Macromedia Elements Organizer - 15.0 User Manual
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Contents
Chapter 1: What's New
What's new in Elements Organizer 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Chapter 2: Workspace and workflow
About workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Using Elements Organizer and Adobe Premiere Elements together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Viewing photos and videos in the Elements Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Keys for viewing photos (Elements Organizer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Keys for editing photos (Elements Organizer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Keys for finding photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Selecting country or region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 3: Importing
Importing media in bulk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Importing media from cameras and card readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Importing media from files and folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Importing photos from Scanners ( Windows only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Importing media from iPhoto library (Mac OS only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Chapter 4: Catalogs, folders, and albums
Creating albums and album categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using Smart Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Create and edit catalogs in the Elements Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Editing albums and album categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Troubleshooting catalog issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Backup or restore catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Creating and editing saved searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Chapter 5: Viewing and fixing photos
View video and full-screen images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Fixing photos and videos using other applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Grouping photos in version sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Chapter 6: Adding metadata
Marking faces in photos and organizing People view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Adding and managing event data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Chapter 7: Searching
Searching for media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Using the Find menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Search options to find media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Finding media files using Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Finding media files by keyword tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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Chapter 8: Photo projects
Create slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Elements Organizer projects overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Chapter 9: Printing and sharing
Share videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Upload photos to Facebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Set e-mail preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Sending photos and media files by email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Order printed photos using online print services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Email photos as PDF file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Printing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Share photos using online services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Chapter 10: Video
Create instant movies and video stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Viewing video projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Chapter 11: Exporting
Export photos to a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
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What's new in Elements Organizer 15
With Elements Organizer 15, it’s easier than ever for you to organize and search for your memories, and share them
with your family and friends in a snap.
Read on to find the fabulous new enhancement that Elements Organizer 15 brings to you. And, rest assured in the
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wledge that with Elements Organizer 15 by your side, your growing collection of media files remains easy to
manage and share.
Elements Organizer is included with Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements. For more information
about new features in these products, see What's New in Photoshop Elements 15 and What's New in Premiere Elements
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Try the latest Photoshop Elements|Explore Elements product suite
Enhanced Search
Search is a cinch!
Find the exact photos you’re looking for by searching on a combination of things, including people, places, events, and
her favorite subjects.
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The new Enhanced Search feature provides you multiple search options with a single result: fast and easy access to what
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ou are looking for. Want to search for all media files that have Jeff on a beach that were taken in March 2016? Or,
quickly look up all photos of Esther's birthday that you have rated four stars or higher? No need to shuffle between the
left panel, right panel, and the timeline view to find these media files. Enhanced Search combines all these in one
window with a modern, touch-friendly user experience.
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For more information, see Using Enhanced Search .
Smart Tags
Find photos faster!
Smart Tags are a new, powerful way of tagging and finding your media files quickly and easily. Elements Organizer
automatically analyzes your photos and generates Smart Tags for objects and events in your photos. So, all photos that
you clicked on a beach are marked with the “Beach” tag. And the same with photos that relate to sunset, garden, ocean
– you get the picture.
Elements Organizer even recognizes and tags photos clicked on a birthday, those that have children in them, and those
that have smiling faces, just to give a few examples. Impressive, isn’t it? Smart Tags make it easy for you to search for
your memories in various ways – even when you have not manually added keywords.
To search based on Smart Tags, filter through the top Smart Tags in the search window or type them out in the search
bar. Elements Organizer shows your matching photos immediately.
For more information, see Using Smart Tags.
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Enhanced Instant Fix
More than organize your photos—enhance them!
Want to quickly enhance or correct multiple photos but don’t want to launch the Editor? The new enhanced Instant Fix
makes editing multiple photos a breeze. Use the touch-friendly UI to make your snapshots extra-special with
everything from one-click fixes to artistic looks that will wow friends and family.
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For more information, see Fixing photos in Elements Organizer .
Import from Cloud services
If it’s in the Cloud, it’s in your catalog!
More and more of us use one or more online cloud services to sync our photos and videos from mobile devices to our
computers. With Elements Organizer 15, you easily auto-import your photos and videos from cloud services like
Dropbox, One Drive, and Google Drive. Elements Organizer tracks the folders of these services on your desktop and
auto-imports the media files in them.
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Support for watch folders on Mac OS
In the previous release, watch folders were supported on Windows. In this release, Elements Organizer supports watch
folders on Mac OS as well.
For more information, see Using watched folders .
Enhanced sharing to Facebook and YouTube
Sharing is even more of a delight!
Elements Organizer 15 offers you a seamless experience when sharing your media files to Facebook or YouTube. The
redesigned interface provides an intuitive, easy-to-use interface that makes the sharing experience more delightful.
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For more information, see Upload photos to Facebookand Upload videos to YouTube.
Touch-based editing
Elements Organizer is now touch-friendly!
Organize photos with your fingertips. Now, you can simply tap to find, sort, and enhance your photos in your touchscreen devices. The new Instant Fix mode in Element Organizer also supports touch, putting all those cool effects and
edits literally at your fingertips!
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Chapter 2: Workspace and workflow
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.
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Click a button to open the workspace you need. For example, click Organize to open Elements Organizer and import,
tag, or organize your photos and media files. Or, click Photo Editor to open the Editor and enhance your media files or
add special effects. You can open the Welcome screen at any time from Help > Welcome Screen. It’s not necessary to
return to the Welcome screen to open other workspaces.
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Note: If you have only Photoshop Elements or Premiere Elements, you can still download a trial version. For example, if
you have purchased Photoshop Elements, you can select Premiere Elements in the Welcome screen - you are guided to
download a trial version of Premiere Pro.
Directly launching a program
If you want to skip the Welcome screen and launch either Elements Organizer or the editor directly, click the Settings
icon.
Select an appropriate option from the On Start Always Launch drop-down list:
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Welcome Screen Select this option to start the Welcome screen when you launch Elements.
Organizer Select this option to skip the Welcome screen and start the Elements Organizer directly.
Photo Editor Select this option to skip the Welcome screen and start the Photoshop Elements Editor.
Video Editor Select this option to skip the Welcome screen and start the Premiere Elements Editor.
Click a button to open the workspace you need. For example, click Organize to open Elements Organizer and import,
tag, or organize your photos and media files. Or, click Photo Editor to open the Editor and enhance your media files or
add special effects.
You can open the Welcome screen at any time from Help > Welcome Screen. It’s not necessary to return to the Welcome
screen to open other workspaces.
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Workspace
Use Elements Organizer to find, organize, and share your photos and media files. In the Media view, you can 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 Zoom slider.
The Media view lists all the photos, as well as videos and PDF files that you’ve imported. Imported items appear in one
comprehensive view 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 Instant Fix tab of the Task pane.
You can create projects, from printed photo books to computer slideshows, from the Create tab.
Finally, you can share your photos, videos, and projects with others, by using any of the tools in the Share tab of the
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The Elements Organizer workspace has the following components:
Menu bar Contains menus for performing tasks. Elements Organizer organizes the menus by topic: File, Edit, Find,
View, and Help.
Search bar Enter a criteria or select a particular search from the drop-down list to search for photos or media files.
Create and Share Click Create to explore ways on how to create, creative projects using your media files. Click Share
to see various ways in which you can share media files with friends and family.
Import button Click Import to start importing media into Elements Organizer.
Albums and Folders panel The Albums created or imported from previous version’s catalogs are displayed in the
Albums panel. You can create albums and manage media inside the albums panel to organize media in Elements
Organizer.
The Folders panel lists all the physical folders from which you have imported media to Elements Organizer. You can
hide/show by clicking the respective buttons in the task pane.
Star ratings filter You can give a star rating to your media files. This helps you sort and organize media. For example,
you can give five stars to a photograph for various reasons such as it has your favorite subject or is an excellent
photograph.
You can later then sort all such photos with a five star rating.
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Sort media You can sort media in Elements Organizer by the following parameters:
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Newest: Or
Oldest: Or
Name:(Elem
Import Batch: Or
Album Order: Or
Tas k pa ne Contains buttons to add places, people, events, and create slide shows. You can also launch editors for fixing
ders the media by date from the most recent to the oldest
ders the media by date from the oldest to the most recent
ents 12) Orders the media alphabetically by name (A-Z)
ders the media by the batches in which they were imported
ders the media by user's choice. You can manually drag and reorder the media.
photos and videos from the Editor button. See Wo r ks p ac e for more information.
Status bar In the Media view, the status bar displays the number of items selected and the number of items contained
in the Media view. It also displays the number of media not displayed.
Views in Elements Organizer
There are five views in Elements Organizer. The Views tab helps you organize and view your media based on the people
present in the photos, places they were taken, and the events that are associated with the photos.
Initially, when you import media, the files are displayed in the Media view. You can then mark faces in the photos,
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dentify places the photograph was taken at, and create event stacks. The four views are listed here:
A. eLive The eLive view displays articles, videos, tutorials, and more, categorized into channels such as Learn, Inspire,
and News, right within Elements Organizer.
B. Media The various media files are displayed in this view. You can view the files in this view, fix photos using Instant
fix option, view information about specific files using Tags/info option, and perform other operations.
C. People The people appearing on your photos can be marked. People’s view helps you arrange stacks based on the
people identified in the photos.
D. Places Photographs have special association with the places they are taken at. You can tag locations to your photos
in
the Places view.
E. Events You can create stacks of events containing pictures of that event. For example, you can create an event Dan’s
birthday and tag photos of that event.
Use context menus
You can use context menus in both the Editor and Elements Organizer 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: N
ot all panels offer context menus.
2 Right-click/Ctrl-click and choose a command from the menu.
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Using keyboard commands and modifier keys
You can use keyboard shortcuts in both the Editor and Elements Organizer 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.
Undo, redo, or cancel operations
Many operations can be undone or redone. Available memory limits your ability to use these options.
1 To undo or redo an operation, Choose Undo or Redo from the task pane.
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.
1 In Windows®, select File > Exit. In Mac® OS, select Adobe Elements 11 Organizer > Quit Adobe Elements 11
Organizer.
2 When closing the Editors, confirm whether you want to save any of the opened files.
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More Help topics
Photoshop Elements workspace
Adobe Premiere Elements workspace
Adding and managing event data
Marking faces in photos and organizingpeople stacks
Adding and managing place (location)data
Keys for navigating
Keys for selecting tools
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 and Adobe® Premiere® Elements:
• Organize your photos, video files, and audio clips in Elements Organizer, and drag them onto the Adobe Premiere
Elements Project panel.
• Right-click/Control-click the media file, and select Edit With Premiere Elements.
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• Create a slideshow in Elements Organizer with captions, transitions, effects, music, narration, graphics, and titles.
After creating the slideshow, bring the slideshow into Adobe Premiere Elements for further editing. Or, brin
ndividual photos or video files into Adobe Premiere Elements, and create the slideshow there.
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• You can open Adobe Premiere Elements for editing video files using the Editor > Video Editor option in Elements
Organizer.
• Customize DVD menu templates in Elements Organizer, and use the templates in your Adobe Premiere Elements
roject. (DVD templates are PSD files stored in the Adobe Premiere Elements application folder.)
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• Create an Elements Organizer file with your video project’s settings, enhance it in Elements Organizer, and use it in
Adobe Premiere Elements. You can also use the Create tab in Elements Organizer to create instant movies or to
create video stories.
Arrange your work area
To share files between Elements Organizer and Adobe Premiere Elements, it’s useful to have both programs open and
accessible on your computer monitor.
1 Start Elements Organizer 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:
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• Burn Video/DVD BluRay
• Online Video Sharing
• Mobile Phones
Supported media file types
Elements Organizer 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
Elements Organizer and then add them as still images to a project in Adobe Premiere Elements.
All file types that are supported in Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements can be imported into Elements
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rganizer. The file support is irrespective of the application installed (Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere
Elements). The following table gives a list of the supported file types:
Images Video Audio
raw 3g2 aac
arw avi ac3
bmp 3gp aif
cr2 dv aiff
crw m2t m2a
srf m2ts m4a
dib m2v mp3
dng m4v wma (Windows only)
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Images Video Audio
erf mpeg
wav mod
gif mov
sr2 mp4
tif mpg
jpe mts
jpeg swf
jpg tod
kdc vob
mef
mfw
mos
mrw
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nef
orf
x3f
pdd
pef
vda
png
psd
pse
pxr
raf
rle
Photoshop Elements Editor, Adobe Premiere Elements, and Elements Organizer do not recognize the following file
types:
Elements Organizer Photoshop Elements Editor Adobe Premiere Elements
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)
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JPEG 2000 Windows Media (.wmv, .wma) - not supported
Filmstrip (FLM) AMR
Wireless BMP (WBM, WBMP)
PCX
Targa (TGA, VDA, ICB, VST )
Photoshop RAW (RAW)
PICT File (PCT, PICT)
Scitex CT (SCT)
Photoshop EPS (EPS)
EPS TIFF Preview (EPS)
Generic EPS (AI3, AI4, AI5, AI6, AI7, AI8, PS, EPS,
AI, EPSF, EPSP)
Mac OS only - IFF, Photoshop 2.0, Alias PIX,
PICT Resource
Flash video (.flv)
AMR
on Mac OS
Note: Elements Organizer 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.
Viewing photos and videos in the Elements Organizer
About the Media view
The Media view shows thumbnails of the media files in the central area (grid) of the Elements Organizer. You can view
media (thumbnails of photos, video files, and audio files) present in your albums, folders, and catalogs. You can select
items in the Media view to attach tags to them, add them to projects, or edit them.
The Media view is displayed by default. However, to switch back to this view from other views, click on the Media tab.
Set viewing preferences for Media view
1 Click the Media tab to open the Media view.
2 Do one of the following:
• (Windows) Choose Edit > Preferences > General.
• (Mac OS) Adobe Elements Organizer > Preferences > General.
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3 Specify the display options as desired, such as the following:
• Print Sizes: Specify the print size of the media.
• Date (Newest First): To order pictures within a day such that the newest pictures appear first, choose Show
Newest First Within Each Day. To view older pictures first, choose Show Oldest First within Each Day.
• Date Format: Select the date format that you want displayed for the timestamp for photos. This option is not
available for some languages.
• Allow Photos To Resize: To rescale photos more than 100% of actual size and up to the maximum size of the space
available, select Allow Photos To Resize. Deselect this option to display small images in their actual size even
when more space is available for display.
• Use System Font: To display the text in the Elements Organizer user interface using fonts from your computer’s
operating system, select Use System Font.
• Adjust Date And Time By Clicking On Thumbnail Dates: To edit the date and time details, click to select the
photograph, select Adjust Date And Time By Clicking On Thumbnail Dates.
• Reset All Warning Dialogs: To re-enable dialog boxes that you had chosen not to display again, click Reset All
Warn i ng D i al o gs.
• Restore Default Settings: Click this button to restore the general viewing preferences to default.
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Media view icons
Some of the following icons appear only when you select the Details option, and others appear at all times. Click View
> Details to view the file details.
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.
Audio icon
Indicates that the thumbnail includes an audio caption.
Multiple Keyword Tag icon
Indicates that more than five 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 this is an album.
Hidden Photo icon
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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.
People tag
Shows that the people tag has been added to the photo.
Smart tag (Only in Elements 12 and earlier versions)
Shows that a smart tag is applied to the media file.
Sort files in Media view
There are various ways in which you can view the media files in the grid by sorting them based on the options
available in the Sort By dropdown list.
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Choose from the following display options in Sort By:
Import Batch Displays media files in the batches in which they were imported and shows how the media files were
imported.
Newest Displays 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 Preferences dialog box.) Newestfirst order is convenient when you attach tags to the media files that you imported.
Oldest Displays media files in the order of the date stamp, the oldest imported files based on date are displayed first.
Name Displays media files in alphabetical order of name.
Hide and show media files in the Media view
You can mark media files to hide them from view in the Media view without deleting them from your hard disk.
Alternatively, 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, 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.
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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.
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You can also right-click /control-click on the thumbnails and select the Visibility command from the context menu.
Remove the Hidden icon from the media files
1 In the Media view, show the media files marked as hidden by View > Hidden Files > Show All Files.
2 Select the media files from which you want to remove the Hidden icon.
Shift-click the first and last photo in a group of adjacent photos to select the entire group. Ctrl-click nonadjacent
p
hotos 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 folders
The My Folders panel displays folders from which media can be organized further into Albums. My Folders panel
appears in the left pane below Albums. From this panel, you can manage folders, add files to your catalog, and add or
remove folders from Watch Folders status.
There are two views in which the folder structure is displayed.
Tree view In the Folders panel, switch between the Tree and List views. The Tree view helps determine the physical
location of the media present in that folder. Sub-folders of a folder are not displayed by deafult in tree view. Select a
folder, right-click and select Show All SubFolders to view the Sub-folders of a folder.
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Flat folder view this view is displayed by default in the Folders panel. The Flat folder view is a basic structure and you
can click on any of the folder to view the media available in that folder.
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By default, the folder panel displays all of the folders on your hard disk from which media has been imported into
Elements Organizer.
Folders containing managed files have a Managed folder icon . Managed files are files that are imported into a
catalog, either manually or automatically. Watched folders have a Watched folder icon
Note: The Watched Folder option is disabled for network drives.
Elements Organizer automatically imports compatible files saved in watched folders. Folders that are both managed
and watched have a Watched And Managed folder icon.
You can view files in a folder and perform different operations using the options available in the My Folders panel.
1 The Folder hierarchy appears on the left side of the Organizer in the My Folders tab and the image thumbnails
appear in the grid.
2 Click on a folder to view its media files. Thumbnails for the files in that folder appear in the grid in Media view
3 To add f iles f rom a folder t o an albu m, sel ect th e folder, and d rag and d rop t he med ia files from the grid to an Album.
4 To manage files and folders, select a folder from My Folders and do any of the following:
• Select the folder from which you want to move a file to a different folder.
• To move the file to a different folder, drag the file’s thumbnail in the Media view to the destination folder in the
folder 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).
• 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 rename the folder, right-click/control-click the folder and choose Rename Folder. Then type a new name.
• To delete the folder, right-click/control-click in the folder hierarchy panel and choose Delete Folder.
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• You can create instant albums from the folder panel. All the images in the selected folder are added to the instant
album. To instantly create an album by the folder name, select the folder, right-click, and select Create Instan
bum.
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Specify media types to view
In the Media view, choose View > Media Types > [type of file].
Resize, refresh, or hide media thumbnails using Zoom bar
You can change the size of thumbnails of media files, 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 Zoom bar.
• To display the smallest thumbnails possible, move the zoom bar to extreme left(start) of the slider.
• To display a single media file, move the zoom bar to the right of extreme right (end) of the slider.
• To refresh the thumbnail view, choose View > Refresh.
• To rotate an image counterclockwise, click Rotate Left from the task pane; to rotate an image clockwise, click Rotate
Right .
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Select files in the Media view
Select a media file in the Media view to work with it. A selected thumbnail is highlighted with a dark blue
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 view, choose Edit > Select All, or Edit > Deselect.
Display and edit media fil
You can choose to display details for each thumbnail, and also how certain details are displayed in the Media view. Also,
you can add and edit captions including audio captions, and add and edit date and time information.
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 view, do one of the following:
• To edit or add a text caption, select View > Details, right-click, and select Add Caption.
• To add, listen to, or edit an audio caption, select View > Details, and double-click the photo. Click the Record
Audio Caption button .
• To change the date assigned to a media file, select the thumbnail, choose Edit > Adjust Date And Time. Specify
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You can change dates by a single click. To enable this feature, select Edit> Preferences> General (Windows), or
Adobe Elements Organizer > Preferences > General (Mac OS). In the Preferences dialog, select. Click the date and
make the required changes.
More Help topics
The Edit workspace
About keyword tags
Find media files using the Search box
Viewing media files in full screen or side by side
Using watched folders (Windows only)
Get media files from files and folders
About keyword tags
Update an item’s thumbnail
About file information (metadata)
Change the date and time of files
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Keys for viewing photos (Elements Organizer)
This partial list includes the most helpful shortcuts. You'll find additional shortcuts in menu commands and tool tips.
Result Shortcut (Windows) Shortcut (Mac OS)
Full Screen view F11 Cmd + F11
Side by Side view F12 Cmd + F12
Exit Full Screen or Side by Side view Esc Esc
Refresh Media view F5 Cmd + R
View/hide details Ctrl + D Cmd + D
View/hide Timeline Ctrl + L Cmd + L
Expand photos in stack Ctrl + Alt + R Cmd + Alt + R
Keys for editing photos (Elements Organizer)
This partial list includes the most helpful shortcuts. You'll find additional shortcuts in menu commands and tool tips.
Result Shortcut (Windows) Shortcut (Mac OS)
Undo last operation Ctrl + Z Cmd + Z
Redo last operation Ctrl + Y Cmd + Y
Copy Ctrl + C Cmd + C
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Result Shortcut (Windows) Shortcut (Mac OS)
Paste Ctrl + V Cmd + V
Select all Ctrl + A Cmd + A
Deselect Ctrl + Shift + A Cmd + Shift + A
Rotate 90 degrees left Ctrl + Left Arrow Cmd + Left Arrow
Rotate 90 degrees right Ctrl + Right Arrow Cmd + Right Arrow
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Edit with Photoshop Elements Editor (Full
Edit)
Display Properties panel Alt + Enter Alt + Enter
Adjust date and time of photo Ctrl + J Cmd + J
Add caption Ctrl + Shift + T Cmd + Shift + T
Update thumbnails Ctrl + Shift + U Cmd + Shift + U
Set photo as desktop wallpaper Ctrl + Shift + W
Open Color Settings dialog box Ctrl + Alt + G Cmd + Alt + G
Open a file in Premiere Elements Editor Ctrl+M Cmd + M
Zoom in Ctrl + + Cmd + +
Zoom out Ctrl + - Cmd + -
OK Enter Enter
Cancel Esc Esc
Ctrl + I Cmd + I
Keys for finding photos
This partial list includes the most helpful shortcuts. You'll find additional shortcuts in menu commands and tool tips.
Result Shortcut (Windows) Shorcut (Mac OS)
Set date range Ctrl + Alt + F Cmd + Alt + F
Clear date range Ctrl + Shift + F Cmd + Shift + F
Find by caption or note Ctrl + Shift + J Cmd + Shift + J
Find by filename Ctrl + Shift + K Cmd + Shift + K
Find items with unknown date or time Ctrl + Shift + X Cmd + Shift + X
Find untagged items Ctrl + Shift + Q Cmd + Shift + Q
Selecting country or region
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Selecting the country or region
When you install Adobe Photoshop Elements or Adobe Premiere Elements, you specify your country or region.
Certain online services depend on this setting; for example, the partners for fulfilling print orders can vary from
country to country.
You can update your country or region from the Preferences screen—you do not have to reinstall the software to change
the country or region.
1 Select Edit > Preferences > Country/Region Selection (Windows) or Adobe Elements Organizer > Preferences >
Country/Region Selection (Mac OS)
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2 Select your country or region from the list.
3 Click OK.
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Chapter 3: Importing
Importing media in bulk
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Note: From Elements Organizer 14, the Import in Bulk feature has replaced the Impor t by Searching feature of previous
releases.
Elements Organizer makes it easy for you to import a large number of media files at one go.
The intuitive, visual interface that the "Import in Bulk" feature provides makes it easy for you to select the folders from
which you want to import media files. You can also preview your media files, select which folders or subfolders to
import, and choose which keyword tags to import into Elements Organizer.
Launching the Import in Bulk interface
As part of the onboarding experience of Elements Organizer, the Import in Bulk feature is automatically launched when
you run Elements Organizer for the first time or create a new catalog.
You can also launch this feature anytime by selecting Import > In Bulk.
Automatic launch
The Import in Bulk feature is automatically launched when you launch Elements Organizer for the first time or when
you create a new catalog.
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Click Start Importing. The Import Files dialog box is displayed. By default, the "Pictures" (Mac OS) or "My Pictures"
(Windows) folder is selected for import.
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To import your media files, click Import.
For more details, see the next section, Importing your media files .
Selecting Import > In Bulk
You can launch the Import in Bulk interface any time by selecting Import >In Bulk.
The Import Media dialog box is displayed.
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To start importing your media files, click Import.
For more information, see the next section Importing your media files .
Importing your media files
1 In the left pane of the Import Media dialog box, choose the folders from which you want to import the media files.
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