Adobe Elements Organizer 14.0 User guide

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Contents

Chapter 1: What's New

What's new in Elements Organizer 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

What's new in Photoshop Elements 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

What's new in Adobe Premiere Elements 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

What's new in Elements Organizer 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Chapter 2: Workspace and workflow

About workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using Elements Organizer and Adobe Premiere Elements together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Viewing photos and videos in the Elements Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Keys for viewing photos (Elements Organizer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Keys for editing photos (Elements Organizer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Keys for finding photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Selecting country or region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Chapter 3: Importing

Importing media in bulk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Importing media from cameras and card readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Importing media from files and folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Importing photos from Scanners (Windows only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Importing media from iPhoto library (Mac OS only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Chapter 4: Catalogs, folders, and albums

Creating albums and album categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Creating and editing saved searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Editing albums and album categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Troubleshooting catalog issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Backup or restore catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Creating and editing catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Chapter 5: Viewing and fixing photos

Tag your media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

View video and full-screen images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Fixing photos in Elements Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Fixing photos and videos using other applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Grouping photos in version sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Chapter 6: Adding metadata

Marking faces in photos and organizing People view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Adding and managing place (location) data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Adding and managing event data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

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Chapter 7: Searching

Searching for media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Using the Find menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Search options to find media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Finding media files using Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Finding media files by keyword tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Chapter 8: Photo projects

Create slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Elements Organizer projects overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Creating photo calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Creating slide shows (Windows only) | Elements 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Chapter 9: Printing and sharing

Share videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Upload photos to Facebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Set e-mail preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Sending photos and media files by email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Order printed photos using online print services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Email photos as PDF file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Share photos using online services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Printing photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Chapter 10: Video

Create instant movies and video stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Viewing video projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Chapter 11: Exporting

Export photos to a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

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Chapter 1: What's New

What's new in Elements Organizer 14

The extensive new enhancements in Elements Organizer 14 combine powerful features with an intuitive interface,

taking your media management and editing experience to a new level.

Elements Organizer now groups together similar-looking faces, making it easier for you to tag people in your

photographs and to organize and view your photos based on the people in them.

Elements Organizer 14 analyzes the date and time information to take the work out of arranging and viewing your

memories by events. Thus, it is easier than ever before to mark and find your media files based on events such as

birthday parties, mother’s day, father’s day, or family vacations.

The improved Places view lets you browse your media files faster by location and time. The new Pinned tab lets you

view your media files right there on the map at the tagged location.

And, a new onboarding experience and a new intuitive, visual interface for importing your files make it easier for you

to start using Elements Organizer.

In short, Elements Organizer 14 helps you do more things, more easily.

Powerful and easier people recognition

It is now even easier and faster to tag people in your photos. You no more have to select the faces individually in the

Media view and tag them.

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Elements Organizer now automatically groups similar faces for you during import. Once you have finished importing,

faces of all people who have not yet been named are displayed in the new UnNamed tab of the People view. You just

click once to tag friends and family members for an entire batch of photos.

The Named tab of the People room displays the profiles of all the people whom you have already named. In the Named

tab you can also rename the tags, confirm the tag names and view all Photos and faces in which they appear for each

person.

For more information, see Marking faces in photos and organizing People view.

Enhanced and more intuitive Places feature

All your media files with GPS information are now automatically tagged and displayed in the Pinned tab of the Places

view. So, if your camera supports GPS tracking, your media files are automatically displayed in the Pinned tab as soon

as you have imported them.

If a media file does not have GPS data, it is displayed in the UnPinned tab, where you can add location information for

the file. Once you have added this information, the file is displayed in the Pinned tab.

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In the Pinned tab, you can click any file to view its details.

You can fine-tune the location once you have tagged your media files. You can also replace the location tag with a

custom name to better identify the location or to personalize the location tag (for example, change a location name to

“My home”).

For more information, see Adding and managing place (location) data

More flexibility in managing event information

The Events view now provides a more detailed view of how events are tagged to your media files and makes it easier for

you to tag events.

The Events view includes two tabs: Named and Suggested.

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The media files are organized by date and time. You can increase or decrease the number of tracks displayed in the tab

by moving the slider.

The Suggested tab is similar to the Smart Events view in the previous release, but provides you finer control and a better

view of media files.

The Named tab displays your files organized by events, providing an easy way for you to view your memories organized

by the events in your life.

For more information, see Adding and managing event data.

New onboarding and import experience

The new "Import in Bulk" feature of Elements Organizer 14 provides a visual, intuitive interface and makes it easy for

you to import a large number of media files at one go.

The feature is launched automatically when you open Elements Organizer 14 for the first time or when you create a

new catalog.

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For more information, see Importing media in bulk.

Other enhancements

Elements Organizer 14 includes more enhancements such as performance improvements, support for European date

format, ability to create a video story from with in Organizer, and various bug fixes.

What's new in Photoshop Elements 14

• Shake reduction

• Haze removal

• Auto smart looks

• Straighten tool

• Refine selection brush

• Guided edits

• Resize

• Speed effect

• Panorama

• Using edited results

Shake reduction

Ensure that your blurry photos appear shake-free with the new Auto Shake Reduction feature (Expert mode > Enhance

menu > Auto Shake Reduction) in Photoshop Elements 14. Fix selfies, pictures shot while you were on the move, and

more, and ensure that each element of your photo is sharply in focus.

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Need additional shake reduction improvements on the photo? Go manual (Expert mode > Enhance menu > Shake

Reduction)! Select more areas on the photo to correct, and adjust the sensitivity slider to get the best picture possible.

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For more information, see the section on .

Haze removal

Cut through the haze and fog in your pictures with the Haze Removal feature in Photoshop Elements 14. Take

landscape pictures without having to worry about the haze on even a clear day - just select the photo and process it with

the Auto Haze Removal feature (Expert mode > Enhance menu > Auto Haze Removal).

For additional enhancements, including varying levels of sensitivity to haze, try it manually (Expert mode > Enhance

menu > Haze Removal).

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For more information on the feature, see the topic .

Auto smart looks

Let Photoshop Elements analyze your photograph and automatically suggest five awesome new effects that can be

applied. Photoshop Elements inspects the color and lighting and then recommends five variations.

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For more information on the feature, see the topic on Effects .

Straighten tool

In Quick mode, straighten any photo by drawing a line along an edge that should be horizontal or vertical. The

Straighten tool (P) in Photoshop Elements 14 enables you to quickly align photos along the right axis.

For more information, see the topic on .

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Refine selection brush

Need to make an ultra-fine selection? The existing tools in Photoshop Elements help make fine selections, but some

situations require further precise and accurate selections. For example, you might be trying to select fine strands of hair

in a portrait or grass in landscaped scenery.

The enhanced Refine Selection Brush tool now has additional controls to enable you to make very fine selections. With

options to vary the sensitivity of the brush, you can make extremely detailed selections.

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For more information on how to make extremely minute selections, see the topic .

Guided edits

Selecting which Guided edit to use is now easier with the new interface. In Guided mode, you can now choose the type

of transformation you want to apply to your photograph - Basics, Color, Black & White, Fun Edits, Special Edits, or

Photomerge. Choose one of the types of edits and view a graphical listing of all the Guided Edits available in that

category.

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Speed effect

Does your photo capture just one moment of an action sequence? Now add a sense of motion to your photograph with

the Speed Effect Guided Edit. With the step-by-step workflow, specify the areas of an image that must portray the

illusion of speed or motion, and watch how your static photo starts looking dynamic.

Each category of Guided mode is now available on a separate page:

• Guided mode - Basic edits

• Guided mode - Color edits

• Guided mode - Special edits

• Guided mode - Fun edits

• Guided mode - Photomerge edits

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