Elements Organizer Help and tutorials

1 ADOBE Elements Organizer Help and tutorialsGetting started tutorialsElements Organizer getting started tutorials Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Notices | Online Privacy PolicyElements Organizer is an integral part of Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements . It provides various ways of importing, organizing,and sharing your photos and your installation of Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements , you can launch the Organizer interface and switch to learn how to use Elements Organizer in your photo editing workflow, try Photoshop Elements getting started learn how to use Elements Organizer in your video editing workflow, try Adobe Premiere Elements getting started video tutorials .

2 SeePhotoshop Elements video tutorialsPremiere Elements video tutorialsWhat's NewWhat's new in Elements Organizer 11To the topTo the topNew user interface and workflowsAlbums and Folders panelImport photos from Adobe RevelInstantly fix photosIdentify people in photosOrganize photos based on eventsTag places in your photosNew search capabilities to find mediaNew user interface and workflowsThe new user interface of Elements Organizer 11 helps you import, view, sort, and organize your photos and videos faster and effortlessly. Tohelp you get started easily, the Import options are now easier to Views B. Import button C. Albums and Folders panel D. Taskbar E. Instant Fix button As you explore the application, you will find many usability : four new views-Media, People, Places, and Events-help you view media (photos and videos) and organize them indifferent button: The new easy-to-find Import button is the starting point for accessing various options to import and Folders panel: The Albums and Folders panel helps you work with photos in albums and : The taskbar at the bottom provides quick access to options for identifying people, and adding places and events Fix button.

3 The Instant Fix button provides options to perform the most common editing tasks on your photos in theOrganizer workspace and Folders panelThe new Albums and Folders panel provides quick access to the albums and folders in the current catalog. You can also add and manage albumsand album categories from this the topTo the topTo the topAlbums in Elements Organizer are like physical photo albums, where you can store and organize photos in groups of your choice. For example,you can create an album called Ten Best Vacation Photos and add ten of your favorite images. You can also do the following tasks:Organize albums in groupsCreate multiple levels of album categoriesAdd media to albumsFor more information, see Creating albums and album folder list in the Albums and Folders panel helps you view the photos and videos in each folder from which you have imported them.

4 You canalso do the following tasks:View the physical location of the media files on the diskDelete folders from the disk or catalogCreate instant albumsAdd folders to the Watched Folders list to let Elements Organizer watch for any new filesImport photos from Adobe RevelYou can now import photos from Adobe Revel and view, edit, and organize them in Elements Organizer . Adobe Revel is a powerful andintuitive photo app for your Mac, iPad, and more information, see Importing photos from Adobe fix photosThe new Instant Fix functionality helps perform the most common editing tasks on photos. Instant Fix helps fix common problems in photos, suchas removing the red eye problem, crop photos, sharpen photos, or run Smart Fix to automatically fix more information, see Fixing photos in Elements Fix optionsIdentify people in photosYou can identify faces in photos and organize photos based on the faces (people) in the photos.

5 The Add People functionality allows you toidentify people from your Facebook lists and mark them in the photos. Once photos have people data, you can easily access stacks of these photos in the People view. You can also create people groups, such as"Family" and "Friends".For more information, see Marking faces in photos and organizing people the topTo the topTo the topPeople stacksOrganize photos based on eventsYou can add events to photos and create stacks of photos of various events. These stacks help you quickly access photos taken at a advanced capability called Smart Events makes this task even easier. Smart Events stacks photos based on their date and time and promptsyou to add events to the stacks. For example, it can create three stacks for photos taken during the morning, afternoon, and evening of a certainday and prompt you to add events.

6 For more information, see:Adding and managing event dataCreating event stacks using Smart EventsTag places in your photosIn Elements Organizer 11, you can tag photos with places where the photos were taken. With seamless integration with Google maps, you cansearch for places in the Places view and tag the photos with the more information, see Adding and managing place (location) dataAdd places to your photosNew search capabilities to find media Twitter and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Notices | Online Privacy PolicyAdvanced Search optionOne of the highlights of Elements Organizer 11 is its powerful search capabilities. You can access these capabilities from the new search Advanced Search option in the search bar enables you to search for photos based on keywords, people, places, and events.

7 The Object Search option helps you find photos that contain an object you have defined visually (for example, a particular face).New search options such as Visual Similarity Search and Duplicate Photo Search, help you find similar or duplicate photos Saved Searches option helps you save search queries so that you can run the same search again. Photos matching the criteria specified in aSaved Search are dynamically collected in albums. For more information, see:Searching for media filesFinding media files using TimelineFinding media files by keyword tagsCreating and editing Saved Searches Related linksWhat's new in Photoshop Elements 11 What's new in Premiere Elements 11 Workspace and workflowAbout workspacesTo the topTo the topThe Welcome screenWorkspaceViews in Elements OrganizerUse context menusUsing keyboard commands and modifier keysUndo, redo, or cancel operationsExit Photoshop Elements or Adobe Premiere ElementsThe Welcome screenWhen you start Photoshop Elements or Adobe Premiere Elements , the Welcome screen opens by default.

8 The Welcome screen is a convenientstarting place, or hub, for major you want to skip the welcome screen and launch either Elements Organizer or the editor directly, click the any of the following from the On Start Always Launch drop-down list:Welcome ScreenSelect this option to start the Welcome screen when you launch this option to skip the welcome screen and start the Elements Organizer EditorSelect this option to skip the welcome screen and start the Photoshop Elements a button to open the workspace you need. For example, click Organize to open Elements Organizer and import, tag, or organize your photosand media files. Or, click Photo Editor to open the Editor and enhance your media files or add special can open the Welcome screen at any time from Help > Welcome Screen.

9 It s not necessary to return to the Welcome screen to open Elements Organizer to find, organize, and share your photos and media files. In the Media view, you can view thumbnails of the media filesyou ve imported. You can view a large thumbnail of a single media file or smaller thumbnails of many media files. You specify the thumbnail sizeby using the Zoom Media view lists all the photos, as well as videos and PDF files that you ve imported. Imported items appear in one comprehensive view thatyou can easily browse and filter. It can even show thumbnails of files stored remotely, such as those files that you want to keep on can fix the most common problems in the media files by using the tools in the Instant Fix tab of the Task can create projects, from printed photo books to computer slide shows, from the Create , you can share your photos, videos, and projects with others, by using any of the tools in the Share tab of the Task the topElements Organizer buttons and menu barA.

10 Menu barB. Search barC. Create and Share tabsD. Import buttonE. Albums and Folders panelF. Star ratings filterG. TaskpaneH. Zoom barI. Instant Fix and Tags/InfoThe Elements Organizer workspace has the following components:Menu barContains menus for performing tasks. Elements Organizer organizes the menus by topic: File, Edit, Find, View, and barEnter a criteria or select a particular search from the drop-down list to search for photos or media and ShareClick Create to explore ways on how to create, creative projects using your media files. Click Share to see various ways inwhich you can share media files with friends and buttonClick Import to start importing media into Elements and Folders panelThe Albums created or imported from previous version s catalogs are displayed in the Albums panel.