Adobe 65045315 - Photoshop Elements Use Manual page 13

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10
Getting started
Adobe Photoshop Elements automatically organizes photos by date as they download. Elements Organizer has a
Timeline (choose Window > Timeline) and Date View for finding photos by date.
You can further sort and categorize photos by adding star ratings, by stacking photos, and by assigning keyword tags
such as:
• People
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Places
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Events
• Other
What are catalogs and albums?
imported files in a catalog. The catalog contains links to the files and records of details such as the star ratings and tags
that you attach to your photos. Albums are great for sharing photos in projects, creations, online albums, and they also
make it easy to find related photos. An album is a subset of a catalog.
Create a catalog
As you import more files, it's a good idea to create more catalogs so that you don't lose the work you have done to
organize the files. Large catalog files can also cause sluggish performance.
Choose File > Catalog.
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To choose a preset location for the catalog, select Catalogs Accessible By All Users (Windows® only) or Catalogs
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Accessible By The Current User. To select a custom location, choose Custom Location, click Browse, and browse
to the location.
Note: (Mac® OS) You cannot access catalogs present on a network drive.
Click New, type a name for the catalog in the Enter A Name For The New Catalog dialog box, and then click OK.
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Create an album
1 Click the Create New Album Or Album Category button
choose New Album.
2 (Optional) From the Albums Category menu, choose a category into which to place the album.
Albums Category Menu
3 In the Album Name box, type a name for the album.
4 Drag photos into the Items area.
When you import photos or video clips, Elements Organizer stores the details of the
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in the Albums panel of the Organize tab, and then
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