adjust Size Of Thumbnail slider

The Elements Organizer 10 workspace has the following components:

Welcome Screen button

Displays the Welcome screen with select tools for one of the primary tasks: Organize and Edit.

Note: Users in the United States can also sign in with an Adobe ID. This service is not available in countries outside the United States.

Menu bar Contains menus for performing tasks. Elements Organizer 10 organizes the menus by topic: File, Edit, Find,

View, Window, and Help.

Display button Opens menu of views of the Media Browser.

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Navigation buttons Take you back to the previous view, or forward to the next view, of the Media Browser.

Find bar Drag a photo, video, album icon, or keyword tag icon here to search for photos or media files.

Media Browser Displays your photos, video files, audio files, and video projects in the Elements Organizer 10, either

one at a time or in a grid of thumbnails.

Task pane Contains the Organize, Fix, Create, and Share tabs, and the panels or buttons for each tab.

Status bar In the Media Browser, the status bar displays the number of items selected and the number of items

contained in the Media Browser arrangement. It also displays the number of media not displayed.

Note: If you change your Windows theme while the Elements Organizer 10 is open, the Organizer workspace could appear distorted after the change. Close the Elements Organizer and relaunch it to return it to its normal appearance.

More Help topics

“View and find media files in Date view” on page 46

Task pane

In the Elements Organizer 10, the Task pane appears on the right side of the Media Browser. It contains a tab for each of the basic steps of media file editing: Organize, Fix, Create, and Share. You can open the Task pane to access the tabs, or close it to expand the Media Browser.

Tabs in the Task Pane with the Organize tab selected.

Show or hide the Task pane

❖ Select Window > Show/Hide Task Pane.

Use panels in the Organize tab

The Organize tab stores multiple panels. The Albums and Keyword Tags panels cannot be removed from it.

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The Organize tab A. Adjust panel height B. Collapse or expand panel C. Selected keyword tag D. Show or hide Task panel

❖ Do any of the following:

• To collapse or expand a panel, click the triangle beside the panel’s name in the Organize tab.

• To show or hide the Properties panel, select Window > Properties.

• To move the Properties panel into or out of the Task pane, double-click the panel’s title bar.

Use tools in the Fix, Create, and Share tabs

1 In the Task pane, click the Fix, Create, or Share tab.

2 Click a button for any of the tools listed on that tab.

Use context menus

You can use context menus in both the Editor and Elements Organizer 10 workspaces. Context-sensitive menus display commands that are relevant to the active tool, selection, or panel.

1 Position the pointer over an image or panel item.

Note: Not all panels offer context menus.

2 Right-click/Ctrl-click and choose a command from the menu.

Using keyboard commands and modifier keys

You can use keyboard shortcuts in both the Editor and Elements Organizer 10 workspaces. Keyboard commands let you quickly execute commands without using a menu; modifier keys let you alter how a tool operates. When available, the keyboard command appears to the right of the command name in the menu.

More Help topics

“Keys for navigating” on page 179

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Undo, redo, or cancel operations

Many operations can be undone or redone. Available memory may limit your ability to use these options.

1 To undo or redo an operation, Choose Edit > Undo or choose Edit > Redo.

2 To cancel an operation, hold down the Esc key until the operation in progress has stopped.

Exit Photoshop Elements or Adobe Premiere Elements

To exit Photoshop Elements or Adobe Premiere Elements, close each workspace—closing one does not automatically close another.

In Windows®, select File > Exit. In Mac® OS, select Adobe Elements Organizer 10 > Quit Adobe Elements Organizer 10.

2 When closing the Editors, confirm whether you want to save any of the opened files.

Getting started with your Adobe ID

Account creation and management

You can create an Adobe ID through the Welcome screen. There are two types of accounts, a Free account and a Plus account.

Free account provides 2.0 GB online storage and an automatic backup. The Plus account provides 20 GB or more online storage, new tutorials, artwork, and online album templates delivered to the software installed on your machine.

If you want to change your personal details after creating an Adobe ID, sign in using your Adobe ID. You can also change your personal details in the Organizer view.

1 Do one of the following:

• On the Welcome screen, click Manage My Adobe ID, and enter your password.

• In the Organizer view, click the text Welcome back, <Your First Name> located above the Full Screen View of

Photos icon

2 Click Personal Info, and change your details.

. Enter your password.

Create an Adobe ID

1 Click Create New Adobe ID on the Welcome screen.

2 Enter your personal details such as name, e-mail address, password, and personal URL, and click Create Account.

3 Click Free account or Plus account. A verification mail is sent to your E-mail ID. Log in to your E-mail account and

follow the instructions in the mail to activate your new Adobe ID.

Manage your account

After you create an account, you can change your personal details. Sign in using your Adobe ID and change the required details. You can change the details from the Welcome screen, Elements workspace.

Organizer 10, or Photoshop Elements

1 On the Welcome screen, click Manage My Adobe ID, and enter your password.

2 Click Personal Info, and change your details.

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Sign in with your Adobe ID

1 Make sure that your computer is connected to the Internet, and then start Adobe Photoshop Elements or Adobe

Premiere Elements.

2 In the Welcome screen, enter your Adobe ID and password, and click Sign In.

The Welcome screen changes and greets you with the message Welcome, [user name]. Generally,

Organizer 10 remembers that you have an Adobe ID and automatically signs you in if your computer is

Elements connected to the Internet.

Important: Photoshop Elements free online benefits and Photoshop Elements Plus are available in the United States only. Internet access required.

View your albums on Photoshop.com

You can view your backed up albums on the Internet from any computer, even one that doesn’t have

Organizer 10 installed.

Elements

1 Make sure that the computer is connected to the Internet, open a web browser, and go to Photoshop.com.

The web browser must have cookies enabled.

2 On the Photoshop.com home page, click Sign In and enter your Adobe ID.

3 After your Photoshop.com page opens, click My Albums.

You can view and navigate through all the photos and albums you’ve backed up to Photoshop.com.

Launch the Inspiration Browser

The Inspiration Browser enables you to access and organize tutorials that contain ideas and ways to do more with your media files.

❖ Select Help > Elements Inspiration Browser.

If you are not already signed in with your Adobe ID, a dialog box opens up, enabling you to sign in.

Using Elements Organizer and Adobe Premiere Elements together

About Elements Organizer and Adobe Premiere Elements

Here are a few ways you can share files between Elements Organizer 10 and Adobe® Premiere® Elements:

• Organize your photos, video files, and audio clips in Elements Organizer 10, and drag them onto the Adobe

Premiere Elements Project panel.

• Right-click/Control-click the media file, and select Edit With Premiere Elements.

• Create a slide show in Elements Organizer 10 with captions, transitions, effects, music, narration, graphics, and

titles. After creating the slide show, bring the slide show into Adobe Premiere Elements for further editing. Or, bring individual photos or video files into Adobe Premiere Elements, and create the slide show there.

• You can open Adobe Premiere Elements for editing video files using the Edit Videos option in the Fix tab in

Organizer 10.

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• Customize DVD menu templates in Elements Organizer 10, and use the templates in your Adobe Premiere

Elements project. (DVD templates are PSD files stored in the Adobe Premiere Elements application folder.)

• Create an Elements Organizer 10 file with your video project’s settings, enhance it in Elements Organizer 10, and

use it in Adobe Premiere Elements. You can also create instant movies through the Create tab in

Organizer 10.

Elements

Arrange your work area

To share files between Elements Organizer 10 and Adobe Premiere Elements, it’s useful to have both programs open and accessible on your computer monitor.

1 Start Elements Organizer 10 and Adobe Premiere Elements.

2 If your screen is maximized, click the Restore button in the upper-right corner of each application window.

3 Position the application windows side by side or overlap them slightly.

However, trying to access the following options in the Share tab launches Adobe Premiere Elements:

• Burn Video/DVD BluRay

• Online Video Sharing

• Mobile Phones and Players

Supported media file types

Elements Organizer 10 and Adobe Premiere Elements support many of the same file types, which makes the transfer of most files between the two programs easy and efficient. For example, you can catalog Photoshop (PSD) files in the

Organizer 10 and then add them as still images to a project in Adobe Premiere Elements.

Elements

All file types that are supported in Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements can be imported into

Organizer 10. The file support is irrespective of the application installed (Photoshop Elements and Adobe

Elements Premiere Elements). The following table gives a list of the supported file types:

Images Video Audio

alias pix (Mac OS only) 264 aac

arw 3g2 ac3

bmp 3gp aif

cr2 aiff

crw asf (Windows only) m2a

dcr avc m4a

dib avi mp2

dng dv mp3

erf mpa

flm flv wav

gif m1v wma (Windows only)

icb m2p

iff (Mac OS only) m2t

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Images Video Audio

jpe m2ts

jpeg m2v

jpg m4v

kdc mod

mef mov

mfw

mos mp4

mrw mpe

nef mpeg

orf mpg

pcx mpv

pdd mts

pdf swf

pef tod

pict resource (Mac OS only) vob

png wmv (Windows only)

psd

pse

pxr

raf

raw

rle

sr2

srf

tga

tif

vda

vst

wbm

wbmp

x3f

Photoshop Elements Editor, Adobe Premiere Elements, and Elements Organizer 10 do not recognize the following file types:

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TIFF with LZW compression (.tif) TIFF with LZW compression (.tif) MOD (.mod; JVC Everio)

EPS (.eps) Illustrator (.ai) Illustrator (.ai)

Windows Media (.wmv, .wma) - not supported on Mac OS

Adobe Illustrator (.ai) Dolby audio (.ac3)

AIFF (.aiff)

Flash video (.flv)

Windows Media (.wmv, .wma) - not supported on Mac OS

Note: Elements Organizer 10 catalogs video AVI files properly and they play correctly. However, audio AVI files appear as broken video thumbnail icons. Also, Colors created in a file’s spot channels in Photoshop are not displayed when the file is imported into Elements

Organizer 10.

The Photoshop Elements Editor can import individual video frames from ASF, AVI, MPEG, and Windows Media files. (Choose File > Import > Frame From Video.)ASF and Windows media files supported only on Windows.

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Chapter 3: Import photos and videos

Use Elements Organizer 10 to bring media files into catalogs from any source, whether a camera, scanner, CD, folder on your hard disk, or mobile phone. However, if you simply want to start editing a media file on your hard disk, and you know its filename and location, you can use the Open or Place commands in the Photoshop Elements Editor to browse to the file.

About getting photos and videos

Bringing photos and videos into the Elements Organizer

Use the Elements Organizer 10 to add photos and videos to a catalog. If you choose the File > Import or File > Open command in the Editor, select the Include In The Elements catalog.

If you have a system of folders on your computer that you want to continue using for organizational purposes, you can use the Elements Folder Location view, you can also instantly organize images into Albums.

Organizer 10’s Folder Location view to view your files as they appear on your hard disk. From the

Organizer 10 option when you save the file to add it to your

When you choose any option from the File > Get Photos And Videos command to bring a media file from your hard disk into a catalog, Elements Organizer 10 creates a link to the media file. It does not copy or move the original image unless you specify it. When you get a media file from a CD, DVD, or device such as a scanner, camera, card reader, or phone, the Elements a link to that copy.

Important: If you delete the original file from your hard disk, you cannot edit it, even though its thumbnail may remain in a catalog.

When downloading media files from a camera, card reader, or mobile phone, it is recommended that you organize the media files during the import process.

Organizer 10 first copies the media file into a folder on your hard disk and then creates

More Help topics

“View and manage files by folder location” on page 36

“Tagging photos and videos” on page 53

“Move files in a catalog” on page 104

Set file preferences

Setting the file preferences determines how files are managed.

1 In the Elements Organizer 10, choose Edit > Preferences > Files (Windows®). In Mac® OS, select

Organizer 10 > Preferences > Files.

Elements

2 Choose any of the following options, and then click OK:

Import EXIF Caption Imports any caption that was stored with the media file in the camera. Deselect this option if you

want to delete this information, and type your own caption for each media file. (Note that caption data may be stored in different places in a file. Deselecting this option only blocks EXIF caption data.)

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Automatically Search For And Reconnect Missing Files Searches for missing, disconnected files. Select this option to

avoid getting messages about disconnected files.

Enable Multisession Burning To CD/DVD (Windows only) Allows burning (copying) files onto a disc multiple times,

enabling you to use as much free space on the disc as possible. Normally, you can only burn a CD or DVD one time, and any unused space is lost.

Rotate JPEGs Using Orientation Metadata/Rotate TIFFs Using Orientation Metadata When these options are selected,

the orientation metadata of the image is updated to rotate the image. The image data is untouched; the rotation is specified by just changing the metadata. Rotating an image using its metadata is a faster process than rotating the image itself.

Not all applications recognize orientation metadata. If you plan to import your images into such applications, leave these options deselected.

Folders For Saved Files Specifies the default folder location where projects and other saved files are stored. To change

the location, click Browse and navigate to a new location.

Preview File Size Specifies the size of preview files used by the Elements Organizer 10 when storing media files offline.

If you have changed the settings and are having trouble importing your media files, try clicking the Restore Default Settings button in the Preferences dialog box to restore the original preferences.

More Help topics

“Set the size for preview files” on page 27

“Reconnecting missing files in the Elements Organizer” on page 129

Import tags attached to media files

When you receive media files that contain keyword tags or keyword metadata, you can import them with the media file. You can decide whether to keep the attached keyword tag, rename the keyword tag, or map it to one of your own keyword tags. If you import a new keyword tag, it appears in your Keyword Tags panel, and you can use it to tag other media files.

An imported tag appears in the Keyword Tags panel.

1 Ensure that the camera or card reader is connected to your computer, or the media files you want to import are

copied to your computer.

2 In the Elements Organizer 10, choose File > Get Photos And Videos, and select any method for getting photos

and videos.

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Note: If the media files include tags or keyword metadata, the Import Attached Keyword Tags dialog box appears.

3 Do one of the following:

• Select the tags you want to import. The tags you select are added to the Keyword Tags panel when the media files

are imported. If a tag has an asterisk (*), you already have a tag of the same name in your catalog. The existing tag is attached to the media files.

• Click Advanced for additional options.

4 If you selected Advanced, do any of the following, and click OK:

• Select the tags you want to import by clicking the boxes next to the tag names. When you select a tag, the options

to the right of the tag become active.

• To rename a tag you are importing, select the tags you want to import by clicking the boxes next to the tag names.

Click the button to the right of the tag under Import As New Keyword Tag Named, and type a name in the textbox.

Organizer 10 adds a tag with the new name to your catalog and attaches the tag to the imported media

Elements files.

• To map an imported tag to an existing tag in your catalog, select the tags you want to import. Click the button in

the right column under Use An Existing Keyword Tag and choose a tag from the pop-up menu. The tag name you choose gets attached to the imported media files instead of the original tag name.

• Click Reset To Basic to clear your changes and return to the Import Attached Keyword Tags dialog box.

Note: If the media files you are importing have many tags attached, a dialog box appears. You can choose to import all the tags or none of them. If you prefer to select individual tags to import, close the dialog box and undo the import by choosing Edit from the catalog. Then, reimport the media files in smaller batches.

> Undo Import Media. You can also undo the import by selecting the entire import batch and deleting it

More Help topics

“About keyword tags” on page 53

Cameras and card readers

About cameras and card readers

You can download (copy) media files from cameras and card readers in several ways:

• Copy media files from your camera or card reader, and import them directly into the Elements Organizer 10 using

the options in the Photo Downloader dialog box. This method is recommended because it is quick and easy, and lets you organize your media files when importing them.

• Use the software that came with your digital camera to download pictures onto your computer, and then bring

them into Elements command in the Elements Organizer 10.

• If your camera or card reader displays as a drive in My Computer, you can drag the files from there directly into

the Elements

Organizer 10 using the File > Get Photos And Videos > From Files And Folders command in the

Elements Elements Organizer 10.

In some cases, you need to install the software driver that came with your camera before you can download media files to your computer. You might also need to set the camera and card reader preferences in

Organizer 10.

Elements

Organizer 10 using the File > Get Photos And Videos > From Files And Folders

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More Help topics

“Bringing photos and videos into the Elements Organizer” on page 15

“Get media files from files and folders” on page 24

“Set camera and card reader preferences” on page 20

Get media files from a digital camera or card reader

For a video about this process, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2311_pse10_en.

1 Connect your camera or card reader to your computer. (See the documentation that came with your device, if

necessary.)

(Windows) The Windows AutoPlay dialog box opens with a list of options for getting the photos.

2 In the Windows AutoPlay dialog box, select the Elements Organizer 10 option.

The Photo Downloader dialog box opens if Elements Organizer 10 is running. You can also choose File > Get Photos And Videos > From Camera Or Card Reader to open the Photo Downloader.

3 In the Photo Downloader dialog box under Source, choose from the Get Photos From menu to specify where to

copy/import the photos from.

4 In the Import Settings area, set the following options:

Location Specifies the folder to which the media files are downloaded. To change the default folder location, click

Browse, and specify a new location.

Create Subfolder(s) Creates a subfolder using the naming scheme chosen from the pop-up menu. If you choose

Custom Name, type a subfolder name in the box.

(Windows only) If you are using keyboard shortcuts to create subfolders (Alt+C) or rename files (Alt+R), press the spacebar to expand the menu. Then, use the arrow keys to select an option.

Rename Files Changes the filenames using the naming scheme selected from the pop-up menu. If you choose Custom

Name, type a base filename and a starting number for assigning sequentially numbered filenames to the media files.

Note: If the name you entered exists, the copied image filename is appended with “-1”, or another appropriately numbered designator.

Preserve Current Filename In XMP Select this option to use the current filename as the filename stored in the metadata

of the media file.

Delete Options Specifies whether to leave the media files on your camera or card, verify and delete the files, or delete

the files after they are copied. Deleting the files automatically avoids having to delete the media files by using your camera. Media files that you do not import into Elements

Automatic Download (Windows only) Imports your media files instantly the next time Elements Organizer 10 is

Organizer 10 are not deleted from the device.

selected in the Windows AutoPlay dialog box. This option uses the Automatic Download values specified in the Camera or Card Reader preferences.

5 For more download options, click the Advanced Dialog button.

6 Click Get Media.

The media files are copied to your hard drive. If the media files you copied contain keyword metadata, the Import Attached Tags dialog box appears; specify whether to copy the tags.

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7 Click OK in the Files Successfully Copied dialog box. You can choose to show only the new files in the Media

Browser.

You can change the settings specified here at a later time. In Elements Organizer 10, for Windows, select Edit > Preferences > Camera or Card Reader. In Mac OS, select Adobe Elements Organizer 10 > Preferences > Camera or

Card Reader.

More Help topics

“Set advanced photo downloading options” on page 19

Set advanced photo downloading options

The Advanced dialog box of the Adobe Photo Downloader offers all the options in the Standard dialog box plus several additional options. For example, you can view all of the media files stored on a device or preview videos before importing them. You can also add copyright metadata, specify an album for the imported photos, and automatically fix red eye as the images are imported. The settings you specify in this dialog box retain their values until you reset them.

1 In the Standard Photo Downloader dialog box, click Advanced Dialog.

Thumbnail images of every file on your device appear.

2 To show or hide different file types, click the Image , Video , or Audio buttons. If the device contains

duplicate files, the Duplicate button is also available.

Note: Duplicate files are files that are already in the Elements Organizer 10 or have already been copied to your hard disk. If you download duplicate files, they are copied to your hard drive, but are not added to the Elements

Organizer 10.

3 Select media files (photos or videos) to download by doing any of the following:

• To select individual media files, click the boxes below each thumbnail.

• To select multiple media files, drag a rectangle around their thumbnails. Then right-click/control-click and select

Check Selected, or click a box below one of the selected media files to check them all.

• To select all media files, click Check All. To deselect all images, click Uncheck All.

4 To rotate one or more media files, select them by clicking the media files (not the check boxes). Then, click the

Rotate Left button

5 In the Save Options section, do any of the following:

or the Rotate Right button .

• Specify a destination to copy the media files. Click Browse and navigate to the location you want.

• Choose an option for naming subfolders from the Create Subfolder(s) menu. The Custom Groups (Advanced)

option creates a subfolder with the group name format you select in the Group Name box. The group tag name helps you find and distinguish photos within a category.

Note: If you switch to the Standard dialog box, Custom Groups settings are lost.

• Choose a naming scheme from the Rename Files menu if you want to rename the media files during import. If you

choose Custom Name, type a base filename and a starting number for assigning sequentially numbered filenames to the media files.

Note: If the name you entered exists, the copied image filename is appended with “-1” or another appropriately numbered designator.

6 In the Advanced Options section, select any of the following:

Automatically Fix Red Eyes Applies the Fix Red Eye command to all selected photos.

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Note: Automatically removing red eye on a large number of image files increases the amount of time required to import your photos.

Automatically Suggest Photo Stacks Combines selected photos into suggested photo stacks based on visual similarity.

Make Group Custom Name A Tag Applies the custom name tag of the specified group to the selected photos. Use this

option only if you have specified custom names to custom groups. Applying tags while downloading helps you find photos more easily in the Elements

Import Into Album Lets you specify or create an album to import the photos into. Click Settings to select or create an

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album and then click OK.

7 From the menu at the bottom of the Advanced Options section, choose an option to specify what

Organizer 10 should do after copying photos: leave the original files alone, verify that the import was

Elements successful and then delete the original files, or immediately delete the original files.

8 To add metadata, select a template to use and type in the following fields:

Creator Specifies the file creator. Information typed into this field is appended to the creator metadata in the file.

overwrites any data already in the copyright metadata in the file.

9 (Optional) (Windows only) To automatically download media files in Elements Organizer 10 after a device is

connected, select Automatic Download. Automatic download options are set in the Camera Or Card Reader preferences.

10 Click Get Media.

More Help topics

“Designate an album during photo download” on page 74

“Set camera and card reader preferences” on page 20

Set camera and card reader preferences

Elements Organizer 10 enables you to set preferences for a device. These preferences apply if you select the

Organizer 10 option in the Windows Auto Play dialog box that appears when a device is connected. The

Elements preferences remain intact until you change them. If you use a different camera or card reader, make sure to set preferences specifically for that device.

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Setting preferences for getting photos from digital cameras and card readers.

1 In Elements Organizer 10, (Windows), select Edit > Preferences > Camera Or Card Reader. In Mac OS, select

Adobe Elements Organizer 10 > Preferences > Camera Or Card Reader.

2 Set file-specific import options:

Save Files In Specifies where the files are copied to on your hard drive. Click Browse to specify a new location.

Automatically Fix Red Eyes Fixes red eye problems as the files are downloaded.

Automatically Suggest Photo Stacks Suggests photo stacks for you according to date and visual similarity.

Make Group Custom Name A Keyword Tag Applies the custom name tag of the specified group to the selected photos.

Use this option only if you have specified custom names to custom groups. Applying tags while downloading helps you find photos more easily in the Elements

Organizer 10.

3 To edit the options for a specific device, select the device profile, and click Edit. Choose a download option from

the menu that appears, and click OK. To delete a device from this list, select it, and click Remove.

4 (Windows only) To specify default values for automatic downloads, set any of the following:

Begin Download Specifies when a download begins after a device is connected.

Create Subfolder(s) Using Specifies if and how to separate and name folders containing media files shot on different

dates.

Delete Options Specifies if and how to delete the original media files from your camera after copying them to your

hard disk.

Copy New Files Only (Ignore Already Imported Files) Causes the downloader to ignore files that are already on your

hard disk.

If you have changed the settings and are having trouble getting your media files, click Restore Default Settings to restore the original preferences.

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Scanners (Windows only)

About scanning

Elements Organizer 10 connects to your scanner so that you can get images of your photos, negatives, and slides. You can get images from scanners in two ways:

• Use the scanner driver plug-in module that came with your scanner. This software is either compatible with

Organizer 10 or uses the TWAIN® interface to scan and open images directly in Elements Organizer 10.

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Note: The TWAIN manager is supported only on Windows.

• Use the standalone scanning software that came with your scanner to scan and save your images. You can then

bring the images into Elements Folders command.

In Windows® XP and Windows Vista®, you can set preferences so that Elements Organizer 10 starts as soon as your computer detects that your scanner is attached. See Windows Help for more information.

Before you try to scan and open your photos in Elements Organizer 10, make sure that you’ve installed all the software that came with your scanner. Carefully read any documentation that came with your scanner to make sure that it’s connected properly to your computer. In Windows, if the Preferences dialog box appears on your screen after you click Get Photos, set your scanner preferences.

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Get photos from scanners (Windows only)

1 Make sure that your scanner is connected and switched on.

In the Elements Organizer 10, select File > Get Photos And Videos > From Scanner from the pop-up menu.

Note: You can also get photos from a scanner from within Full Edit.

3 If the Get Photos From Scanner dialog box appears, choose the name of the scanner from the Scanner menu.

Note: If you get a None Detected message in the Scanner menu, make sure that the scanner is on and properly connected to your computer.

4 Click Browse to select a location for saving the photos.

5 Choose a file format from the Save As menu. JPEG, the default format, is usually the best choice. If you choose

JPEG, drag the Quality slider to the setting you want. The higher the quality, the larger the file size.

Drag the Quality slider to increase or decrease the file size and quality.

6 Click OK. If you’re using a scanner with a TWAIN driver, Elements Organizer 10 launches the driver that came

with your scanner. Follow the instructions that came with the driver software to scan your photo. Typically, you can also select an area to scan or correct any color issues that you may see.

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Note: In Windows XP, Elements Organizer 10 launches the Windows XP scanning interface if you’re using a WIA (Windows Imaging Architecture) scanner. You can find instructions in Windows XP online Help. In scanners that support TWAIN, a vendor-specific user interface is launched.

After the photo is scanned, a preview of the scan is displayed in the Getting Photos dialog box. Elements Organizer 10 assigns the import date to the photos.

More Help topics

“Change the date and time of files” on page 117

Set scanner preferences (Windows only)

1 In the Elements Organizer 10, choose Edit > Preferences > Scanner.

2 Choose the name of your scanner from the Scanner menu.

Note: Each time you connect to a different scanner, you need to select the device from the list. The connected scanner is indicated to help you identify it.

3 Choose a file format from the Save As menu. JPEG, the default format, is usually the best choice. If you choose

JPEG, drag the Quality slider to the setting you want. The higher the quality, the larger the file size.

4 Select a location to store your scanned photos, and then click OK.

Scan photos into the Organizer using a TWAIN driver (Windows only)

TWAIN is a software driver used for acquiring images captured by certain scanners, digital cameras, and frame grabbers. For your TWAIN device to work with Elements manager and TWAIN data source.

Before you can use the scanner to bring images into Elements Organizer 10, you must install the TWAIN device and its software, and then restart your computer. (See the documentation provided by your device manufacturer for installation information.)

❖ In the Elements Organizer 10, choose File > Get Photos And Videos, and choose the device you want to use

from the submenu.

After the image is scanned, it appears in an untitled Elements Organizer 10 window.

Note: After pressing the scanning button for the first time on some scanners, such as the Canon MP960, the scanning progress bar will open behind Photoshop Elements. You can reduce the Photoshop Elements window to bring the progress bar forward.

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Local files, CDs, DVDs, and video

Using watched folders (Windows only)

The Elements Organizer 10 automatically detects media files being added to any of its watch folders. By default, the My Pictures folder is watched, but you can add additional folders to the Elements

Organizer 10’s watch list.

You can choose to have media files that are added to a watch folder automatically added to a catalog. Or, you can opt to be asked before new media files are added to a catalog. When asked, either click Yes to add the media files to your catalog, or click No to leave them out. Whether or not media files are brought into the Elements remain in their folders unless you delete them.

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Add folders to the watched folders list

1 Choose File > Watch Folders.

2 Click Add, and then browse to the folder.

3 Select the folder, and then click OK. The folder name appears in the Folders To Watch list.

To quickly add watch folders when the Elements Organizer 10 is in Folder Location view, right-click/control-click a folder and choose Add To Watched Folders.

Change Watch Folders settings

1 Choose File > Watch Folders.

2 Choose one of the following options:

• Notify Me to choose whether files are added to your catalog.

• Automatically Add Files To Organizer to have the media files added to your catalog as soon as they are detected.

Get media files from files and folders

For a video about this process, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2310_pse10_en.

You can bring media files into Elements Organizer 10 from a hard disk or optical diskette drive in your computer.

Note: After dragging photos from Windows Explorer into the Media Browser, Windows Explorer can become unresponsive until the media files have been imported. You can toggle to any Photoshop Elements dialog box that opens during the import by pressing Alt-Tab. You can also click the Elements

❖ Do one of the following:

Organizer 10 icon in the Windows taskbar.

• Drag the media files from Windows Explorer to Elements Organizer 10 workspace.

• Select File > Get Photos And Videos> From Files And Folders.

Note: This method enables you to navigate to the relevant location on your computer and import media files.

• Select File> Get Photos And Videos > By Searching.

Note: This method enables you to search for media files and import them to the Elements Organizer 10 Workspace.

• Select the Import To Organizer option from the context menu in the Folder Location view of the Media Browser.

Press Ctrl+Alt+3 (Windows), or Alt+Cmd+3 (Mac OS) to switch to the Folder Location view.

More Help topics

“Move files in a catalog” on page 104

“Import tags attached to media files” on page 16

“Reconnecting missing files in the Elements Organizer” on page 129

Browse to files on your computer

In the Elements Organizer 10, choose File > Get Photos And Videos > From Files And Folders from the menu.

2 In the dialog box, navigate to the folder that contains the files you want to bring into the Elements Organizer 10.

Use the Look In menu and the other navigation controls along the top and left.

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3 Hold the pointer over a file to display information about the photo, or select it to display a preview. On Mac OS,

the Finder is used to display a preview of the photo.

Note: Raw files are not displayed in preview on Windows Vista/Win 7.

4 Do one of the following to select photos:

• To get a single media file, select it.

• To get multiple media files, Ctrl-click/Cmd-click to select the files you want. Or, click the first file, and then Shift-

click the last file in the list that you want.

• To get all the media files in a folder, navigate up one level from your current level in the Get Photos And Videos

From Files And Folders dialog box and select the desired folder. To get photos from subfolders within the folder, select Get Photos From Subfolders.

You can import a PDF file, or a Photoshop Elements project as a PSE file. Text in imported PDF files becomes part of the image (you can’t edit the text).

5 Set file-specific import options:

Automatically Fix Red Eyes Fixes red eye problems as the files are downloaded.

Automatically Suggest Photo Stacks Suggests photo stacks for you according to date and visual similarity.

6 Click Get Media. The media files appear in the Elements Organizer 10.

Get media from files and folders.

Search for files on your computer

1 Choose File > Get Photos And Videos > By Searching.

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Searching for photos on your computer

A. Search location B. Search button C. Import selected folder from the Search Results window D. Preview lets you view photo thumbnails. E. Search Results window F. Folder selected for import G. Thumbnails of photos in selected folder

2 Select a search option from the Look In menu.

3 Select options to limit your search:

Exclude System And Program Folders Excludes folders from the search that are unlikely to contain your media files.

Exclude Files Smaller Than Includes files large enough to be full-resolution photos. Enter a minimum file size, in

kilobytes, in the KB textbox.

Note: By default, removable media (such as CDs and DVDs) and network drives are not searched.

4 Click Search. The search may take a while. Click Stop Search if you want to stop the search.

The search returns all folders that contain photos and video files.

5 Click a folder to select it. To select more than one folder, press Ctrl and click another folder name. You can preview

the items in a folder by clicking the folder name in the list.

6 (Optional) Select Automatically Fix Red Eyes to fix photos with red eye problems as they are imported into the

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7 Click the Import Folders button. The photos appear in the Media Browser.

Note: If the photos you import have tags attached to them, the Import Attached Tags dialog box appears.

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Add files from specific folders

1 In the Elements Organizer 10, from the Display menu, select Folder Location.

The folder hierarchy panel opens on the left side of the Media Browser.

2 In the folder hierarchy panel, browse to the folder containing the files you want to import.

3 Right-click/Control-click the folder, and choose Import To Organizer.

The Getting Photos dialog box will report whether files were imported.

4 Click OK.

If files were imported, the folder’s icon changes from an Unmanaged Folder icon to a Managed Folder icon .

About preview files

When you import photos from disc, you can choose to download to your computer full-resolution copies of the master photos (default) or low-resolution copies, called preview files. Preview files appear in your catalog as space-saving copies of the high-resolution originals. When you perform an operation that requires the original photo, you are asked to insert the disc containing the offline photo. You can then decide whether to use the preview file or bring in a fullresolution copy of the photo.

If you choose to use preview files, you need to assign an Offline Volume Name to the CD or DVD containing the master files. Make sure to write the Offline Volume Name on the CD or DVD, so that when Elements requests the master disc (it provides the reference name for you), you can insert the correct disc.

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Set the size for preview files

1 In Elements Organizer 10 (Windows), select Edit > Preferences > Files. In Mac OS, select Adobe Elements

Organizer 10 > Preferences > Files.

2 Under Offline Volumes, choose the pixel dimensions for the preview files. A 640 x 480 size is good in most cases.

Use a smaller size if you want to conserve space on your computer, or a larger size for better display quality.

Get photos from a CD or DVD

You can copy photos from a CD or DVD onto your hard disk and into the Elements Organizer 10. You can make fullresolution copies, as you might for editing purposes, or, to save disk space, low-resolution offline copies called preview files.

1 In the Elements Organizer 10, select File > Get Photos And Videos > From Files And Folders.

2 Navigate to your CD or DVD drive, and select the photos you want to copy.

3 (Optional) Select either of the following:

Copy files on import Makes a full-resolution copy of the file on your hard disk.

Generate previews Makes a low-resolution copy of the file on your hard disk, saving disk space.

4 (Optional) If you’re keeping a master photo offline, type in a volume name for the CD or DVD on which it resides,

and write this name on the disc itself. This will make it easy for you to find and download the master when prompted.

5 (Optional) Select Automatically Fix Red Eyes if you would like Elements Organizer 10 to repair red eyes as soon as

the photos are brought into the Elements

Note: This option is not enabled for offline files.

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6 (Optional) Select Automatically Suggest Photo Stacks if you would like Elements Organizer 10 to group visually

similar photos, letting you decide whether to place any such groups into stacks.

7 Click Get Media to bring your photos into the Elements Organizer 10.

If the photos contain keyword metadata, the Import Attached Tags dialog box appears.

Note: A preview file has the CD icon in its thumbnail. Its file location refers to the drive into which the CD containing its master file was inserted.

History information showing the offline Volume Name for an offline photo in the Elements Organizer.

More Help topics

“Import tags attached to media files” on page 16

Get photos from a video

You can capture frames from your digital videos if they are saved in a file format that Elements Organizer 10 can open, including ASF (Windows only), AVI, MPEG, MPG, M1V, and WMV (Windows only). Captured photos are saved with the name of the video file plus a number (for example, videoclip01, videoclip02, and so forth).

Note: To create photos from the broadest range of video formats, install the latest version of standard video software, such as QuickTime or Windows Media Player.

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Getting still photos from a video clip.

1 In the Editor, choose File > Import > Frame From Video.

2 In the Frame From Video dialog box, click the Browse button to navigate to the video from which you want to

acquire still frames, and then click Open.

3 To start the video, click Play .

4 To get a frame of the video as a still image, click the Grab Frame button or press the spacebar when the frame is

visible on the screen. You can move forward and backward in the video to capture additional frames.

Note: Some video formats don’t support rewinding or fast-forwarding. In these cases, the Rewind and Fast Forward buttons are not available.

5 When you have all the frames you want, click Done.

6 Select File > Save to save each still file to a folder on your computer.

Mobile phone cameras

About mobile phone cameras

If you have a mobile phone with a built-in camera, you might be able to transfer the media files into your catalog. Make sure your phone saves media files in a file format you can import into your catalog. To find out what file format your phone uses, see the instructions that came with the phone.

For phones that store media files on a removable flash or memory card, use Adobe Photo Downloader to import media files into Elements phone.

To get photos into your catalog, use one of the following methods.

Direct transfer If your phone stores media files on a removable flash or memory card, you can bring media files from

your phone directly into Elements phone stores photos, see the instructions that came with your phone.

Organizer 10. To determine how your phone stores photos, see the instructions that came with your

Organizer 10 by using the Adobe Photo Downloader. To determine how your

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Cable or wireless transfer Transfer the images to your hard disk using cable or wireless transfer. For more

information, consult the phone manufacturer or the instructions that came with your phone. After you transfer the photos to your computer, in the Elements the media files into your catalog. For some mobile phone cameras, the Adobe Photo Downloader appears automatically when you connect via cable or wireless, and you won’t need to select File

Note: On Mac OS, the downloader is not automatically launched.

Note: Not all phones and carriers allow you to transfer media files to your computer using the methods described above.

Your carrier or phone manufacturer can tell you what options are available to you. You can also refer to the Adobe website for the latest information.

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> Get Photos And Videos.

Import media from iPhoto library (Mac OS only)

iPhoto is a software application used to import, organize, edit, print, and share digital photos on a Mac OS.

Elements Organizer 10 supports importing photos from iPhoto '09 (versions 8.0 – 8.1.2) and iPhoto’11 (versions 9.0 –

9.1.3). You cannot import photos from versions previous to iPhoto '09.

Import photos from iPhoto ‘09

Elements Organizer 10 supports importing photos, along with their associated captions, tags, and ratings, from iPhoto. You also have the option to import information such as events and albums to maintain the organization of your library

1 Select Files > Get Photos And Videos > From iPhoto.

Note: The iPhoto option is not displayed if iPhoto is not installed on your computer.

The Import From iPhoto dialog

2 (Optional) You can convert events in iPhoto to individual albums in Elements Organizer 10. In the Import From

iPhoto dialog, select Convert Events From iPhoto Into Albums.

When you import an album and event with the same name, a single album is created and all associated photos are added to the album.

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3 (Optional) Select More options if you want to choose the events and albums for import. Select the events and

albums you want to import.

4 Click Import.

Import photos from iPhoto ‘11

1 Select File > Get Photos And Videos > From iPhoto.

2 Click Import.

Change default location for imported photos

When you import photos into Elements Organizer 10, a copy of each photo is placed in /Users/[Your User

Name]/Pictures/Adobe/Organizer/[Catalog Name].

1 Select Adobe Elements Organizer 10 > Preferences > Files.

2 Click the Browse button.

3 In Folders For Saved Files, customize the location.

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You can use the Elements Organizer 10 to view and sort media files in various ways and to fix the most common photographic problems. In the Media Browser, you can keep track of your photos, video files, and audio files, with thumbnail icons that display the creation date, keyword tags, captions, and other information about a file. For example, different views let you display only video files, or show photos side by side.

The tools in the Fix panel of the Elements Organizer 10 quickly correct the most common problems in photographs. At the click of a button, for example, you can remove a green tint from a photo, improve its contrast, or remove the red from the pupils of its subjects.

Viewing photos and videos in the Elements Organizer

About the Media Browser

For a video overview, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2313_pse10_en.

The Media Browser shows thumbnails of your media files in the central area of the Elements Organizer 10. (To return to the Media Browser from Date view, select thumbnails of photos, video files, and audio files in your catalogs. You can select items in the Media Browser to attach tags to them, add them to projects, or edit them.

Display > Media Browser.) Use the Media Browser to view and find

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The Media Browser displays your photos for easy access. A. Adjust Thumbnail Size slider B. Rotate Left and Rotate Right C. Back To Previous View D. Find bar E. Grid

More Help topics

“About keyword tags” on page 53

“About the Timeline” on page 81

“Search using the Find bar” on page 82

“Find media files using the Search box” on page 90

“Viewing media files in full screen or side by side” on page 41

Open the Media Browser

❖ To open the Media Browser from the Date view of the Elements Organizer 10, do one of the following:

• Select Display > Media Browser.

• Click Return To Media Browser toward the bottom of the Organizer.

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Set Media Browser viewing preferences

1 In the Media Browser, choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows®), or Adobe Elements Organizer 10 >

Preferences > General (Mac® OS).

2 Specify options as desired, such as the following:

• To order pictures within a day so that the newest pictures appear first, choose Show Newest First Within Each Day.

• Select the date format that you want displayed for the time stamp for photos. This option is not available for some

languages.

• To rescale photos more than 100% of actual size, up to the maximum size of the space available, select Allow Photos

To Resize. Deselect this option to display small images at their actual size even when more space is available for display.

• When you search using keyword tags, Elements Organizer groups the results of the search in views of best matches,

close matches, and groups that do not match. To automatically display close matches after a search, choose Show Closely Matching Sets For Searches.

• If you want the text in the Elements Organizer user interface to be displayed using fonts from your computer’s

operating system, select Use System Font.

• To edit the date and time details for any photograph by clicking on them, select Adjust Date and Time by Clicking

on Thumbnail Dates.

• To disable fade transitions in the media browser, deselect Show Fade Transitions.

• To re-enable dialog boxes that you had chosen not to display again, click Reset All Warning Dialogs.

Media Browser icons

Some of the following icons appear only when you select the Details option, and others appear at all times:

Stack icon Indicates that the thumbnail represents a stack of photos.

Version Set icon Indicates that the thumbnail represents a stack of edited versions of a photo.

Video Scene Group icon Indicates that the thumbnail represents a video scene of a video scene group.

Video icon Indicates that the thumbnail represents a video clip.

Disc icon Indicates that the thumbnail represents an offline photo.

Audio icon Indicates that the thumbnail includes an audio caption.

Multiple Keyword Tag icon Indicates that keyword tags are attached to the media file. Place the pointer over the

tag icon to see the keyword tags attached.

Keyword Tag icons , , , Indicate the specific keyword tags that are attached to the media file.

Album icon Indicates that the photo is part of an album. Place the pointer over the icon to see the album name.

Hidden photo icon Indicates that the thumbnail is a hidden file.

Project icon Indicates that the thumbnail is used in a project.

Photo Project icon Indicates that the photo is part of a multiple page project.

Rating stars Shows the rating of the photo, on a scale of five stars.

Select a Media Browser view

❖ Choose Display > [display option].

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Choose from the following display options:

Thumbnail View Displays thumbnails of your media files in the sort order you specify.

Import Batch Displays media files in the batches in which they were imported and shows how the media files were

imported.

Folder Location Displays media files by the folders in which they are stored.

Date View Opens Date view from any Media Browser view. Displays a calendar showing thumbnails on the dates

when the media files were taken.

Media Browser Opens Media Browser Thumbnail view from Date view.

Choosing from the Media Browser Display menu displays different views in the Timeline and Media Browser.

Hide and show media files in the Media Browser

For a video about this process, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2316_pse10_en.

You can mark media files to hide them from view in the Media Browser without deleting them from your hard disk. Alternately, you can make hidden files reappear temporarily, or unmark them so that the files always remain visible.

Hide media files by marking them

1 Select the media files you want to hide. Shift-click the first and last media file of a group of adjacent files to select

the entire group. Ctrl-click non-adjacent files to select them.

2 Choose Edit > Visibility > Mark As Hidden to mark the media files for hiding.

A Hidden icon appears in the lower-left corner of each media file selected.

3 To hide the selected media files in the Elements Organizer 10, choose Edit > Visibility, and then select Hide

Hidden Files.

You can also right-click/control-click on the thumbnails and select the Visibility command from the context menu.

Show media files marked as hidden

❖ Choose Edit > Visibility, and then choose one of the following:

Show All Files Shows hidden files along with non-hidden files.

Show Only Hidden Files Shows only hidden files in the Elements Organizer 10.

You can also right-click /control-click on the thumbnails and select the Visibility command from the context menu.

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Remove the Hidden mark from the media files

1 In the Media Browser, show the media files marked as hidden.

2 Select the media files from which you want to remove the Hidden mark . Shift-click the first and last photo of

a group of adjacent photos to select the entire group. Ctrl-click nonadjacent photos to select them.

3 Choose Edit > Visibility > Mark As Visible.

You can also right-click/control-click on the thumbnails and select the Visibility command from the context menu.

View and manage files by folder location

The Folder Location view in the Elements Organizer 10 splits the Media Browser into two sections: a folder hierarchy panel, and an image thumbnail panel. From this view, you can manage folders, add files to your catalog, and add or remove folders from Watched Folder status.

You can create instant albums from the folder view. All the images in the selected folder are added to the instant album.

Note: Watched Folders are available only on Windows. The Watched Folder option is disabled for Network drives.

Note: To allow Elements Organizer 10 to automatically sync your new album, ensure that Sync New Albums is checked

in Backup/Synchronization preferences.

By default, the folder hierarchy panel displays all of the folders on your hard disk. Folders containing managed files have a Managed folder icon

. Managed files are those you have imported into a catalog, either manually or automatically. (Windows only) Watched folders have a Watched folder icon . Elements Organizer 10 automatically imports compatible files saved in watched folders. Folders that are both managed and watched have a Watched And Managed folder icon

1 In the Media Browser, select Folder Location from the Display menu in the upper-right corner of the Organizer.

Alternatively, press Ctrl+Alt+3 (Windows), or Cmd+Option+3 (Mac OS).

The Folder hierarchy appears on the left side of the Organizer and the image thumbnails appear in the center.

2 Select Window > Timeline. The timeline helps you easily browse managed folders in the Folder view.

3 To add files from a folder to Elements Organizer, right-click/control-click the folder in the folder hierarchy, and

select Import To Organizer.

4 To find files in a specific folder, click the folder in the folder hierarchy panel. After import, thumbnails for the files

in that folder appear in the image thumbnail panel, grouped under the folder name.

5 To instantly create an album by the folder name, click the Create Instant Album icon to the upper right of the

image thumbnail panel for each folder you want to tag.

6 To manage files and folders, select a folder and do any of the following:

• To move a file to a different folder, drag the file’s thumbnail from the image thumbnail panel to a folder in the folder

hierarchy panel.

• To view the folder in Explorer, right-click/control-click in the folder hierarchy panel and choose Reveal In Explorer

(Windows)/Reveal in Finder (Mac OS).

• (Windows only) To add or remove the folder from watched-folder status, right-click in the left panel, and choose

Add To Watched Folders or Remove From Watched Folders.

• To add files in the folder to your catalog, right-click/control-click in the folder hierarchy panel and choose Import

To Organizer.

• To rename the folder, right-click/control-click the folder and choose Rename Folder. Then type a new name.

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• To delete the folder, right-click/control-click in the folder hierarchy panel and choose Delete Folder. Deleting a

folder using folder view also deletes it from your computer. If you deleted a folder unintentionally, undo the delete operation or restore the folder from the recycle bin (Windows)/Trash (Mac OS).

7 To create a new folder, right-click/control-click in the folder hierarchy panel and choose New Folder.

More Help topics

“Using watched folders (Windows only)” on page 23

“Get media files from files and folders” on page 24

“About keyword tags” on page 53

Specify media types to view

❖ In the Media Browser, choose View > Media Types > [type of file].

Note: After you import items, all media types appear in the Media Browser temporarily.

Sort files in the Media Browser

❖ Choose a sort option from the Media Browser Arrangement menu from the upper-right corner of the Media

Browser. You can choose from the following sort options in the thumbnail view:

Date (Newest First) Shows the most recently taken or imported media files first. (Within a given day, the media files

are shown in the order they were taken, oldest first, unless otherwise specified in the General Preferences dialog box.) Newest-first order is convenient when you need to attach tags to the media files, you imported most recently.

Date (Oldest First) Shows all the media files in chronological order.

Resize, refresh, or hide thumbnails

You can change the size of thumbnails, or refresh them after editing the media files in another application. In addition, you can quickly rotate the thumbnails so they appear correctly in the window.

• To incrementally change the size of the thumbnail, drag the thumbnail slider in the shortcuts bar.

Drag the thumbnail slider to the right to increase thumbnail size.

• To display the smallest thumbnails possible, click the button to the left of the slider.

• To display a single media file, click the button to the right of the slider.

• To refresh the thumbnail view, choose View > Refresh.

• To rotate an image counterclockwise, click Rotate Left at the top of the Media Browser; to rotate an image

clockwise, click Rotate Right .

More Help topics

“Update an item’s thumbnail” on page 118

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Select items in the Media Browser

For a video about this process, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2314_pse10_en.

Select a media file in the Media Browser to work with it. A selected thumbnail is highlighted with a dark white outline.

❖ Do one of the following:

• To select a single item, click its thumbnail.

• To select multiple adjacent items, hold down Shift and click the first and last items you want to select.

• To select multiple nonadjacent items, hold down Ctrl-click/Cmd-click the items you want.

• To select or deselect all items in the Media Browser, choose Edit > Select All, or Edit > Deselect.

Display and edit media file details

You can choose to display details for each thumbnail, and also how certain details are displayed in the Media Browser. Also, you can add and edit captions including audio captions, and add and edit date and time information.

More Help topics

“About file information (metadata)” on page 121

“Change the date and time of files” on page 117

Specify format of date and details font

Select Edit > Preferences > General (Windows), or Adobe Elements Organizer 10 > Preferences > General (Mac OS).

2 In the Display Options area, specify the format of dates and the font used to display details, by selecting any of the

following:

Date Format (This option is not available in all locales.) Select MM/DD/YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY format.

Use System Font (Windows only) Choose this option to view your application in a font that is being used by your

operating system.

Adjust Date And Time By Clicking On Thumbnail Dates Select this option to edit the date and time details for any

photograph by clicking on them.

View or hide media file details

Select View > Details, and select/deselect the option to view/hide file details. Alternatively, press Ctrl+D (Windows), or Cmd+D (Mac OS).

Edit media file details

You can edit information related to a media file. For example, you can edit date, attached tags, filename, caption, and audio caption.

❖ In the Media Browser, do one of the following:

• To edit or add a text caption, select View > Details, and click the Single Photo View button . Click the caption,

or click Click Here To Add Caption.

• To add, listen to, or edit an audio caption, select View > Details, and click the Single Photo View button. Click the

Record Audio Caption button

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Photo details A. Image rating B. Albums to which the photo belongs. C. Click to add or change caption D. Keyword tags. E. Click to add or play audio caption.

• To change the date assigned to a media file, select the thumbnail, choose Edit > Adjust Date And Time. Specify the

options from the dialog boxes that appear.

You can change dates by a single click. To enable this feature, select Edit > Preferences > General (Windows), or Adobe Elements Organizer 10 > Preferences > General (Mac OS). In the Preferences dialog, select Adjust Date And

Time By Clicking On Thumbnail Dates. Click the date and make the required changes.

Viewing video projects

Elements Organizer 10 displays the list of projects you have created using Adobe Premiere Elements. However, you cannot rename, edit, or add media files to these projects in Elements projects, launch Adobe Premiere Elements. To view the video projects created in Adobe Premiere Elements:

1 In Elements Organizer 10, expand Albums (click the triangle beside Albums). Elements Organizer 10 displays a list

of albums and the option Video Projects.

2 Expand Video Projects (click the triangle beside Projects) to view a list of the video projects.

3 Select the project you want to work with, and right-click/control-click on the project to open a context menu with

the following options:

Open With Premiere Elements Select this option to view the project in the Timeline.

Organizer 10. To edit or add media files to these

Delete <project name> Video Project Select this option to delete the video project from the catalog.

Find Items In <project name> Video Project Select this option to view the media associated with the project.

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View video and full-screen images

View video files

In the Media Browser, the first frame of a video clip appears as the clip’s thumbnail. The filmstrip icon identifies a video clip in the Media Browser.

1 Double-click the video clip in the Media Browser.

Note: To view QuickTime movies in Elements Organizer 10, you must have the QuickTime player installed on your computer. If it is not already installed, download and run the QuickTime installer from

www.apple.com/quicktime/download.

2 When the Elements Organizer 10 Media Player appears, click the Play button to start the video. To view it frame-

by-frame, drag the position slider. If you have a long video clip, it could jump over a few frames.

AB C DA E

Photoshop Elements Media Player

A. Start and End buttons B. Record C. Play button D. Stop button E. Elapsed time F. Drag the position slider through the video clip G. Volume control

3 Click the Close button to close the Elements Organizer 10 Media Player.

You can create still shots from the frames of a video clip by choosing File > Import > Frame From Video in the Editor.

The file formats that can be played in the Elements Organizer 10 depend on the applications installed, as follows:

Only Photoshop Elements is installed In this case, only file formats (video and audio) that can be played using non-

royalty based filters play in Elements example, QuickTime) on the system, then it plays in Elements

Organizer 10. If a particular file format gets any other supported filter (for

Organizer 10 as well. On Mac OS, the videos are played using the codecs installed with Photoshop Elements or Premiere Elements. If the codecs are not available in the applications, QuickTime codecs are used.

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Only Adobe Premiere Elements is installed In this case, all file formats (video and audio) play in

Organizer 10.

Elements

Both Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements are installed In this case, all file formats (video and audio)

play in Elements

Organizer 10.

Viewing media files in full screen or side by side

The Full Screen and Compare Photos Side By Side views enable viewing media files without the distraction of interface items, such as windows and menus. You can use mouse scroll to zoom/pan media.

The View, Edit, Organize In Full Screen option displays a set of media files as a full-screen slide show. You can customize the slide show—for example you can:

• Play an audio file as you view the images.

• Display thumbnails of the selected files in a filmstrip along the right side of the screen.

• Add effects to the media files

After deciding on the photos you want in your slide show, you can make the necessary edits to them. You can send them directly from this view to the Slide Show Editor. To create a slide show, right-click and select the option Create Slide Show (Windows only).

Full Screen view

To view a media file in Full Screen view, do one of the following:

• Select the media file you want to view, and click the View, Edit, Organize In Full Screen icon .

• In the upper-right corner of the Organizer, select Display > View, Edit, Organize In Full Screen.

• Press F11/Cmd+F11.

The Compare Photos Side By Side command displays two photos simultaneously. Compare Photos Side By Side view is useful when you want to focus on details and differences between photos. You can select two or more photos to compare.

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To Compare photos, do one of the following:

• In the upper right of the Organizer, select Display > Compare Photos Side By Side (This option is not available in

all locales.)

• Select two photos and Press F12/Cmd+F12.

In Compare Photos Side By Side view, the currently selected photo has a blue border. When you click the Next Media button

, the selected photo changes. The next photo in the selection is displayed. If you have enabled the filmstrip

option, click any image in the filmstrip to view it in place of the selected image (the one with the blue border).

Use Compare Photos Side By Side view to analyze composition and details.

While you are in View, Edit, Organize In Full Screen view or Compare Photos Side By Side view you can view the following:

Quick Edit panel Enables you to edit the displayed media file.

Quick Organize panel Enables you to create and apply tags to media files. It also enables adding media files to existing

albums.

Control bar Displays all the navigation icons and control icons that enable you to access the required panels and

dialogs.

You can switch back and forth between views by clicking the View, Edit, Organize In Full Screen button or the Compare Photos Side By Side button .

More Help topics

“About slide shows (Windows only)” on page 138

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Quick Edit panel

While in View, Edit, Organize In Full Screen view or Compare Photos Side By Side view, you can edit the displayed photo using the Quick Edit panel. The Quick Edit panel is displayed on the left side of the screen and is minimized by default. The Quick Edit panel is also minimized when you don’t move your mouse for a couple of seconds. To maximize, move the mouse over the panel or click the Toggle Quick Edit panel in the Full Screen preview bar. Click the Auto Hide button

The following table describes some of the icons in the Quick Edit panel and their functionality:

Icon Functionality

to make the Quick Edit panel visible all the time.

Auto Smart Fix,

Auto Color,

Auto Level,

Auto Contrast,

Auto Sharpen,

Auto Red Eye Fix,

Edit Photos,

Edit Videos,

Mark for Print,

Improves issues in images caused by poor exposure, contrast, color balance, and color saturation

Improves color in the photo with Auto Color

Improves tonal range of the photo with Auto Levels

Improves contrast with Auto Contrast

Sharpens photos

Removes red eye

Launches Photoshop Elements Editor

Launches Adobe Premiere Elements

Marks the media file for printing

Note: Select a star to set a rating to the displayed photo. If the photo has a rating you want to clear, click the golden star farthest to the right.

Quick Organize panel

Quick Organize panel in View, Edit, Organize In Full Screen view or Compare Photos Side By Side view facilitates creating and adding keyword tags to the displayed media file. The Quick Organize panel is displayed on the left side of the screen and is minimized by default. The Quick Organize panel is also minimized when you don’t move your mouse for a couple of seconds. To maximize, move the mouse over the panel or click the Toggle Quick Organize panel in the Full Screen preview bar.

The Quick Organize panel has the following sub panels:

Albums Displays a list of existing albums. Albums associated with the displayed media file are highlighted.

Keyword tags Displays a list of keyword tags in the Tag Cloud view. Tags associated with the media file are

highlighted.

The Quick Organize panel enables you to perform the following tasks:

• Add the displayed media file to an existing album. For example, to add the displayed media file to the album

“Disneyland” click Disneyland in the Albums sub panel.

• Create keyword tags and apply the tags to the displayed media file.

To create and apply a new tag to the displayed media file:

1 In the Keyword Tags sub panel, type the name of the tag in the Tag Media textbox. For example, if you want to

create a keyword tag named Holiday, type Holiday in the textbox.

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2 Click the Apply icon .

The created tag is applied to the displayed media.

To apply an existing tag to the displayed media file, click the tag name in the Keyword Tags sub panel. The tag is highlighted.

Control bar

The Control bar contains icons for navigating through the media files, playing a media file, and so on. The control bar disappears from view when you don’t move your mouse for a couple of seconds. (To make it reappear, move the mouse.)

The Control bar consists of the following icons:

Toggle Film Strip icon Enables you to toggle between viewing and hiding images in a film strip. Click to display all the

images in a strip of thumbnails on the right side of the screen. Click again to hide the images.

Toggle Quick Edit panel Enables you to toggle between viewing and hiding the Quick Edit panel. Click to view the

Quick Edit panel on the left side of the screen. Click again to hide the Quick Edit panel.

Toggle Quick Organize panel Enables you to toggle between viewing and hiding the Quick Organize panel. Click to

view the Quick Organize panel on the left side of the screen. Click again to hide the Quick Organize panel.

Previous Displays the previous media file.

Next Displays the next media file.

Play Plays the media file.

Open Settings Dialog Displays the Full Screen View Options dialog box.

Transitions Displays the Select Transition dialog box.

Toggle Properties panel Enables you to toggle between viewing and hiding the Properties panel.

View, Edit, Organize In Full Screen Enables you to switch to Full Screen view from Compare Photos Side by Side view.

Compare Photos Side By Side Enables you to switch to Compare Photos Side by Side view.

Sync Panning And Zooming In Side By Side View Synchronizes panning and zooming when photos are displayed in

the Compare Photos Side by Side view. For example, if you click this icon, and use the mouse to zoom in, then both the images are simultaneously zoomed in.

More Help topics

“Full-screen display options” on page 44

“Applying transitions to media files” on page 45

Full-screen display options

Options in the Full Screen View Options dialog box

Background Music Specifies which audio file to play during a slide show. To choose a different file, click Browse, and

locate and select the file you want.

Play Audio Captions Specifies that audio captions of the selected files play during the slide show.

Page Duration Specifies how long each image displays on-screen before the next image appears or fades in.

Include Captions Displays captions at the bottom of the screen.

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Allow Photos To Resize Resizes photos to fit the screen.

Allow Videos To Resize Resizes videos to fit the screen.

Show Filmstrip Displays all the selected images in a strip of thumbnails on the right side of the screen. To choose which

image is displayed in full screen, click a thumbnail.

Start Playing Automatically Starts the slide show as soon as the image appears in Full Screen view. When this option

is selected, don’t click the Play button to start the slide show.

Repeat Slide Show Plays the slide show over and over until you stop it.

Properties panel options

The properties panel displays the properties associated with a media file. Click the Toggle Properties Panel icon to view the properties panel. It consists of the following options:

General Displays the general properties of a media file such as, filename, rating, caption, and notes.

Metadata Displays the metadata associated with the file. Click Complete to view the complete details, or click Brief to

view a limited set of metadata associated with the file.

Keywords Displays the keywords associated with the media file.

History Displays the history of the file such as, the modified date, and imported date.

Applying transitions to media files

1 Click the Select Transitions icon in the Control bar.

2 Select one of the following options and click OK. You can move the mouse over the thumbnails to preview the

transitions.

• Classic

• Fade In/Out

• Pan And Zoom

• 3D Pixelate

The selected transition is applied to the displayed media file. You can view the effect.

Note: Pan and Zoom transition and 3D Pixelate transitions support only photos. For videos, they are supported only in the first frame.

About Transitions and OpenGL

What is Open Graphics Library (OpenGL)? A cross-platform software library that computer programs can use to

communicate with your display driver.

For Pan And Zoom and 3D-Pixelate transitions, your computer should have OpenGL Version 1.2 or higher. OpenGL version depends on the display card drivers installed on your system. If you see a warning that your system does not support OpenGL, ensure that you have the most recent driver for your display card installed. Display card manufacturers update many of their drivers frequently to keep up with new operating system and program features. Before you update the drivers, determine the version of the current display driver.

Determine the version of the display driver in Windows XP

1 Right-click the desktop, and choose Properties.

2 Select Settings, and Advanced.

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3 Depending on your graphics display card, different tabs display. Choose Adapter > Properties for the card data that

includes the amount of memory on the card. Choose Driver for the driver details, including the driver version.

Determine the version of the display driver in Windows Vista

1 Right-click your desktop, and choose Personalize.

2 Select Display Settings > Advanced Settings. The Adapter tab displays your card data, which includes the amount

of memory on the card.

3 Choose Properties > Driver to get the driver version.

Check the display card manufacturer's website for a more recent driver. Driver updates provide installation instructions with the download, or the instructions are downloaded with the driver.

Determine the version of the display driver in Windows 7

1 In the Start menu, right-click Computer, and select Manage.

2 In the panel that opens, select Device Manager in the left panel.

3 Expand the Display Adapters list for information on display drivers.

4 (Optional) Right-click a display adapter, and select Properties for more information.

Viewing media files in Date view

View and find media files in Date view

In Date view, you can browse through your media files chronologically or find the media files from a particular day, month, or year. When you’ve found the day you’re looking for, you can view that day’s media files as a mini-slide show. You can also maintain a track of recurring events, such as holidays and birthdays, and add notes to any day. In Date view, you can do many of the same operations on media files that you can do from the Media Browser.

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Date view A. Click to select a month B. Click to select a year. C. Date currently selected D. Click to view previous/next month. E. Click to choose Year, Month, or Day view. F. Click to select a date. G. Click to view previous/next day. H. Number of photos for selected date. I. Controls for viewing slide show. J. Add an event. K. Enter a daily note

Note: You cannot print the Date view calendar. To create a wall calendar, click the Photo Calendar button on the Create tab.

1 Click Display > Date View on the upper-right side of the Organizer. Date view opens, displaying the month and

day of the currently selected media file in the Media Browser.

2 Click the Year , Month , or Day button at the bottom of the Date view.

3 Navigate to the month and day you want to view by doing one of the following:

• Click the Previous button or Next button to go forward or backward. Hold down the button to move

rapidly.

• Click the year and choose a year from the list that appears. A photo icon beside a year indicates that the year

contains media files.

• In Month view, click the name of the month and choose a month from the list that appears. A photo icon beside

a month indicates that the month contains media files.

• Click the date display on the upper-right side, and then select the date you want to find in the Set Date dialog box.

• In Year or Month view, double-click a day. The calendar switches to Day view and displays the first media file for

that day.

4 If there are multiple media files in the day, you can view the day’s media files by doing any of the following:

• In Day view, click the thumbnail view of a media file in the column to the right.

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• In Day view, select Display > View, Edit, Organize In Full Screen to view the media files for the selected

day in Full Screen view.

• In Year or Month view, click Play below the media file, and view all the media files for the selected day as a slide show.

5 In Day view, to view a photo in the Media Browser, click the Return To Media Browser button to the lower right

of the photo.

Many of the commands you use in the Media Browser can be used also in Date view. Right-click/control-click a media file to see a menu of commands available.

More Help topics

“Send photos to online printing services” on page 165

“Viewing media files in full screen or side by side” on page 41

Change the media file shown in a calendar date

By default, Date view shows the first media file scanned or shot on a particular date. If the default is not representative of the group of media files taken that day, you can choose another.

❖ In Date view, do one of the following:

• In Month or Year view, use the slide show controls to find the media file you want to use. Right-click/control-click

the media file in the slide show window, and choose Set As Top Of Day.

• In Day view, select the media file in the thumbnail list. Right-click/control-click the media file or the thumbnail,

and choose Set As Top Of Day.

View media files with unknown dates

You can view media files in the Date view if they contain the year associated with them. If the year is unknown, the media file does not appear in Date view at all.

❖ In Date view, do one of the following:

• If the media file has a year and month, but not a day, click the Unknown Date icon . The icon appears in the

upper-right corner of the month in Month view or year in Year view.

• If the media file has a year, but not a month or day, click the Unknown Date icon. The icon appears in the upper-

right corner of the year in Year view.

• If the icon represents more than one media file, click the icon and view the media files in a slide show.

More Help topics

“Change the date and time of files” on page 117

Add a daily note to Date view

In Date view, you can write notes and keep track of a day’s events. You might want to write notes about the media files you took that day. A daily note is different from a caption because it corresponds to a day in the calendar, rather than to a particular media file. You can access daily notes only in Date view.

1 In Date view, select a day.

2 Type the note in the Daily Note box.

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You can add a daily note to any day in Date view, even if it doesn’t have media files. In Month view, a Note icon appears on each day that has a daily note.

Add an event in Date view

In Date view, you can track your daily events or yearly events, such as birthdays.

Adding an event to the calendar.

1 In Date view, select a day.

2 Do one of the following:

• Click the Event icon .

• In Month or Year view, right-click/control-click a day and choose Add Event from the context menu.

3 Type a name for the event in the Event Name box.

4 If necessary, change the dates shown in the pop-up menus.

5 If the event is annual, select Repeating Event. If desired, type a year indicating when the repeating event ends.

OK.

Click

In the calendar Month and Year views, holidays and events are displayed in special colors.

You can use the Date View option in the Preferences dialog box to add, remove, and edit events.

Add or change a caption in Date view

1 In Date view, display the media file containing the caption you want to edit.

2 Click the Day button to open Day view.

3 Type text in the Caption box in the lower-right corner.

Set Date view preferences

1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Date View (Windows), or Adobe Elements Organizer 10 > Preferences > Date View

(Mac OS).

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2 Select Use Monday As First Day Of The Week to start each week on Monday; otherwise, each week starts on

Sunday.

3 In the Holidays list, select the holidays you want noted in the calendar.

4 Add, delete, and edit events by doing any of the following:

• To add an event, click New and enter information in the Create New Event dialog box.

• To edit an event, select the event and click Edit. Change the information in the Edit Event dialog box.

• To delete an event, select it in the list and click Delete.

5 Click OK to close the Preferences dialog box.

Fixing photos and videos in Elements Organizer

Using the tools in the Fix tab of the Elements Organizer 10, you can quickly correct the most common problems in photographs. Customizable versions of some of these tools are also available in the Editor, but the simple versions here are designed to make corrections quickly and easily.

Click the Fix tab to view a list of tools that facilitate fixing your media files.

You can make elaborate changes to photographs using the Photoshop Elements Editor. Do one of the following to launch the Photoshop Elements Editor:

• Click the Fix tab, and click Edit Photos.

• Click the triangle beside Fix, and select Full Photo Edit , Quick Photo Edit , or Guided Photo Edit .

You can make elaborate changes to the video files using the Adobe Premiere Elements Editor. Do one of the following to launch the Adobe Premiere Elements Editor:

• Click the Fix tab, and click Edit Videos .

• Click the triangle beside Fix, and select Edit Videos.

Make quick adjustments using Auto Smart Fix

Auto Smart Fix analyzes photos and corrects problems commonly caused by poor exposure, contrast, color balance, and color saturation.

1 Click the Fix tab to open it.

2 Select one or more photos in the Media Browser. (Ctrl-click/Cmd-click photos to select more than one.)

3 On the Fix tab, click Auto Smart Fix.

Auto Smart Fix creates copies of the selected photos, makes the adjustments in the copies, and saves the copies to the version sets of the photos on which they are based.

Correct color with Auto Color

Auto Color analyzes photos and corrects common problems in color balance, such as the greenish tint in photos taken under fluorescent lamps, or the bluish tint in photos taken outdoors while using indoor-lighting camera settings.

1 Click the Fix tab to open it.

2 Select one or more photos in the Media Browser. (Ctrl-click/Cmd-click photos to select more than one.)

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3 On the Fix tab, click Auto Color.

Auto Color creates copies of the selected photos, corrects the color in the copies, and saves the copies to the version sets of the photos on which they are based.

Set levels with Auto Levels

Auto Levels analyzes photos and corrects common problems in luminance, such as the lack of detail in photos that were under- or overexposed.

1 Click the Fix tab to open it.

2 Select one or more photos in the Media Browser. (Ctrl-click/Cmd-click photos to select more than one.)

3 On the Fix tab, click Auto Levels.

Auto Levels creates copies of the selected photos, adjusts the luminance levels in the copies, and saves the copies in the version sets of the photos on which they are based.

Improve contrast with Auto Contrast

Auto Contrast analyzes photos and corrects common contrast problems, such as the lack of distinction between bright and dark areas.

1 Click the Fix tab to open it.

2 Select one or more photos in the Media Browser. (Ctrl-click/Cmd-click photos to select more than one.)

3 On the Fix tab, click Auto Contrast.

Auto Contrast creates copies of the selected photos, adjusts the contrast in the copies, and saves the copies in the version sets of the photos on which they are based.

Sharpen photos with Auto Sharpen

Auto Sharpen analyzes photos and corrects common focus problems, such as blurriness caused by poor camera focus.

1 Click the Fix tab to open it.

2 Select one or more photos in the Media Browser. (Ctrl-click/Cmd-click photos to select more than one.)

3 On the Fix tab, click Auto Sharpen.

Auto Sharpen creates copies of the selected photos, sharpens the focus in the copies, and saves the copies in the version sets of the photos on which they are based.

Remove red eye with Auto Red Eye Fix

Auto Red Eye Fix finds red pupils in photo subjects and changes them to a natural black.

1 Click the Fix tab to open it.

2 In the Media Browser, select one or more photos in which a subject or subjects have red pupils. (Ctrl-click/Cmd-

click photos to select more than one.)

3 On the Fix tab, click Auto Red Eye Fix.

Auto Red Eye Fix creates copies of the selected photos, changes red pupils to black in the copies, and saves the copies in the version sets of the photos on which they are based.

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Crop photos

You can trim photos using the Crop tool.

1 Click the Fix tab, and in the Media Browser, select a single photo.

2 On the Fix tab, click Crop .

The Crop Photo window displays the photo and enables you to do the following:

• Crop the photo by activating the Crop Tool .

• Specify the aspect ratio.

• Rotate the photo using the rotate icons , .

3 Click Apply to apply the changes and click OK to return to the Elements Organizer 10.

Rotate photos

For a video about this process, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2315_pse10_en.

1 In the Media Browser, select one or more photos. Shift-click to select adjacent photos, or Ctrl-click/Cmd-click to

select nonadjacent photos.

2 In the shortcuts bar, do one of the following:

• To rotate the photo counterclockwise by 90 degrees, click the Rotate Left button .

• To rotate the photo clockwise by 90 degrees, click the Rotate Right button .

Fixing photos and videos using other applications

Specify editor to fix selected media

1 Do one of the following:

• In Windows, select Edit > Preferences > Editing.

• In Mac OS, select Adobe Elements Organizer 10 > Preferences > Editing.

2 To add Photoshop Elements, select Show Photoshop Elements Options. The option to edit using Photoshop

Elements is displayed when you right-click/control-click a photo in Elements

3 To add Adobe Premiere Elements, select Show Adobe Premiere Elements Options. The option to edit using Adobe

Premiere Elements is displayed when you right-click/control-click a clip in Elements

Track changes to media by other applications

1 Do one of the following:

• In Windows, select Edit > Preferences > Editing.

• In Mac OS, select Adobe Elements Organizer 10 > Preferences > Editing.

2 Select Use A Supplementary Editing Application, and browse to the application. Changes made by the

supplementary application appear in the thumbnails in the Media Browser.

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You can use keyword tags to identify photos and videos with keywords and retrieve individual media files or albums. Like physical photo albums, in Adobe® Elements Organizer 10 you can create albums and add photos to them. In addition, you can also do a host of other things to quickly locate your photos.

Tagging photos and videos

About keyword tags

Keyword tags are personalized keywords, such as “Dad” or “Florida,” that you attach to photos, video files, audio clips, PDFs, and projects in the Media Browser. Keyword tags enable you to easily organize and find the tagged files. When you use keyword tags, there’s no need to manually organize your media files in subject-specific folders or rename files with content-specific names. Instead, you can simply attach one or more keyword tags to each media file. Then, you can retrieve the media files you want by selecting one or more keyword tags in the Keyword Tags panel. You can also find media files with specific keyword tags when you type a keyword in the Search textbox.

For example, you can create a keyword tag called “Anna” and attach it to every media file featuring your sister, Anna. Then, to instantly find all the media files of Anna that are stored on your computer, select the tag ‘Anna’ in the Keyword Tags panel.

You can create keyword tags using any keywords you want. For example, you can create keyword tags for individual people, places, and events. When media files have multiple keyword tags, you can select a combination of keyword tags to find a particular person at a particular place or event. For example, you can search for all “Anna” keyword tags and all “Marie” keyword tags to find all pictures of Anna with daughter, Marie. Or search for all “Anna” keyword tags and all “Cabo” keyword tags to find all the pictures of Anna vacationing in Cabo San Lucas.

More Help topics

“Find media files by their keyword tags” on page 62

“Find media files using the Search box” on page 90

“Attach keyword tags to media files” on page 55

Using the Keyword Tags panel

You create and work with keyword tags in the Keyword Tags panel of the Organize tab.

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The Keyword Tags panel A. Category B. Sub category C. Triangle expands or collapses the keyword tags in that category or subcategory.

In the Keyword Tags panel, Elements Organizer 10 includes four default categories: People, Places, Events, and Other. In addition, if you import media files that already have tags attached, those tags appear under an Imported Tags category. You can organize tags under these categories and create your own categories and subcategories.

You can perform the following tasks in the Keyword Tags panel:

• View all the keyword tags, tag categories, and tag subcategories. Click the triangle next to a category or

subcategory to expand or collapse the keyword tags under it.

• Create, edit, and delete keyword tags.

• Organize keyword tags within the categories and subcategories.

• Scroll up and down the list of keyword tags.

• Hide all keyword tags by clicking the triangle next to Keyword Tags.

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“Set preferences for the Keyword Tags and Albums panel” on page 69

“Find media files by their keyword tags” on page 62

Create a keyword tag

You can create new keyword tags, under any category or subcategory, to organize media files you’ve recently added to your catalog. New keyword tags have a question mark icon

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The Create Keyword Tag dialog box lets you create keyword tags.

1 Click the New button in the Keyword Tags panel of the Organize tab and choose New Keyword Tag.

2 In the Create Keyword Tag dialog box, use the Category menu to choose a category or subcategory in which to place

the tag.

3 In the Name box, type a name for the keyword tag.

4 In the Note box, type any information you want to add about the tag. (For example, you could write that the tag

represents vacation photos.)

5 Click OK.

The keyword tag appears in the Keyword Tags panel under the category or subcategory you selected.

Note: The first time you attach a keyword tag to a media file, that media file becomes the icon for that keyword tag. To change the icon, see

“Change a keyword tag icon” on page 64.

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“Create tags quickly” on page 63

“Quick Organize panel” on page 43

Attach keyword tags to media files

Once you have created a keyword tag, you can attach it to media files associated with the tag. You can attach multiple keyword tags to a media file. If you attach three keywords tags to a media file, you can see all the keyword tags on that media file. If you attach more than three keyword tags, keyword tag icon tag to a media file, that photo becomes the icon for that tag. If you drag multiple media files to a keyword tag, the first media file you selected becomes the icon for that tag.

1 In the Media Browser, select the media files to which you want to attach the tag. (To select more than one photo,

Ctrl-click/Cmd-click the media files.)

2 To attach one media file to one tag, do one of the following:

• Drag the tag from the Keyword Tags panel onto the selected media files.

• Drag the media files onto the tag in the Keyword Tags panel.

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3 To attach keyword tags to multiple media files, do one of the following:

• Drag the tag from the Keyword Tags panel onto one of the selected media files.

• Select one or more keyword tags, and then drag the tags onto one of the selected media files.

Dragging multiple keyword tags to multiple photos.

• Select one or more keyword tags, and then drag the photos onto one of the selected tags in the Keyword Tags panel.

To apply a tag to all the media files in an album, click the album in the Albums panel. Select all the media files in the Media Browser. Select the keyword tag from the Keyword Tags panel, and attach the tag to them.

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“Remove keyword tags from photos” on page 67

“Change a keyword tag icon” on page 64

Auto-Analyzer

Auto-Analyzer in Elements Organizer 10 automatically detects and tags the following when analyzing media.

• Face

• Audio

• Blur

• Brightness and contrast

• Motion

• Object motion

• Shake

You can add additional tags manually after auto analysis. You can also edit the auto generated tags.

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“People recognition” on page 58

“Search based on visual uniqueness” on page 83

Run Auto-Analyzer only when the computer is idle

Auto analyzer is run as soon as you import media into Elements Organizer 10. When there is considerable media to be analyzed, run auto analyzer during the system’s idle time.

1 Select Edit > Preferences > Media-Analysis (Windows®), or Adobe Elements Organizer 10 > Preferences > Media-

Analysis (Mac® OS).

2 Do one of the following:

a If you want Elements Organizer 10 to analyze photos for people only when the system is idle, deselect Analyze

Photos for People Automatically.

b If you want Elements Organizer 10 to analyze and generate smart tags only when the system is idle, select Run

Analyzer Only When The System Is Idle.

Run auto analyzer every time you open Elements Organizer

1 Select Edit > Preferences > Media-Analysis (Windows®), or Adobe Elements Organizer 10 > Preferences > Media-

Analysis (Mac® OS).

2 If you want Elements Organizer 10 to analyze media for smart tags whenever you open Elements Organizer 10,

select Run Analyzer On System Startup.

Run auto analyzer manually

1 In the Media Browser, select the media file to which you want to assign a smart tag automatically. (To select more

than one file, Ctrl-click/Cmd-click the files.)

2 Right-click/control-click the media file, and select Run Auto-Analyzer.

Disable auto analyzer for smart tags

1 Select Edit > Preferences > Media-Analysis (Windows), or Adobe Elements Organizer 10 > Preferences > Media-

Analysis (Mac OS).

2 Deselect Analyze Media For Smart Tags Automatically.

About smart tags

Smart tags enable you to easily find media files (photos and videos) by quality and content. Auto-Analyzer assigns smart tags to media files automatically. Auto-Analyzer enables:

• Analyzing media files.

• Identifying photographs and scenes based on a quality such as shaky, dark, or bright.

You can find the best media files and eliminate the bad ones. You can use these tags for sorting the assets based on their quality. To view the media files that have been auto analyzed, select the Smart Tags option in Elements interface.

Important: You cannot create, edit, or delete smart tags. However, you can remove or apply smart tags from the individual clips.

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The content analysis for Auto-Analyzer can be manual or automatic. In the manual mode, you can assign smart tags to selected assets. In the automatic mode, a background process analyzes and assigns Smart tags to the assets.

Assign smart tags manually

1 In the Media Browser, select the media files to which you want to attach a smart tag. (To select more than one file,

Ctrl-click/Cmd-click the files.)

2 To attach a single tag to a single media file, do one of the following:

• Drag the tag from the Smart Tags panel onto the selected media file.

• Drag the media files onto the tag in the Smart Tags panel.

3 To attach Smart Tags to multiple media files, do one of the following:

• Drag the tag from the Smart Tags panel onto one of the selected media file.

• Select one or more smart tags, and drag the smart tags onto any of the selected media files.

• Select one or more smart tags, and then drag the media files onto one of the selected tags in the Smart Tags panel.

To apply a tag to all the media files in an album, click the album in the Albums panel. Select all the media files in the Media Browser. Select the smart tag from the Keyword Tags panel, and attach the tag to them.

People recognition

When you use People Recognition, Elements Organizer 10 identifies faces in the selected photos and prompts you to name them. This process is called Tagging. Tagging makes it easier for you to sort photos efficiently and select the required photos to create albums quickly.

Note: If you would like to run auto analyzer only when your computer is idle, click Edit > Preferences > Media-Analysis options (Windows). In Mac OS, select Adobe Elements Organizer 10 > Preferences > Media-Analysis. Deselect Analyze Photos for People Automatically.

You can also download your Friends list from Facebook into Elements Organizer 10. Elements Organizer 10 uses the list to auto-suggest names when identifying faces.

All the new people tags are created in People category of the Keyword Tags panel. You can reorganize these tags by moving to any other category or subcategory.

(Optional) Download friends list from Facebook

Use this procedure if you want to use your Friends list in Facebook for identifying people in Elements Organizer 10.

Note: If you update your friends list in Facebook, reimport the list for the changes to take effect in Elements Organizer 10.

1 Select the photos that you want to tag.

2 Select Find > Find People For Tagging.

3 In the People Recognition dialog, click Download/Update Facebook Friend’s List to Name People.

4 Click Authorize.

5 Click Complete Authorization.

6 In the Facebook page that appears, enter your login credentials.

Note: If you do not want to enter your authorization credentials every time you log in to Facebook from Elements Organizer, select Keep me logged in to Photoshop & Adobe Premiere Elements Uploader.

7 Click Allow.

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8 Return to the Elements Organizer 10 window. Wait until your Friends list is downloaded.

Find people for tagging

1 In the Media Browser, select the photos you want to tag.

2 To start People recognition, do one of the following:

• Select Find > Find People For Tagging.

• Click the Start People Recognition icon in the Keyword Tags panel.

Elements Organizer 10 processes the photos and searches for people. Faces of people in the selected photos appear in the People Recognition - Label People dialog box.

People Recognition - Label People dialog box

3 In the People Recognition - Label People dialog, click the label Who Is This?. Enter the name of the person. If you

have downloaded your friends list from Facebook, Elements Organizer auto-suggests names using the list.

4 If you are not sure about the person, perform one of the following actions:

a If you believe that the image in the photo doesn’t correspond to a person, right-click/control-click the image, and

select Not A Person.

b If you do not want to label the image, right-click/control-click the image, and select Ignore. You can achieve the

same result by clicking the “x” icon on the image.

c If you want to view the entire photograph containing the person, right-click/control-click the image, and select

Show In Full-Size View.

5 Click Save.

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Elements Organizer 10 uses information you provide at every step to provide you with the next set of options. This workflow helps you cut down on the time and effort involved when tagging photographs.

If you have two friends with the same names in Elements Organizer 10 and Facebook, use the prompt that appears to distinguish between them. When you identify your Facebook friend as being different from the friend listed in Elements Organizer, the Facebook icon appears next to your friend from Facebook.

If you confirm that the two names belong to the same person, information in Elements Organizer 10 is used for tagging. The Facebook icon doesn't appear next to the name.

6 If your selection contains many images, the People Recognition - Label People dialog box appears with a fresh set

of images. When you label images now, you are provided with a set of names when you click the Who Is This? Label. Click to select an option, or enter a name if you don’t find the options satisfactory.

7 When Elements Organizer 10 detects similar-looking people in photographs, it categorizes and displays them in

the People Recognition - Confirm Groups of People dialog. Confirming groups helps you save time when working with photographs containing the same people.

• If Elements Organizer 10 has incorrectly classified an image, right-click/control-click the image in the dialog, and

select Not <person’s name>.

• Alternatively, click the Reject icon to exclude faces that do not belong to the group, and click Save.

Repeat the process until you have confirmed all the groups.

Note: To include a person that you ignored, click the person.

People Recognition - Confirm Groups Of People Window

8 When Elements Organizer 10 detects items that most likely are not people, it provides you a list of such thumbnails

marked with the Reject icon

. If you detect a thumbnail of a person in the list, click the person. After you confirm

all such items, a panel where you can label the included persons is displayed.

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People Recognition dialog box for confirming people

9 Repeat the process until you get a confirmation message stating that you have labeled everyone in your

photographs.

People recognition in single image view

You can now label photographs, and view labels in the single image view.

Double-click any photograph to enter the single image view. You can perform the following actions in the single image view:

• To label a person, click Who Is This, and enter the name of the person. If you have identified a few people earlier,

you are provided with a set of names when you click the Who Is This? Label. Click to select an option, or enter a name if you don’t find the options satisfactory.

• When the application is fairly confident about the person, “Is this <name of person>?” appears in the rectangle

associated with the person. Click the accept icon to retain the name of the recognized person, and click the reject icon to enter a different name for the person.

• To locate all the photographs of a labeled person in the catalog, click the arrow icon next to the label. The People

Recognition dialog box appears containing a list of thumbnails that closely match the person. Use this dialog box to select all thumbnails that correspond to the person, and reject thumbnails that don’t.

• To quickly label any unlabeled person, drag the corresponding thumbnail from the Keyword Tags panel to the

rectangle on the face of the person.

• If you find people that are not labeled, click the Add A Missing Person icon . Move the rectangle to the

appropriate location, and label it. Click the Accept icon after you are done.

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• When a photograph has not been analyzed for people recognition, an alert symbol appears on the Add A Missing

Person Icon

. Click the icon to start media-analysis. The icon also appears when you have chosen not to analyze photos for people automatically in the Preferences dialog box. Photos with such icons are analyzed when the application is idle, and the state of the icon changes after analysis is complete.

• To hide labeling information in the single image view, select View > Show People Recognition.

View items that include a single person

1 Do one of the following:

a Double-click a labeled photograph. In the single image view, move your mouse over the photograph. Click the

arrow

b Drag a tag from the Keyword Tags panel to the Find label below the menu bar. Click Find More Items With

next to the name.

<person’s name>.

2 In the People Recognition dialog, do the following:

Confirmed Displays items that you have already confirmed. Confirmed items are tagged with the person’s name. For

example, Elements

Organizer 10 displays the thumbnails that were confirmed as Mary and also enables you to reject items that are not Mary’s. The message, “Exclude the people who are not Mary” is displayed. To reject items that are not Mary’s, move your mouse over the thumbnail, and click the cross

on the upper-right. For more options, right-

click/control-click the thumbnail.

Unconfirmed Displays items that you have not confirmed. On confirmation, the item is tagged with the person’s

name. For example, thumbnails of people that Elements “Include the people who are Mary”. Depending on its level of confidence, Elements

Organizer 10 identifies are displayed with the message,

Organizer 10 classifies thumbnails

in two distinct ways.

• Thumbnails that closely resemble Mary appear in bright display without an icon. If a thumbnail has been

incorrectly identified as Mary, move the mouse over the thumbnail, and click the cross

icon. When you click

Save, these thumbnails are automatically tagged as Mary.

• Thumbnails that faintly resemble Mary appear in dull display with a Reject icon . If you find such a thumbnail

that is Mary’s, click the thumbnail to include it in the list. Alternatively, right-click/control-click the thumbnail, and select Is Mary from the options.

3 To change the thumbnail of the person in the Keyword Tags panel, drag the image from the Confirmed or

Unconfirmed panel to the image on top.

4 Click Save after you have confirmed or rejected all the faces. A confirmation window is displayed reading, “You

have completed all of Mary’s faces. Would you like to find more people?”

Retaining people recognition data when migrating catalogs from previous versions

People recognition data is automatically migrated when migrating catalogs from previous versions. For photographs that face problems during migrations, the labeling information is retained.

Find media files by their keyword tags

❖ In the Keyword Tags panel of the Organize tab, do one of the following:

• Double-click a tag.

• Click the box next to one or more tags.

• Drag one or more tags from the Keyword Tags panel to the Find bar toward the top of the Media Browser.

• Type the name of the tag in the Search box.

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When you begin typing the name of the tag in the box, a list of tags that match the typed letters is populated. For example, if you type D, all tags beginning with the letter D are displayed. You can select the required tag.

The application finds all media files that have any of those keyword tags attached. If you select a keyword tag category or subcategory that itself has nested subcategories, the application displays all photos in the hierarchy. For example, assume that you have a ‘Wedding’ subcategory that contains the keyword tags ‘Bride’ and ‘Groom’. If you select the ‘Wedding’ subcategory, Elements

Organizer 10 displays all media files tagged ‘Bride’ or ‘Groom’.

To start a search, drag a keyword tag to the find bar (top) or click the square next to a keyword tag (bottom). Elements Organizer displays Media files with the tag attached.

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Create, apply, and delete tags quickly

The Keyword Tags textbox in Elements Organizer 10 interface enables creating, applying, and deleting tags quickly. This textbox displays a subset of the list of existing tags based on the letter you type. For example, if you type the letter S, the textbox populates a list of tags beginning with the letter S. You can view a subset of this list. You can select an existing tag from this list and apply it to the selected set of assets or create a tag and apply it.

Creating, applying, and deleting tags

Create tags quickly

1 Select a media file.

2 Type the name of the tag in the Keyword Tags textbox.

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3 Click Create New Tag <tag name>.

4 Click Apply.

Apply tags quickly

1 Select the assets you want to tag, and do one of the following:

• Type the name of the tag in the Keyword Tags textbox.

• Type a letter, for example, A, to view a list of tags beginning with the letter A. Select the tag you want to use.

2 Click the Apply button.

The tags are applied to the selected assets.

Delete tags quickly

1 Do one of the following:

• Type the name of the tag in the Keyword Tags textbox.

• Type a letter, for example, A, to view a list of tags beginning with the letter A.

2 Click the Delete icon that appears when you move the mouse over the tag name in the list.

Create a new keyword tag category or subcategory

1 In the Keyword Tags panel of the Organize tab, click the New button and choose either New Category or New

Sub-Category.

2 Do one of the following:

• To create a new category, type its name in the Category Name box. Click Choose Color and specify the color you

want to appear on the keyword tags in that category. Then click to select an icon from the Category Icon list.

• To create a new subcategory, type its name in the Sub-Category Name box. Then use the Parent Category Or Sub-

Category menu to choose a category in which to place the subcategory.

3 Click OK.

The new category or subcategory appears in the Keyword Tags panel.

Note: You can edit or delete a subcategory. However, its icon always appears as a plain tag; you cannot add a photo to it.

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Change a keyword tag icon

By default, Photoshop Elements creates an icon for a keyword from the first photo to which you’ve attached the tag. You can change this icon to one that better represents the tag.

1 Select the tag in the Keyword Tags panel of the Organize tab.

Note: This feature is not available for tags generated through Face/People Recognition

2 Click the New button , and select Edit from the menu.

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3 Click Edit Icon in the Edit Keyword Tag dialog box.

4 To use a different photo for the icon, do one of the following:

• Click Find to display all the media files with that tag. Select a photo and click OK, or use the arrows next to the Find

button to page through and select the photo you want to use.

• Click Import, locate and select a photo, and click OK.

Note: An imported photo can be used for the icon, but the tag is not automatically attached to the imported photo. You can attach the tag to that photo manually.

5 To change the portion of the photo included in the icon, resize or move the cropping marquee (the dotted outline):

• To resize, move the pointer to a corner of the marquee; when the pointer changes to a double-headed arrow, drag

the corner. You cannot resize imported tag icons.

• To move the marquee, place the pointer inside it; when the pointer changes to a hand, drag the marquee.

Resizing the cropping marquee (left); moving the cropping marquee (right).

6 Click OK, and then click OK again in the Edit Keyword Tag dialog box.

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Edit a keyword tag category or subcategory

You can change the name of a category or subcategory, or the location of the category or subcategory.

1 Select the category or subcategory in the Keyword Tags panel. Click the New button , and select Edit from

the menu or right-click/ctrl-click a category and select Edit <name> Category.

2 Do any of the following, and click OK:

• To change its name, type a new name in the Category box or the Sub-Category Name box.

• To change the category or subcategory that a subcategory is listed under, select one from the Parent Category Or

Sub-Category menu. Select None (Convert To Category) to change a subcategory to a category.

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You can also drag a category or subcategory into another one.

• (Categories only) To change the color of the keyword tags in a category, click Choose Color. Specify a new color

from the Photoshop Elements Color Picker. Click OK.

• (Categories only) To change a category icon, click to select a new icon from the Category Icon list.

Editing a category icon starting from a keyword tag A. Changing a tag to a subcategory B. Changing a subcategory to a category C. Changing the category icon

To add your own category icons to the list, place 20 x 20 pixel images in PNG format. (Windows) Place the images in the Program Files\Adobe\Elements Organizer 10\Assets\caticons folder.( Mac OS) Place the images in

/Applications/Adobe Elements Organizer 10.app/Contents/Assets/caticons folder.

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Reorganize keyword tags, categories, and subcategories by dragging

By default, keyword tags and subcategories are listed in alphabetical order. However, you can change their order by dragging.

1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Keyword Tags and Albums (Windows), or Adobe Elements Organizer 10 10 >

Preferences > Keyword Tags and Albums (Mac OS).

2 In the Enable Manual Sorting Option area, select Manual for Categories, Sub-Categories, and Keyword Tags, and

then click OK.

3 In the Keyword Tags panel, select one or more keyword tags, categories, or subcategories.

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4 Drag the selected items to a new location by doing one of the following:

• To reorder keyword tags within a category or subcategory, drag the tag until you see a gray line, and then release

the mouse button. The tag will appear directly under the gray line.

• To move a tag to a new category, drag the tag over the category you want to move it to; when the category becomes

highlighted, release the mouse button.

• To reorder categories or subcategories, drag the category or subcategory until you see a gray line. When you release

the mouse button, the category or subcategory will appear directly under the gray line.

• To embed categories or subcategories into other categories, drag them to the category or subcategory you want, and

when the destination category or subcategory becomes highlighted, release the mouse button.

Note: If you make a mistake moving a category or subcategory, making it a subcategory or sub-subcategory, select it and click the New button using the Parent Category Or Sub-category menu.

When you move a category or subcategory, the keyword tags it contains move with it.

and select Edit from the menu in the Keyword Tags panel. Then specify the correct location

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“Set preferences for the Keyword Tags and Albums panel” on page 69

Change a keyword tag to a subcategory or vice versa

❖ Do one of the following in the Organize tab:

• Right-click/control-click a keyword tag in the Keyword Tags panel, and choose Change [name] Keyword Tag To

A Sub-Category.

• Right-click/control-click a subcategory in the Keyword Tags panel, and choose Change [name] Sub-Category To

A Keyword Tag. The subcategory cannot have any keyword tags or subcategories under it.

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Delete a category or subcategory

1 Select one or more categories or subcategories in the Keyword Tags panel.

2 Click the Delete button in the Keyword Tags panel, and then click OK to confirm the deletion.

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Remove keyword tags from photos

❖ Depending on the view in the Media Browser, do one of the following:

• To remove a keyword tag from one photo in thumbnail view, right-click/control-click the media file and choose

Remove Keyword Tag

• To remove a keyword tag from one photo in larger views, right-click/control-click a category icon under the media

file and choose Remove [name] Keyword Tag.

> [tag name].

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Depending on your view, you can hold the pointer over the category icon to display a list of keyword tags attached to the media file.

• To remove a keyword tag from multiple media files in any view, Ctrl-click/Cmd-click to select the media files. Then

right-click/control-click one of the selected media files and choose Remove Keyword Tag from Selected Items [tag name].

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Write keyword tag information into your files

When you e-mail or export tagged JPEG, TIFF, or PSD files from Elements Organizer 10, tag information is automatically included as an IPTC (International Press Telecommunications Council) keyword in these output files so that when the recipient imports the media file and is prompted to import the associated tags, the tags are attached in their version of Elements

If you want to e-mail or share a media file without using the Elements Organizer 10 e-mail or export features, you can manually write the tag information into the IPTC Keyword section in the header of the file.

❖ In the Media Browser, select one or more files and choose File > Write Keyword Tag And Properties Info To Photo.

Organizer 10.

Import and export keyword tags

Importing and exporting keyword tags can help you share media files with others of similar interests. For example, suppose you have created a set of keyword tags for media files related to your hobby. If you save your tag set, your friends with the same hobby can import those tags into their Keyword Tags panel and apply them to their own media files. Alternately, you can import your friends’ keyword tags and apply them to your own media files. You and your friends could then use keywords you have in common to search for media files related to the hobby you share.

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Export keyword tags

You can save your current set of keyword tags, including the entire hierarchy of categories and subcategories in your Keyword Tags panel and the tag icons, so that you can share it with someone else. The exported tags file is saved as an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file.

Note: Exporting tags does not export the photos associated with the tags.

1 Click the New button in the Keyword Tags panel and choose Save Keyword Tags To File.

2 Choose one of the following and click OK:

Export All Keyword Tags Creates a file that contains all of the keyword tags and tag hierarchy.

Export Specified Keyword Tags Creates a file that contains all keyword tags and the tag hierarchy of the category or

subcategory you select from the list.

3 In the Save Keyword Tags To File dialog box that appears, choose a location and enter a name for the file. Then

click Save.

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Import keyword tags

You can import an existing set of keyword tags (saved as an XML file using Save Keyword Tags To File), including the entire hierarchy of categories and subcategories and the icons.

Keyword tags can also be imported by importing images that have other tags in them already. For example, when media files are e-mailed, exported, and edited, or tag information is added, keyword tags are attached.

Note: Importing keyword tags does not import the photos associated with the tags.

1 In the Keyword Tags panel, click the New button and choose From File.

2 Select the XML (Extensible Markup Language) file in the Import Keyword Tags From File dialog box containing

the keyword tags, categories, and subcategories, and then click Open.

Set preferences for the Keyword Tags and Albums panel

1 In the Elements Organizer 10, choose Edit > Preferences > Keyword Tags And Albums (Windows), or Adobe

Elements Organizer 10 > Preferences > Keyword Tags And Albums (Mac OS).

2 Specify how to order keyword tags, categories, subcategories, albums, and album categories: alphabetically or

manually. If you select Manual for a tag type, you can arrange that tag type in the Keyword Tags panel in the order you want by dragging it.

3 Specify how to display keyword tags: by name only or with a small or large icon in addition to the name. Click OK.

More Help topics

“Using the Keyword Tags panel” on page 53

Creating albums

About albums

Important: U.S. Elements Organizer 10 users can back up albums to Photoshop.com. Not only does backing up protect the photos in your albums, but it also lets you conveniently share your photos via the Internet. Photoshop Elements free online benefits and Photoshop Elements Plus are available in the United States only. Internet access required. See “Account creation and management” on page 10 and “Backup and synchronize catalogs, albums, and files” on page 122.

Elements Organizer 10 Albums are like physical photo albums where you can store and organize photos in groups of your choosing. For example, you can create an album called “Ten Best Vacation Photos” and organize the photos from the tenth best photo to the very best photo. You can display the album in Full Screen view or make a project based on that album.

When search for an album is active, each photo in an album has a number in the upper-left corner, representing its order. You can drag the photos within an album to arrange them into any order you want. You can add a photo to more than one album. For example, the same photo might appear as the first photo in one album and the last photo in another.

You can organize albums in groups. You also can create multiple levels of album categories. For example, you can have an album category titled, “My Asia Trip,” containing the album “Ten Best Japan Photos,” along with another album called “Ten Best China Photos,” and so on for each country in Asia you visited.

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You can create smart albums by setting criteria for photos to be included in them, rather than by manually selecting specific photos. The contents of smart albums are automatically updated as matching criteria are added to photos. For example, if you create a smart album that includes all photos with the keyword tag, “Chiara,” additional photos are added to that album as you give them that keyword tag.

More Help topics

“Attach keyword tags to photos in an album” on page 79

“Create albums from keyword tags” on page 79

“About keyword tags” on page 53

Using the Albums panel

You create and work with albums in the Albums panel of the Organize tab.

The Albums panel A. Album B. Find check area C. Album category D. Triangle expands or collapses the albums in that group

• Create, edit, and delete albums.

• View albums and album categories. Scroll up and down the list of albums, as needed. Click the triangle beside

an album category to expand or collapse the albums under it.

• Organize albums within album categories.

• Display photos in albums.

Important: It’s recommended to put your photos in albums. Photoshop Elements free online benefits and Photoshop Elements Plus are available in the United States only. Internet access required.

More Help topics

“Select items in the Media Browser” on page 38

“Set preferences for the Keyword Tags and Albums panel” on page 69

Create an album or an album category

For a video about this process, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid2302_pse10_en.

You can create a new album or a group of new albums at any time. For example, you might create an album category called “Vacations” and create separate albums within it, one for each vacation you photograph.

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Create an album

Note: It’s possible to create an album when downloading photos into Elements Organizer 10. See “Designate an album

during photo download” on page 74.

1 Click the Create New Album Or Album Category button in the Albums panel of the Organize tab, and choose

New Album.

2 (Optional) From the Album Category menu, select a category for the album.

3 In the Album Name box, type a name for the album.

Note: Select Backup/Sync, to enable the protection and synchronization of the album. Selecting this option automatically uploads and updates the album as you edit, add, or remove photos.

4 Drag photos into the Items area, and click Done.

The album appears in the Albums panel under the album category you specified.

Create an album category

1 Click the Create New Album Or Album Category button in the Albums panel of the Organize tab, and choose

New Album Category.

2 In the Create Album Category box, type a name for the album category.

3 (Optional) From the Parent Album Category menu, choose a category into which you’d like to nest your album

category.

4 Click OK.

The album category appears in the Albums panel under the album category you specified.

Create instant albums using folder names

You can automatically create a tag with the same name as a folder on your hard disk and attach that tag to all the files in that folder. Creating and attaching tags this way is useful when you’ve used descriptive folder names to organize the media files on your hard disk, and you want to quickly tag your managed media files with those same folder names.

1 In the Media Browser, choose Display > Folder Location.

2 In the folder tree on the left, select the folder containing the media files you want to tag. Thumbnails of the managed

media files in that folder appear in the Media Browser.

3 Click the Create Instant Album icon to the upper right of the image thumbnail panel for each folder you want

to tag.

A new album is created in the Albums panel bearing the name of the folder.

4 (Optional) To customize the properties of the newly created album, right-click/control-click the album name, and

select Edit <name of album> Album.

More Help topics

“Using the Keyword Tags panel” on page 53

“Change a keyword tag icon” on page 64

“View and manage files by folder location” on page 36

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Add a photo to an album

In Elements Organizer 10, you can add photos to albums. You can add multiple photos to one or more albums.

1 In Elements Organizer 10, click the Show All button (if it appears in the find bar) to display all photos in the Media

Browser.

2 Do one of the following:

• Drag the photo from the Media Browser into the album in the Albums panel.

• Drag the album from the Albums panel onto the photo in the Media Browser.

Note: You can also add photos to an album when copying and importing images to Elements Organizer 10. See “Designate an album during photo download” on page 74.

Dragging a photo into an album; after dragging, the photo becomes part of the album.

Display photos in an album

Because items in an album are displayed in a custom order, and the same item might be in multiple albums, you can view only one album at a time.

❖ In the Albums panel, do one of the following:

• Click an album.

• Drag the album from the Albums panel to the find bar near the top of the Media Browser.

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Click an album to start a search.

To see which albums a photo is in, hold the pointer over the album icon under the photo in the Media Browser or use the Properties panel.

Change the order of photos in an album

You can place the photos in an album in any order.

1 Select an album from the Albums panel.

2 In the Media Browser Arrangement menu in the upper-right area of the Media Browser, select Album Order.

3 Select one or more photos, drag the selection between any two photos in the album. You can also drag the selection

before the first or after the last photo in the album.

Sort photos in an album

You can sort the photos within an album in chronological, reverse-chronological, or album order.

1 Select an album from the Albums panel.

2 In the Media Browser Arrangement menu in the upper-right area of the Media Browser, select Date (Newest First),

Date (Oldest First), or Album Order.

Add photos to multiple albums

1 In the Media Browser, click the Show All button (if it appears in the find bar) to display all photos in the Media

Browser.

2 Select one or more photos. The selected photos are outlined in blue.

3 Select one or more album names in the Albums panel. Shift-click to select adjacent items or Ctrl-click to select

nonadjacent items.

4 Add the photos to the albums by doing one of the following:

• Drag the photos into any of the selected albums in the Albums panel.

• Drag the albums from the Albums panel onto any of the selected photos.

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Designate an album during photo download

1 Make sure that the Photo Downloader is in the Advanced Dialog mode. If necessary, click Advanced Dialog.

2 In the Advanced Options section, select Import Into Album.

3 Click Settings and do any of the following in the Select An Album dialog box:

• To import photos into a specific album, select the album in the dialog box.

• To import photos into a new album, click Create New Album and then type a name to overwrite the generic

“New Album” name in the dialog box.

4 Click OK.

Export or import an album structure

You can share album structures with others by exporting yours or importing theirs. For example, suppose you have a set of albums representing different museums you’ve visited with friends. By saving and exporting your album set, your friends, who have also visited those museums, can import that album structure (not the photos in it) and use it for their photos. Alternately, you can import the album structure of one of your friends and apply it to your photos.

Export an album structure

You can save your current set of albums and album category names, including their organization in the Albums panel and their icons, and then share this structure with someone else.

Note: Exporting an album does not export the photos associated with the album.

1 In the Albums panel, click the New button and choose Save Albums To File.

2 Choose one of the following and click OK:

Export All Albums Creates a file that contains your entire album hierarchy.

Export Specified Album Category

3 In the Save Album to File dialog box that appears, choose a location and enter a name for the file. Then click Save.

The file is saved as an XML file.

Creates a file that contains the hierarchy of the album category you select from the list.

Import an album structure

You can import an existing hierarchy of album categories into the Albums panel, where you can use it for your own photos.

Note: Importing an album does not import the photos associated with the album.

1 In the Albums panel, click the New button and choose From File.

2 Select the exported XML file in the Import Albums From File dialog box containing the album and album category

names, and click Open.

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Creating and editing smart albums

About smart albums

Like albums, smart albums contain photos of your choosing. However, instead of selecting individual photos or groups of photos, with smart albums, you set the criteria for inclusion. After you set the criteria, any photo in a catalog that matches the criteria of a smart album will appear automatically in that smart album. As you add new photos to the catalog, those photos matching the smart album criteria will also appear automatically in the smart album. Smart albums keep themselves up-to-date.

A. Albums panel heading B. Smart album C. Album category

Create a smart album

1 Select the types of photos you want in your smart album by doing any of the following:

• If you want the smart album to include only photos with certain keyword tags, select those keyword tags from the

Keyword Tags panel.

• If you want the smart album to include only photos with certain star ratings, in the star ratings filter menu, click

the desired star, then select And Higher, And Lower, or Only from the menu next to the stars.

• If you want the smart album to include only photos within a certain folder, select Display > Folder Location.

Then, click the icon for the desired folder.

• If you want the smart album to include only photos you place into a certain album, select that album.

Note: You can apply more than one criterion to your selection. For example, you can select a folder or album and one or more keyword tags.

2 In the Albums panel, click the Create A New Album Or Album Category button . Then, select New Smart

Album.

The New Smart Album dialog box opens.

3 Type a name for your smart album and click OK.

More Help topics

“Attach keyword tags to media files” on page 55

“Find items with star ratings attached” on page 89

“View and manage files by folder location” on page 36

“Create an album or an album category” on page 70

Edit a smart album

1 In the Albums panel, select the smart album you want to edit.

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2 (Optional) To change the name of a smart album, in the Albums panel, select Edit from the menu. Type a new

name for the smart album, and click OK.

3 Toward the upper left of the Media Browser, select Options > Modify Search Criteria.

4 Modify the search criteria for the smart album by adding or removing keyword tags, albums, folders, or star ratings.

5 Right-click/control-click the smart album in the Albums panel, and select Save Current Search To [name] Album.

Editing albums and album categories

Remove photos from an album

1 In the Media Browser, select the photos you want to remove from an album.

2 Do one of the following:

• Right-click/control-click the photo, and choose Remove From Album > [album name].

• If the album icon associated with the photo is visible, right-click/control-click the icon and choose

Delete [album name] Album.

More Help topics

“About albums” on page 69

“Add a photo to an album” on page 72

Merge albums

The Merge Albums command lets you merge multiple albums into a single album. For example, if you create a “Cars” album, and then later inadvertently create an “Automobiles” album for the same photos, you can merge both albums into one. When you merge albums, all photos are placed into one album and the other album is removed. Photos are placed in the order they appear in the Albums panel. You can rearrange the order before or after you merge.

1 In the Albums panel, select the albums you want to merge. Click the album name to select an album, Shift-click to

select contiguous albums, or Control-click to select noncontiguous albums.

2 right-click/control-click and choose Merge Albums.

3 From the list, choose the album into which you want to merge the selected albums, and click OK.

More Help topics

“About albums” on page 69

“Using the Albums panel” on page 70

Change an album’s properties

1 Select an album from the Albums panel of the Organize tab.

2 right-click/control-click the album and choose Edit [album name] Album. Or select Edit on the Albums panel.

3 Do any of the following in the Album Details panel, and click Done:

• Choose a new location from the Album Category.

• Type a new name in the Album Name box.

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More Help topics

“About albums” on page 69

“Using the Albums panel” on page 70

Delete an album or album category

Deleting an album or album category removes the album, category, and any albums in the category, but not the photos in them. Note that you cannot delete an album category and an album in another category at the same time.

1 In the Albums panel, click the album name to select an album or album category. Shift-click to select multiple

albums or Ctrl-click to select multiple noncontiguous albums.

2 Click the Delete button in the Albums panel.

More Help topics

“About albums” on page 69

“Using the Albums panel” on page 70

Change the order of items in an album

When you change the order of items in an album, you change the viewing order. This is an easy way to reorder the items in a project you’re planning to make.

1 In the Albums panel, click the album name to select the album.

2 If necessary, select Album Order from the Media Browser Arrangement menu in the upper-right corner of the

Media Browser.

3 In the Media Browser, do one of the following:

• Drag the photos to their new locations within the album.

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Dragging a photo in an album (top). After dragging, the photo appears in its new position and its order number (circled) is changed (bottom).

• To reset the order of items to oldest first, select Date (Oldest First) from the Media Browser Arrangement menu.

More Help topics

“About albums” on page 69

“Using the Albums panel” on page 70

Reorganize albums and album categories

By default, top-level albums are listed in alphabetical order followed by album categories in alphabetical order. You can change their order, but you can’t place albums after album categories.

1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Keyword Tags And Albums (Windows), or Elements Organizer 10 > Preferences >

Keyword Tags and albums (Mac OS).

2 Under Enable Manual Sorting Option, select Manual for Album Categories and Albums, and then click OK.

3 In the Albums panel, select one or more albums and album categories.

4 Drag the items to their new location in the albums hierarchy.

When you move an album category, the items it contains move with it.

Note: You can’t move a lower-level album or album category to the top level by dragging. Instead, change its group to Top level in the Edit Album or Edit Album Category dialog box.

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More Help topics

“About albums” on page 69

“Using the Albums panel” on page 70

“Set preferences for the Keyword Tags and Albums panel” on page 69

Attach keyword tags to photos in an album

Like albums, keyword tags provide a way of organizing photos and other media files. Keyword tags as well as albums can be associated with the same item. In fact, you can apply a keyword tag to a photo even when you are viewing that photo in its album.

1 In the Albums panel, click the album name to display the photos in that album.

2 Click the Keyword Tags panel.

3 Choose Edit > Select All to select all the items in the Media Browser.

4 Select and attach the keyword tags to the photos.

More Help topics

“About albums” on page 69

“Using the Albums panel” on page 70

“Attach keyword tags to media files” on page 55

Create albums from keyword tags

1 In the Organize tab, click the triangle next to Keyword Tags to expand the panel.

2 Click the box to the left of a keyword tag name to select it. The Media Browser shows all the photos with that tag

attached.

3 Choose Edit > Select All to select all the items in the Media Browser.

4 On the Organize tab, click the triangle next to Albums to expand the panel.

5 Do one of the following:

• Drag the photos into one or more albums in the Album panel.

• Create a new album and drag the photos into it.

More Help topics

“About albums” on page 69

“Using the Albums panel” on page 70

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Chapter 6: Finding media files in Elements Organizer

In the Elements Organizer 10, you can find photos and media files by date, visual similarity, star rating, album, folder location, filename, media type, keyword tag, text, or other criteria. You can also sort files in any grouping in chronological, reverse-chronological, or album order.

Sometimes you need to find the actual file of photos or media. The reason can be that you are uploading the file to a server or embedding it into the layout of a document.

1 In Elements Organizer 10, select the photo or media clip whose file you want to find.

2 Press Alt + Enter/Option + Enter to open the Properties - General window.

3 Click the Reveal in Explorer icon (Windows), or Reveal in Finder (Mac® OS).

Note: In addition to using the Elements Organizer 10 to import media files, you can bring them into Adobe® Elements Organizer 10 by using the File a file and are best used if you already know the precise path and filename for the file you seek.

> Open or File > Place commands in the Editor. These commands allow you to browse to

More Help topics

“View or edit file information in the Elements Organizer” on page 121

Searching for media files in Elements Organizer

Options for finding media files in Elements Organizer

Elements Organizer 10 enables you to find media files in several ways:

Timeline Click a month or set a range to find photos and media files chronologically by date, import batch, or folder

location.

Find bar Drag a photo (Windows®), keyword tag, project, or album onto the find bar to find matching or similar

photos and media files.

Find menu Use the commands in this menu to find media files by date, caption or note, filename, history, version,

media type, metadata, or visual similarity. You can even find photos with faces for tagging (see

tagging” on page 59). Commands are also available for finding photos and media files that have unknown dates and

times, no keyword tags, or are not in any album.

View menu Use the commands in this menu to show types of files such as photo, video, audio, project, and PDF files.

The View menu also has options for showing media files that have been marked as “hidden” (See

marked as hidden” on page 35).

Albums panel Select an album to view only the media files within it.

“Find people for

“Show media files

Keyword Tags panel Select a keyword tag to see only the media files with that tag.

Star rating filter View only those media files with a star rating greater than, equal to, or less than the number of stars

you specify.

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Textbox Type text to find media files with matching text whether it’s in the filename, metadata, caption, note, date, or

album name.

About the Timeline

Elements Organizer 10 automatically organizes all of your media files in the Media Browser Timeline, even if the media files are not tagged. The Timeline is divided into months and years—you can view images from a particular month and year by clicking that month in the Timeline. The height of each bar in the Timeline is proportional to the number of files in each month, based on date, batch, or location. You can also select a range of time in the Timeline to display media files taken or scanned within that range. When you hold the pointer over a bar in the Timeline, a tool tip shows its range.

A C D E F

Using the Timeline A. Timeline arrow B. Dark area indicating photos out of set range C. End point markers D. Date marker E. Timeline bar F. Partially blank bar G. Tool tip identifying bar range

You can use the Timeline with keyword tags to refine searches. For example, to find pictures of Courtney taken over a span of time, search using the Courtney keyword tag. Click any month in the Timeline containing media files of Courtney.

A partially blank bar in the Timeline indicates that you have media files that are not currently in the search results.

Use the Display menu (in the upper-right corner of the Organizer) to specify whether you want to view and find media files by thumbnail view, import batch, or folder location.

Selecting a view of the Media Browser with the Display menu.

More Help topics

“Find media files using keyword tags” on page 87

View and find media files using the Timeline

1 Make sure that the Timeline is visible in the Media Browser. If necessary, choose Window > Timeline.

2 Select Display, and select Thumbnail View, Import Batch, or Folder Location.

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This sets whether each bar in the Timeline represents a month, batch, or folder.

3 Do one of the following:

• Use the arrows at the ends of the Timeline to navigate to the part of the Timeline that you want to search.

• Click a bar in the Timeline, or drag the date marker to view media files relating to that bar.

• Drag the Timeline end-point markers to view a range.

• (For date-based arrangements only) Choose Find > Set Date Range. Type both a start date and end date to specify

the range you want to view, and click OK. To reset the date range, choose Find

> Clear Date Range.

Elements Organizer 10 displays media files within the set range in the Media Browser. You can drag the end-point markers to refine your range.

Using Find > Set Date Range to set a date range.

Search using the Find bar

The Find bar performs quick searches when you drag keyword tags onto it. When not in use, the Find bar is a horizontal bar above the Media Browser. When you drag a tag onto it, the Find bar automatically expands so that you can see the keyword tags you’ve added to the search. To refine a search, drag more keyword tags onto the Find bar. You can also use the Find bar to search for the media files used in an album or project.

Dragging a keyword tag onto the Find bar

1 Make sure that the Media Browser and the Keyword Tags panel are open.

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2 Drag a tag onto the Find bar. The search starts immediately, and the Find bar expands to show the tag it is using to

perform the search.

3 (Optional) Drag more keyword tags onto the Find bar to refine your search. You can drag more than one tag to the

Find bar at a time. Shift-click to select adjacent keyword tags or Control-click to select nonadjacent tags.

4 To start a new search, right-click/control-click a tag, category, or subcategory, and choose the New Search Using

[tag, category, or subcategory name] Keyword Tag command from the context menu.

5 To close the Find bar, click Show All.

More Help topics

“About keyword tags” on page 53

“Exclude media files from a search” on page 89

Search based on visual uniqueness

For search based on visual uniqueness, Elements Organizer uses information in the photo such as the color and shape of objects during search. Use visual search to quickly search images containing similar objects, colors, or shapes. You can also choose to specify the relative importance Elements Organizer should assign to colors and shapes when searching photos.

Visual search helps you quickly identify similar photos for tagging. You can also create a Smart Album using the search results.

Visual Similarity Search

Use this option when searching photos containing similar subjects, color, or general appearance. For example, you can use visual similarity search to locate pictures shot on a beach.

The visual similarity search works for creations, projects, albums, and videos.

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Search based on visual similarity A. Image specified for search B. Placeholder to drop images C. Search menu D. Color-shape slider E. Visual similarity in percentage

1 From the Search menu, select Visual Similarity Search.

2 Select a photo. Alternatively, drag-and-drop a photo to the placeholder in the Find bar.

3 (Optional) Click “+” to add more photos to refine your search. Alternatively, click another photo in the panel.

For example, you are searching for pictures of your grandson cutting the cake at his birthday party. Adding pictures of your grandson and the cake to the Find bar increases the accuracy of the search results.

The percentage of visual similarity is displayed on the photos used for search.

4 (Optional) To remove a photo from the search options, double-click the photo in the Find bar.

5 (Optional) To refine search based on the shapes and colors in the searched photos, click . Use the Color-Shape

slider to specify the relative importance Elements Organizer must assign to colors and shapes when searching pictures.

For example, you get better search results for building structures when you move the slider toward Shape. When searching pictures shot on a beach, you get better results when you move the slider toward color.

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Object search

In object search, you initially select the object in a photo that you want to define as the search object. Elements Organizer uses the search object to assign priority when searching photos.

For example, to search for photos containing your pet dog, you select the face of your pet dog in one of the photos. When you search photos, Elements Organizer assigns a higher priority to photos containing your pet cat.

1 Select the picture containing the object. If you do not select a photo, the first photo is used to identify the object.

2 From the Search menu, select Object Search. The single image view is displayed with a marquee.

Object defined for search selected using a marquee

3 Drag and resize the marquee to select the object.

4 Click Search Object.

Scenes containing the object are displayed. The percentage similarity is displayed on each of the thumbnails.

5 (Optional) To add more selection criteria, click + in the Find area. In the placeholder that appears, drag-and-drop

an image that you want Elements Organizer to consider when searching similar objects.

6 (Optional) To remove a photo from the search options, double-click the photo in the Find bar.

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7 (Optional) To refine search based on the shapes and colors in the searched photos, click . Use the Color-Shape

slider to specify the relative importance Elements Organizer must assign to colors and shapes when searching pictures.

Duplicate photo search

Duplicate photo search is especially useful in locating photographs shot in the multi-burst mode. Elements Organizer searches for and stacks photos based on their visual similarity and the time they were captured. You can then proceed to select images in the stacks or reclassify images.

1 Select the album from the right pane in which you want to manage duplicate photos.

2 In the Search menu, select Duplicate Photo Search. The search results are displayed.

Duplicate Image Search

Photos that did not have identical matches are found in the Unique Photos stack. You can drag-and-drop photos from this stack to any of the other stacks.

3 Use the following options based on your requirements:

• To reclassify photos in stacks, drag-and-drop the photos from one stack to another.

• To stack related photos, select them, and click Stack.

• To unstack Photos, select a photo stack, and click Unstack.

• To expand a stack, right-click the stack, and select Expand Photos in Stack.

• To collapse a stack, right-click any photo in an expanded stack, and select Collapse Photos in Stack.

• To remove photos from a stack, right-click the photo, and select Remove Photo From Stack.

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• To specify the photo that must be displayed for a stack in the collapsed condition, right-click the photo, and

select Set As Top Photo.

• To delete photos, select them, and click Remove From Catalog.

• To view any of the images in single image view, double-click that image.

Finding media files by keyword tags

Find media files using keyword tags

Keyword tags let you quickly find photos and other files. When you use keyword tags to find photos and media files, the find bar expands to display the keyword tags you’ve selected. Searches begin as soon as you select the tags in the Keyword Tags panel.

Search for media files with specific keyword tags by clicking the box next to the tag’s name.

• In the Keyword Tags panel, click the square next to the tag’s name, or drag the tag icon to the find bar. You can

include multiple keyword tags in a search.

Elements Organizer 10 finds media files that have the keyword tags attached. If no photo matches all the tags in your search criteria, the Media Browser displays closely matching media files containing a subset of the keyword tags.

• To define a range of time for the search, specify a Date option in the Media Browser Arrangement menu, and then

drag the Timeline end-point markers to the beginning and end of the range you want.

• To remove a tag from the search, double-click the tag in the find bar. (Or click the Back button in the shortcuts bar

to remove the last tag you added.)

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• To exclude media files with certain keyword tags from the search, right-click/control-click those tags in the

Keyword Tags panel and choose Exclude Photos With [tag, category, or subcategory name] From Search Results.

Note: Using the Exclude Photos command, you can search for media files that have, for example, only you in them. You do this by searching for your tag, and then excluding the entire People tag category. The results are media files that have only you in them and no other people.

More Help topics

“Search using the Find bar” on page 82

“About keyword tags” on page 53

“Find media files by details (metadata)” on page 93

Display views of keyword tag search results

When you search using keyword tags, Elements Organizer 10 groups the results of the search in views of best matches, close matches, and groups that do not match. By default, the Media Browser displays the view of best matches. You can select other views.

1 Click Options next to the Show All button to open the search criteria pop-up menu.

2 Select either Hide Best Match Results, or Show Results That Do Not Match. Results are grouped as follows:

Best matches These media files are tagged with all the search criteria keyword tags. As you add more keyword tags to

refine your search, fewer best matches appear.

Close matches Media files tagged with one or more (but not all) of the search criteria keyword tags are called close

matches. Closely matching media files have a blue circle with a white check mark in their thumbnails if you search using more than one Place category tag, photos with just one of the Place category keyword tags show up as best matches. Select this group to view media files containing any of the keyword tags you searched for.

To automatically display close matches after a search, choose Edit > Preferences > General, or Adobe Elements Organizer 10 > Preferences > General, and select Show Closely Matching Sets For Searches, and then click OK.

Not matching These media files don’t have any of the search criteria keyword tags attached to them. They have a Not

icon in their thumbnails

. For example,

Find untagged media files

❖ In the Media Browser, choose Find > Untagged Items.

All the media files in your catalog that don’t have keyword tags assigned to them appear in the Media Browser.

Clear a keyword tag search

❖ To return to all the media files in your catalog, click Show All.

Search based on a selected keyword tag

❖ Right-click/control-click a tag and then choose New Search Using [tag, category, or subcategory name].

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Find items with star ratings attached

The star ratings filter helps you find your favorite (or least favorite) photos, video clips, audio clips, and projects. Also, you can use the star ratings filter in combination with keyword tags as search criteria.

1 In the Media Browser, select one of the stars in the star ratings filter.

2 In the ranking menu next to the star ratings filter, select one of the options.

Selecting an option from the ranking menu.

More Help topics

“About keyword tags” on page 53

“Search using the Find bar” on page 82

Exclude media files from a search

You can exclude media files from your search results. For example, you can search the Friends subcategory and find media files of all but one of your friends by applying the Exclude From Search Results command to that friend’s tag. You can also exclude an entire category or subcategory from your search.

1 Do one of the following:

• In the Keyword Tags panel, right-click/control-click the tag of the media files you want to exclude from a search,

and choose Exclude

• Right-click/control-click one or more keyword tags in the find bar and choose Exclude Photos With [keyword tag,

category, or subcategory name]. Or, double-click the tag to remove it from the find bar.

2 To undo the exclude command from a tag, click the Exclude icon next to the tag in the Keyword Tags panel.

You can also find photos with a specific person or subject alone by excluding a category or subcategory and searching

for a tag within the excluded category or subcategory. For example, to find photos that contain only your friend Chiara, not photos with Chiara and other friends, search for the Chiara keyword tag and apply the Exclude command to the Friends subcategory. Elements also have other keyword tags from the Friends subcategory.

Media With [keyword tag, category, or subcategory name] From Search Results.

Organizer 10 finds the photos with only the Chiara keyword tag, excluding photos that

More Help topics

“Edit a keyword tag category or subcategory” on page 65

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Finding media files by content, type, and metadata

Find media files using the Search box

Various search criteria enable you to search for media files efficiently and easily. You can use the Search box to run a text-based search. Type a name or word, and Elements wide range of criteria. Matches can include the following items:

• Author

• Captions

• Dates

• Filenames

• Keyword tags

• Metadata

• Notes

• Album names

• Album groups

• Camera information

• Camera make

• Camera models

• Folders

• Formats

The text search also supports the operators: “AND,” “OR,” or “NOT” if a space precedes and follows them. The following table details the search criteria that can be used to run a text-based search:

Organizer 10 displays media files that match the text across a

Search Criteria Description Format Example

Date Displays media elements that match

the specified date.

• Date: dd/mm/yyyy

• Date: mm/dd/yyyy

• Date: yyyy

• Date: this year

• Date: last year

• Date: today

• Date: last week

Tag Displays media elements that match

the specified tag.

Filename Displays media elements that match

the specified filename.

Caption Displays media elements that match

the specified caption.

Make Displays media elements that match

the specified make of a camera.

Tag:<tag name> Tag:People

Filename:<filename> Filename:_MG_7409.jpg or

Filename:_MG_7409

Caption:<caption> Caption:Disneyland

Make:<make of the camera> Make:Canon

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Search Criteria Description Format Example

Model Displays media elements that match

the specified model of a camera.

Author Displays media elements that match

the specified name of the author.

Notes Displays media elements that match

the specified notes.

Model:<model name> Model:Canon EOS 5D

Author:<name of the author> Author:James

Notes:<notes> Notes:Trip to Disneyland

The Search box also populates a list of existing tags based on the letter you type. For example, to search for photos and videos that have been tagged with "Disneyland", type the letter D in the Search box. The Search box displays a list of tags beginning with the letter D. As you type in more text, the list changes dynamically to display tags that match the text being entered. If you click any item in the list, a search for that tag is performed, and the results are displayed in

Organizer 10.

Elements

Find media files by caption or note

You can search for captions or notes using either the Caption Or Note command or the Metadata command. If you want to search for a caption or note along with one or more other search criteria, use the Metadata command.

1 In the Media Browser, choose Find > By Caption Or Note.

2 In the Find By Caption Or Note dialog box, type a word or phrase in the textbox.

3 Select one of the following, and click OK:

Match Only The Beginning Of Words In Captions And Notes Finds media files and other files with notes or captions

containing the beginning letters of the words you type.

Match Any Part Of Any Word In Captions And Notes Finds photos and other files with notes or captions containing any

portion of the words you type.

More Help topics

“Add captions to files” on page 118

“Add a note to a file” on page 120

Find media files by filename

You can search by filename using either the Filename command or the Metadata command. If you want to search by filename along with one or more other search criteria, use the Metadata command.

1 In the Elements Organizer 10, choose Find > By Filename.

2 Type a word in the Find By Filename dialog box to search for files with names that contain the word, and then

OK.

click

You can also type a file extension (JPEG, BMP, and so on) in the Find By Filename dialog box to find files of a certain

file type.

More Help topics

“About filenames and versions” on page 115

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Find all version sets

When you search for all version sets, Elements Organizer 10 displays the top photos of each set. You can expand each set as desired.

1 In the Media Browser, choose Find > All Version Sets.

2 To expand a version set, right-click/control-click it and choose Version Set > Expand Items In Version Set.

Find photos used in projects (Windows only)

❖ Do one of the following:

• In the Media Browser, right-click the project and choose Show Project Items In Media Browser. The photos appear

in the Media Browser. This command is useful if you want to edit the captions or make other changes to the photos

in your project.

• Drag the project onto the find bar to display the photos in the Media Browser.

• Choose Find > By History > Used In Projects. A list of projects appears. Double-click an item, or select one or more

items and click

You can also find out whether a photo is used in a project by looking under History in the Properties panel.

OK to view the media used in the project.

More Help topics

“Exclude media files from a search” on page 89

Find files by media type

You can choose to view just one type of media file in the Media Browser. When you select a media type, you can perform other searches that look only for the type of media you want. If you want to search by media type along with one or more other search criteria, use the Find

❖ In the Media Browser, choose Find > By Media Type, and then choose one of the following options:

Photos Displays just photos.

Video Displays thumbnails of video clips (the first frame of the video clip is shown).

Audio Displays audio clips.

Projects Displays projects you made using previous versions of Elements Organizer 10.

PDF Displays PDF files.

Items With Audio Captions Displays photos and projects to which you’ve attached audio captions.

The files of the selected media type appear in the Media Browser.

More Help topics

“Exclude media files from a search” on page 89

> By Details (Metadata) command.

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Find media files in an album or smart album

If you want to search in an album for one or more additional search criteria, use the Find > By Details (Metadata) command. Otherwise, follow these steps:

1 In the Media Browser, do one of the following:

• Drag an album or smart album icon onto the find bar.

• Right-click/control-click an album or smart album icon and choose Find Items In [album name].

• Choose Find > Items Not In Any Album to find photos not used in any albums.

Click an album or smart album to view images in that album.

To cancel the search and show your catalog, click the Show All button or double-click the album name in the find bar.

Note: You cannot search for photos using both smart album criteria and keyword tag criteria. Use one or the other.

More Help topics

“About albums” on page 69

“Find media files by their keyword tags” on page 62

“Search using the Find bar” on page 82

Find media files by details (metadata)

You can search by file details or metadata available in your images. Searching by metadata is useful when you want to search using multiple criteria at once. For example, if you want to find all photos taken on 12/31/05 that include the “Mom” tag, you can search for both capture date and keyword tags in the Find By Details (Metadata) dialog box.

Searchable metadata includes criteria such as filename, file type, tags, albums, notes, author, and capture date, as well as camera model, shutter speed, and F-stop, among others.

Note: Searching for camera raw files will also find TIFF files with a .tif extension.

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Search for a variety of photo details at once using the Find By Details (Metadata) dialog box.

1 In the Media Browser, choose Find > By Details (Metadata).

2 In the Find By Details (Metadata) dialog box, select a metadata type from the first pop-up menu.

3 In the second pop-up menu, select a range for the search, such as Starts With, Is Greater Than, or Contains. This

range tells Elements

Organizer 10 how to use the text that you enter in the third pop-up menu. Not all criteria

include a second pop-up menu.

4 In the third pop-up menu, type or choose the metadata name or value that you want to find.

5 To include other metadata values in your search, click the plus (+) sign to the right of the third pop-up menu and

specify new values for the two or three pop-up menus that appear.

6 To remove metadata from your search, click the minus (-) sign to the right of the third pop-up menu for the

metadata you want to remove.

7 Click Search.

8 To modify the search, click Options > Modify Search Criteria in the find bar and make changes as desired; then

OK.

click

Find media files by history

Elements Organizer 10 helps you keep track of where you got media files, how you used them, and how you shared or exported them. You can use this stored history to find photos and media files.

1 In the Media Browser, choose Find > By History. You can search by any of the criteria commands listed in the By

History submenu.

Note: The options Exported On and Printed On are not available on Mac OS.

2 In the Select One Or More Groups You [Imported, E-mailed, etc.] dialog box, select one or more items in the list,

OK.

and click

Note: To permanently remove a particular history reference from the list, select the list item in the Select One Or More Groups You [Imported, E-mailed, etc.] dialog box, and then click the Delete button or press Delete on your keyboard. The Delete button is not available for searches based on Imported On, or Used In Projects histories.

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Find media files with unknown dates or times

❖ In the Media Browser, choose Find > Items With Unknown Date Or Time. The Media Browser displays the media

files in which date or time is set to unknown.

More Help topics

“View and find media files using the Timeline” on page 81

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Chapter 7: Managing files and catalogs

After you bring your media files into a catalog, and have used the Elements Organizer 10 to organize them, you can also use the Elements such as several shots of the same subject taken in quick succession with different exposure settings or camera angles— into stacks. Similarly, you can group edited versions of the same photo into version sets. You can also use the

Organizer 10 to view and change file information, captions, and notes.

Elements

For more information about bringing media files into a catalog, see “Bringing photos and videos into the Elements

Organizer” on page 15. For more information about organizing media files, see “About keyword tags” on page 53 and

“About albums” on page 69.

Managing catalogs

About catalogs

A catalog can represent all the media files you have stored on your computer and other storage media, or any subset of them. Although most people prefer to have only a single catalog referencing all their media, it is possible to create more than one catalog, each for a unique set of files.

Organizer 10 to manage those files in various ways. For example, you can group related photos—

Note: (Mac OS) You cannot access catalogs present on a network drive.

Important: Elements Organizer 10 users in the United States can backup/synchronize media files in their catalog with

their Elements membership. If you have multiple catalogs, backup/synchronize each of them individually. Only one catalog can be marked for sync at a time. For more information, see on page 122.

Once your files are in a catalog, you can use the Elements Organizer 10 to search them, sort them, and fix them. You can also collect them into albums, or group them by keyword tag or star rating. You can use catalogs and the

Organizer 10 even if you prefer to store your originals on CDs or in a system of folders on your hard disk.

Elements

When you start Elements Organizer 10 and bring in media files, a catalog is automatically created for you. The catalog keeps track of the photos, video files, audio clips, and projects on your computer and on other media such as CDs or DVDs. The catalog contains information about each photo and media file, but it doesn’t contain the actual media files.

“Backup and synchronize catalogs, albums, and files”

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Macromedia Elements Organizer - 10.0 Instruction Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Legal notices

Contents

Chapter 1: Getting started

System requirements

Installing/uninstalling Elements Organizer

Install from disc

Install downloaded software

Convert a trial version to a licensed (purchased) version

Can I have more than one version installed?

Uninstall Elements Organizer

Creating an Adobe ID

Registering your software

Supported software and hardware

What’s new in Elements Organizer 10

Help resources

Welcome screen

Other getting started sources

Adobe Elements Organizer Help

Help menu

Provide feedback on the product/post useful tips and tricks

Troubleshooting tips

Ask experts

Support for How-to questions

Customer support for product orders, installation, and activation

Adobe Product Improvement Program

Chapter 2: Workspace

About workspaces

The Welcome screen

Workspace

Task pane

Show or hide the Task pane

Use panels in the Organize tab

Use tools in the Fix, Create, and Share tabs

Use context menus

Using keyboard commands and modifier keys

Undo, redo, or cancel operations

Exit Photoshop Elements or Adobe Premiere Elements

Getting started with your Adobe ID

Account creation and management

Create an Adobe ID

Manage your account

Sign in with your Adobe ID

View your albums on Photoshop.com

Launch the Inspiration Browser

Using Elements Organizer and Adobe Premiere Elements together

About Elements Organizer and Adobe Premiere Elements

Arrange your work area

Supported media file types

Chapter 3: Import photos and videos

About getting photos and videos

Bringing photos and videos into the Elements Organizer

Set file preferences

Import tags attached to media files

Cameras and card readers

About cameras and card readers

Get media files from a digital camera or card reader

Set advanced photo downloading options

Set camera and card reader preferences

Scanners (Windows only)

About scanning

Get photos from scanners (Windows only)

Set scanner preferences (Windows only)

Scan photos into the Organizer using a TWAIN driver (Windows only)

Local files, CDs, DVDs, and video

Using watched folders (Windows only)

Add folders to the watched folders list

Change Watch Folders settings

Get media files from files and folders

Browse to files on your computer

Search for files on your computer

Add files from specific folders

About preview files

Set the size for preview files

Get photos from a CD or DVD

Get photos from a video

Mobile phone cameras