photoshop elements 10 organizer class 1&2.pdf

Adobe Photoshop Elements 10: The Organizer 1 & 2

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Open the Organizer

From the welcome screen, click “Organize”, or

From the Editor, click the Organizer button ( ) on the toolbar at the top of the screen.

The Media Browser will open, showing items in the current catalog.

Import Photos from a Digital Camera or Card Reader

Plug in the camera or put the card in the card reader. If you have

Automatic Download selected in the Preferences, this will launch

the Adobe Photo Downloader.

On the Photo Downloader screen, you can choose

where to copy the photos on your hard drive

how they should be organized into subfolders

whether to give the batch of photos a descriptive name

whether to delete the photos from the camera after importing

them

Keyword Tags: create tags

to describe image contents.

Tags can be organized in a

hierarchy.

Selected Tag: Binoculars

mean only images with this

tag are displayed.

The Albums organizer:

create virtual photo

albums, add images and

arrange them in any

order. Images can be in

multiple albums.

The Task Pane’s Organize Tab

lets you arrange images in

albums or label their contents

with tags. Thumbnail Slider –

select size of

thumbnails

Selected Image

Symbol shows that

the image has a

keyword tag attached

The Properties box shows

information (name, caption,

camera metadata) for the

selected image. Display this box

by selecting it from the Window

menu.


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Set Preferences for the Adobe Photo Downloader

In the Organizer, click EditPreferencesCamera or Card Reader. On the Preferences window, you can:

Select the location to save

photos

Choose whether Photoshop

should try to fix red eyes as the

files are downloaded (this will

slow down the transfer)

Choose whether to have

Photoshop suggest photo

stacks based on date and visual

similarity

Enable or disable Automatic

Download (launching the Photo

Downloader whenever a device

is connected). If you disable

Automatic Download, you can

still launch the Photo

Downloader manually by

clicking the Get Photos button and choosing “From Camera, Mobile Phone, or Card Reader”.

Specify download options for individual cameras, etc.

Photoshop will remember these settings the next time you use that device.

Import Photos from Existing Files on the Computer

Click FileGet Photos From Files and Folders. Browse to the folder where your files are located and

double click. Select the image(s) you are interested in; use Shift+Click and/or Ctrl+Click to select multiple

images. Click Get Media. The images will now appear in the Media Browser.

About Photo Stacks

Photographers often take many photos of the same scene or pose with slight variations.

Stacking these images reduces clutter in the Media Browser.

Use stacks to hold versions of the same photo. Use Albums to hold photos grouped

by subject/theme.

The top photo of the stack – generally the newest – is visible, marked with the stack icon.

Clicking the right-arrow button ( ) expands the stack.

Click FindAll Stacks to display all of the stacked photos.

Tagging a stack applies the tag to all the photos in the stack.

Many other actions, such as editing, e-mailing, printing, etc., affect only the top photo in the stack.


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About Photo Stacks (continued)

Photoshop can automatically suggest stacks when you import photos, or you can select a group of

photos in the Media Browser, then click EditStackStack Selected Photos.

Unstack photos by selecting the stack then clicking EditStackUnstack Photos.

About Version Sets

A version set is a type of stack that contains one original photo and its edited versions. Version sets

make it easy to find both the edited versions of an image and the original.

When saving an edited photo, click the check box marked Save In Version Set With Original. (When you

edit a photo by choosing EditAuto Smart Fix, the Organizer automatically puts the photo and its edited

copy together in a version set.)

View Larger or Smaller Thumbnails

Drag the thumbnail slider ( ) in the Options bar; double click a thumbnail display

that photo full-screen.

Sort Photos in the Media Browser

In the top right corner of the Media Browser, click the Display

button to choose an arrangement.

Thumbnail View is the default,

arranged by date. Use the control to

the right of the thumbnail slider to

sort new-to-old or old-to-new.

Import Batch arranges the thumbnails by when each group of images were brought into Photoshop.

Folder Location displays a file-folder tree and sorts photos by where they are saved.

Send a Photo to the Editor

Select the image, then click the dropdown arrow by the Fix tab in the task

pane. The Editor window will open. While the image is open in the Editor,

it will be marked “Edit In Progress” in the Organizer.


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View and Edit Properties

Click WindowProperties, then click the button to dock the

Properties box in the Organize task pane where you can use it

easily.

Properties include General Properties ( ) such as file names and

captions, Metadata ( ) such as the make, model and settings of

the camera that took the photo, Keyword Tags ( ; see below),

and History ( ).

Add Notes and Captions

For a single photo, select the photo. Choose General Properties in the Properties palette, and type

directly into the Caption or Notes box.

If you select a group of photos, the Properties box will show only a Change Caption button. Click this to

add the same caption to all the selected photos.

Batch Change Date and Time

In the Media Organizer, select all the pictures with the

wrong date and time. Click EditAdjust Date and Time of

Selected Items.

The dialog box gives four options for date and time

adjustment. The first two will set all selected images to the

same time (either one you specify, or the date/time the file

was created on your computer). You will no longer be able

to sort within the set by date/time.

The latter options reset time and date for the entire group

but preserve the relative time differences from one photo to

another. Use whichever one is easier; the results are the

same.


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About Keyword Tags

Tags are keywords you assign to a photo to identify its

contents. Photos can have many different tags.

There are four default tag categories: People, Places, Events,

and Other. You can create new tags and arrange them in an

outline/hierarchy.

Below the default tag categories is a control marked Smart

Tags. These are not very useful for still photographs, which are the primary focus of Photoshop Elements

(they are more valuable when you’re cataloging video clips in Premiere Elements) so Photoshop users

generally leave them turned off.

Create a New Category, Sub-Category, or Keyword Tag

In the Keyword Tags panel, click the New button ( ) and

choose the type of tag or category you want:

Categories are the top level. They can have subcategories and

tags below them.

Sub-Categories are under a main Category or another Sub-Category.

Keyword Tags are at the bottom of the hierarchy, and can be under a main category or a sub-

category.

Create a New Category, Sub-Category, or Keyword Tag (continued)

The appropriate Create box will appear. Type a name for your category, and choose options, such as

Category Icons (Categories only), parent categories (Sub-Categories and Tags), colors, etc.

Tags can also be arranged by dragging and dropping them on the

Keyword Tags panel.


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Tagging Photos

Drag a tag and drop it on a photo or a selected group of photos, or

select a photo or a group and drag them on the tag icon. Either way

works!

Tagged photos are marked with an icon or icons in the Media Browser.

(Sample photo shows a Places tag and an Other tag, blown up for improved

visibility. These tag markers are tiny!)

Tagging Faces

It’s generally a good idea to tag photos of people you know with their

names. Photoshop Elements (versions 8 and above) streamlines this process with People Recognition.

To launch People Recognition, select the photos you want to analyze, then click the Start People

Recognition icon ( ) in the Keyword Tags panel. Photoshop will search all the photos in the Album for

face-shaped objects. (This may take some time.)

Photoshop then displays faces and asks you to identify them. Click “Who is this?” and type in names. To

exclude an image, float your pointer above it and click the X in the upper right corner. Click Save when

you are done identifying faces.

Photoshop will take you through several rounds of identification, and it will also pull up groups of similar

faces and ask you to reject ones that are not the correct individual.


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Searching Photos

The search box at the top of the Photoshop window lets you quickly

search for text in image names, tags, and notes.

Photoshop can also search by “looking” at an image for patterns and

finding similar ones. There are three types of visual search:

Visual Similarity Search: Locates images with an overall visual similarity

to a selected image.


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Object Search: Locates images that contain an object selected in a source image. Select an object within

a picture and Photoshop will look for other images with that object.

Neither of these searches is particularly specific, but if you have a lot of unorganized images, they can

help you dredge up ones that go together. This is helpful in finding images of pets, specific places, or

other things you may want to tag.


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Duplicate Photo Search: Locates true duplicates as well as images that are more or less similar to one

another. Its purpose is to let you either delete your duplicates or easily create photo stacks to clear out

the duplicates and near-duplicates from the media browser. Because of its tighter criteria, it works more

precisely than the other visual searches.

View Photos by Tag

In the Keyword Tags panel, click the box to the left of the desired tab. An icon of binoculars will appear.

The Media Browser will display only the photos with the selected tag. Click the binoculars or the Show

All button to return to viewing all images.


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About Albums

Photoshop’s Albums are the digital equivalent of a physical photo album with one advantage: the same

image can be in any number of Albums. The major differences between Keyword Tags and Albums are:

1. Images in Albums can be arranged into any desired order.

2. Albums can be used as a basis for Create projects (slide shows, photo collages, etc.).

Putting a photo in an Album doesn’t create a copy; rather, the album is like a set of web links pointing to

the various photos it contains.

Create a New Album

In the task pane, click the New button ( )

in the Organize panel. Choose New Album

from the list.

The Organize panel now shows a Content tab

and a Sharing tab. Drag and drop image

thumbnails onto the Content tab to add them

to the album. At the top of the panel, type a name for your Album. If

desired, put it into an existing Album Category.

Add a photo to an Album

Like adding tags: drop the photo on the Album icon, or drop the icon on the

photo. Images in Albums are marked with an Album icon ( ).

Arrange photos in an Album

Click an Album in the

Organize task pane to view

the images. Each image has

a number in its top left

corner. Drag and drop the

photos to arrange them

into any order you want.

While dragging, the image

you are moving shrinks and

the other images move to

the side slightly. Drop the

photo in the dark space

between photos to place it.


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Remove Tags from a Photo; Remove Photos from Albums

In the Media Browser, right-click the photo and choose Remove

Keyword Tag or Remove from Album at the bottom of the pop-up

menu. You will be able to choose which tag(s) or album(s) to

affect.

You can do the same thing by right clicking the icons in the

Properties panel under Keyword Tags.

About Smart Albums

Smart Albums

automatically aggregate all

photos that meet a set of

criteria you specify. When

you create a smart album,

you can choose from a

variety of information

categories and type in your

conditions. The example at

right will collect all the

photos taken between

11/13 and 12/1/2009.

Burn a set of photos to CD/DVD

Put a blank CD or DVD in your optical drive.

In the Organizer, bring up the photos you want to

burn (by selecting keyword tags or albums, or by

searching). Select them all by clicking Ctrl+A, then

click FileCopy/Move to Removable Drive. The

Copy/Move dialog box will appear. Click Next to

move to Step 2.


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The Destination Settings dialog box (Step 2) is

displayed. Click the optical drive (the DVD

burner). Photoshop will automatically choose

your drive’s fastest burning speed. You can

also give the set of photos a name.

Click Next, then follow the on-screen prompts

to complete the process of burning your files.

After the files are burned, Photoshop will offer

to verify the disk; say Yes. When the process is

completely finished, open the disc in Windows

Explorer to be sure your disc is the way you

want it.

Catalog Basics

A Photoshop catalog is a record of the photos, videos and audio files on a computer. The catalog doesn’t

duplicate the original files, just maintains links to them and to information about them. It remembers

the files’ location, any tags or other properties you’ve defined, the albums the files are in, and their

positions in the album, etc.

The catalog can also keep track of files on external drives, CDs and DVDs, at least in theory, but this

feature doesn’t work well in practice. (It’s possible to create multiple catalogs, but most people don’t

need to.)

Backing Up a Catalog the First Time

The Backup Catalog command copies your catalog, as well as the original and edited photos, video clips,

audio clips, PDFs, and other creations onto a CD, DVD, or internal or external hard drive. Before you run

a backup, tidy up the catalog: get your tags and albums organized, reconnect missing files or remove

them from the catalog, etc.

In the Media Browser, click FileBackup Catalog

to CD, DVD or Hard Drive.


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The Backup dialog box opens. In Step 1, choose

Full Backup.

In Step 2, select your destination drive (the CD

or DVD burner, or another drive.) Once Photoshop

has calculated the size and estimated time needed

for the backup, click Save Backup. If using

CDs/DVDs, you will be prompted to insert

blank discs as needed.

As each CD or DVD is burned, Photoshop Elements

asks if you want to verify the disc. This is a good idea

even though it takes a while. (Photoshop offers the

verification option whenever a disc is burned, whether

for a catalog or not.)

When prompted, label the CDs or DVDs with the name

and date of the backup sessions.


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Making an Incremental Backup

An incremental backup archives

new photos/files and any photos

edited since the last backup. To do

one, locate or insert the media

containing the last backup, and then

follow the prompts to load the

previous backup and do the new

backup. If the backup won’t fit on

the media, Photoshop Elements

notifies you and asks for additional

media as needed.

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