Document Outline

• Contents
• Chapter 1: Getting started with Elements Organizer
  • What to do first
    • Check the system requirements
    • Install the software
    • ReadMe file
    • Sign in with your Adobe ID
    • New and enhanced features
  • Using Help and getting support
    • Learning Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements
    • Using Elements Organizer Help
    • How do I get customer support?
• Chapter 2: Workspace
  • About workspaces
    • The Welcome screen
    • Workspace
    • Task pane
      • Show or hide the Task pane
      • Use panels in the Organize tab
      • Use tools in the Fix, Create, and Share tabs
    • Use context menus
    • Using keyboard commands and modifier keys
    • Undo, redo, or cancel operations
    • Exit Photoshop Elements or Adobe Premiere Elements
  • Getting started with your Adobe ID
    • Account creation and management
      • Create an Adobe ID
      • Manage your account
      • Sign in with your Adobe ID
    • View your albums on Photoshop.com
    • Launch the Inspiration Browser
  • Using Elements Organizer and Adobe Premiere Elements together
    • About Elements Organizer and Adobe Premiere Elements
    • Arrange your work area
    • Supported media file types
• Chapter 3: Import photos and videos
  • About getting photos and videos
    • Bringing photos and videos into the Elements Organizer
    • Set file preferences
    • Import tags attached to media files
  • Cameras and card readers
    • About cameras and card readers
    • Get media files from a digital camera or card reader
    • Set advanced photo downloading options
    • Set camera and card reader preferences
  • Scanners (Windows only)
    • About scanning
    • Get photos from scanners (Windows only)
    • Set scanner preferences (Windows only)
    • Scan photos into the Organizer using a TWAIN driver (Windows only)
  • Local files, CDs, DVDs, and video
    • Using watched folders (Windows only)
      • Add folders to the watched folders list
      • Change Watch Folders settings
    • Get media files from files and folders
      • Browse to files on your computer
      • Search for files on your computer
      • Add files from specific folders
    • About preview files
    • Set the size for preview files
    • Get photos from a CD or DVD
    • Get photos from a video
  • Mobile phone cameras
    • About mobile phone cameras
  • Import media from iPhoto library (Mac OS only)
    • Import photos from iPhoto ‘09
    • Import photos from iPhoto ‘11
    • Change default location for imported photos
• Chapter 4: Viewing and fixing photos and videos
  • Viewing photos and videos in the Elements Organizer
    • About the Media Browser
    • Open the Media Browser
    • Set Media Browser viewing preferences
    • Media Browser icons
    • Select a Media Browser view
    • Hide and show media files in the Media Browser
      • Hide media files by marking them
      • Show media files marked as hidden
      • Remove the Hidden mark from the media files
    • View and manage files by folder location
    • Specify media types to view
    • Sort files in the Media Browser
    • Resize, refresh, or hide thumbnails
    • Select items in the Media Browser
    • Display and edit media file details
      • Specify format of date and details font
      • View or hide media file details
      • Edit media file details
  • Viewing video projects
  • View video and full-screen images
    • View video files
    • Viewing media files in full screen or side by side
      • Quick Edit panel
      • Quick Organize panel
      • Control bar
    • Full-screen display options
    • Properties panel options
    • Applying transitions to media files
      • About Transitions and OpenGL
  • Pinning photos to a map
    • View photos in Map view (Windows only)
    • Add a photo to a map
    • Remove a pin from a map
    • Change a pin location on a map
  • Viewing media files in Date view
    • View and find media files in Date view
    • Change the media file shown in a calendar date
    • View media files with unknown dates
    • Add a daily note to Date view
    • Add an event in Date view
    • Add or change a caption in Date view
    • Set Date view preferences
  • Fixing photos and videos in Elements Organizer
    • Make quick adjustments using Auto Smart Fix
    • Correct color with Auto Color
    • Set levels with Auto Levels
    • Improve contrast with Auto Contrast
    • Sharpen photos with Auto Sharpen
    • Remove red eye with Auto Red Eye Fix
    • Crop photos
    • Rotate photos
  • Fixing photos and videos using other applications
    • Specify editor to fix selected media
    • Track changes to media by other applications
• Chapter 5: Tagging and organizing photos and videos
  • Tagging photos and videos
    • About keyword tags
    • Using the Keyword Tags panel
    • Create a keyword tag
    • Attach keyword tags to media files
    • About View Keyword Tag Cloud
      • Apply a keyword tag in Tag Cloud view
      • Edit or delete a keyword tag
    • Auto-Analyzer
      • Run Auto-Analyzer only when the computer is idle
      • Run auto analyzer every time you open Elements Organizer
      • Run auto analyzer manually
      • Disable auto analyzer for smart tags
    • About smart tags
      • Assign smart tags manually
    • People recognition
      • Find people for tagging
      • Retaining people recognition data when migrating catalogs from previous versions
    • Find media files by their keyword tags
    • Create, apply, and delete tags quickly
      • Create tags quickly
      • Apply tags quickly
      • Delete tags quickly
    • Create a new keyword tag category or subcategory
  • Editing keyword tags, categories, and subcategories
    • Change a keyword tag icon
    • Edit a keyword tag category or subcategory
    • Reorganize keyword tags, categories, and subcategories by dragging
    • Change a keyword tag to a subcategory or vice versa
    • Delete a category or subcategory
    • Remove keyword tags from photos
    • Write keyword tag information into your files
    • Import and export keyword tags
      • Export keyword tags
      • Import keyword tags
    • Set preferences for the Keyword Tags and Albums panel
  • Creating albums
    • About albums
    • Using the Albums panel
    • Create an album or an album category
      • Create an album
      • Create an album category
    • Create instant albums using folder names
    • Add a photo to an album
    • Display photos in an album
    • Change the order of photos in an album
    • Sort photos in an album
    • Add photos to multiple albums
    • Designate an album during photo download
    • Export or import an album structure
      • Export an album structure
      • Import an album structure
  • Creating and editing smart albums
    • About smart albums
    • Create a smart album
    • Edit a smart album
  • Editing albums and album categories
    • Remove photos from an album
    • Merge albums
    • Change an album’s properties
    • Delete an album or album category
    • Change the order of items in an album
    • Reorganize albums and album categories
    • Attach keyword tags to photos in an album
    • Create albums from keyword tags
• Chapter 6: Finding media files in Elements Organizer
  • Searching for media files in Elements Organizer
    • Options for finding media files in Elements Organizer
    • About the Timeline
    • View and find media files using the Timeline
    • Search using the Find bar
  • Finding media files by keyword tags
    • Find media files using keyword tags
    • Display views of keyword tag search results
    • Find untagged media files
    • Clear a keyword tag search
    • Search based on a selected keyword tag
    • Find items with star ratings attached
    • Exclude media files from a search
  • Finding media files by content, type, and metadata
    • Find media files using the Search box
    • Find media files by caption or note
    • Find media files by filename
    • Find all version sets
    • Find photos by visual similarity (Windows only)
    • Find photos used in projects (Windows only)
    • Find files by media type
    • Find media files in an album or smart album
    • Find media files by details (metadata)
    • Find media files by history
    • Find media files with unknown dates or times
  • Find photos using a map (Windows only)
• Chapter 7: Managing files and catalogs
  • Managing catalogs
    • About catalogs
      • Information contained in catalogs
    • Create a catalog
    • Rename a catalog
    • Remove a catalog
    • Optimize a catalog
    • Repair a catalog
    • Convert a catalog (Windows only)
    • Restore a catalog to a previously saved version
      • Restore a catalog from a previous Windows version on Mac OS
    • Open a catalog
    • Backup a catalog to a CD, DVD, or hard drive
  • Moving, copying, and renaming files
    • Specify a default folder for saved files
    • Move files in a catalog
    • Copy or move items offline
    • Remove items from the catalog
  • Grouping photos in stacks
    • About stacks
    • Stack or unstack photos
    • Stack visually similar photos automatically (Windows)
    • View all photos in a stack
    • Remove or delete photos from a stack
    • Specify the top photo in a stack
    • Edit photos in a stack
  • Grouping photos in version sets
    • About version sets
    • Manually save a version set
    • View all photos in a version set
    • Specify the top photo in a version set
    • Revert to the original version of a photo
    • Remove or delete photos from a version set
    • Edit photos in a version set
  • About Video Scene Groups and Scene Groups
    • Viewing Video Scene Groups in a Scene Group
    • Tagging, editing, and deleting Video Scene Groups
  • Filenames and versions
    • About filenames and versions
    • Rename a file in the Elements Organizer
    • Duplicate a file
    • Change the date and time of files
    • Update an item’s thumbnail
  • Adding captions and notes
    • Add captions to files
    • Add a note to a file
    • Add audio to a photo (Windows only)
    • Play audio clips or captions
  • File information
    • About file information (metadata)
    • View or edit file information in the Elements Organizer
  • Backup and synchronize catalogs, albums, and files
    • Backup/Synchronize files
    • About backed up/synchronized media files
    • Starting Backup/Synchronization
      • Backup/Synchronization Preferences
    • Stop and restart Backup/Synchronization
    • More options for Backup/Synchronization
      • Synchronization icons
      • Media Sync icons
    • View Backup/Synchronization activity status
    • Start Back up and Synchronization activity manually
    • Resolve conflicts
      • Resolve conflicts due to changes in the media files
      • Resolve conflicts due to deletion of media files
  • Reconnecting files
    • Reconnecting missing files in the Elements Organizer
    • Turn off automatic reconnect
    • Handle offline files
      • Moving catalog containing offline files across operating systems
    • Reconnect to one or more missing files
• Chapter 8: Projects in Elements Organizer
  • Elements Organizer projects overview
    • About projects
    • Find saved projects
    • Identify different types of projects
    • Open saved projects
  • Create and share an online album
    • Select an online album template
    • Sharing options for online albums
    • Export an online album to CD/DVD (Windows only)
    • Export an online album to the hard disk
    • Editing and deleting albums
  • Creating photo calendar
    • Create photo calendars and order using Shutterfly
    • Create photo calendars using Kodak Easy Gallery
  • Creating photo books, greeting cards, and photo collage
  • Creating slide shows (Windows only)
    • About slide shows (Windows only)
    • Create a slide show (Windows only)
      • Reorder slides
      • Add a new blank slide
      • Edit and adjust a slide
      • Add music to a slide show
      • Add clip art graphics to a slide
      • Add text to a slide
      • Add narration to a slide
      • Set pan and zoom
      • Add an effect to a slide
      • Add and edit transitions
      • Adjust the display time of a slide
      • Add photos or videos from your catalog to a slide show
      • Set slide show preferences
    • Publish a slide show (Windows only)
      • Export a slide show onto DVD
      • Burn an existing slide show onto a DVD
      • Add Photoshop Elements slide shows to video projects
    • Create a video CD with a menu of slide shows (Windows only)
  • Create instant movies
  • Create a Flipbook (Windows only)
• Chapter 9: Printing and sharing photos
  • Printing photos
    • Printing overview
    • Print photos
      • More options for printing
    • Print multiple media files
    • Print a contact sheet
    • Print a picture package
  • Print options
    • Set page and printer options
    • Specify measurement units for printing (Windows only)
    • About PRINT Image Matching (PIM) and Exif Print
  • Sharing through Photoshop.com
    • Set Photoshop.com sharing options
    • Stop sharing an online album
  • Sharing photos using online services
    • About online services
      • About photo calendars
    • Set up online services
    • Send photos to online printing services
      • Order prints
      • Order a printed photo book
      • Preparing photo projects for printed photo books
      • Order a photo calendar
      • Order PhotoStamps
    • Send photos to online sharing services
  • Share photos on Facebook and SmugMug
  • Sharing maps of photos (Windows only)
    • Share maps of photos
  • Sharing photos by e-mail
    • Sending photos and media files by e-mail
    • Set e-mail preferences
    • Set up Adobe E-mail Service (Windows only)
    • Using the contact book
      • Add an entry to the contact book
      • Import addresses into the contact book (Windows only)
      • Delete an entry from the contact book
      • Edit an entry in the contact book
      • Create a new group in the contact book
      • Export contact information to vCard files (Windows only)
    • Send photos by e-mail
    • Send a photo using Photo Mail (Windows only)
      • Customize stationery settings in Photo Mail
  • Sharing video online
  • Sharing media files to mobile phones and players
  • Exporting photos
    • Export photos from the Elements Organizer (Windows only)
    • Use photos as desktop wallpaper (Windows only)
  • Burn media files to a DVD/Blu Ray Disc
  • Burn media files to a CD/DVD (Windows only)
• Chapter 10: Elements Organizer keyboard shortcuts
  • Keys for navigating
  • Keys for viewing photos (Elements Organizer)
  • Keys for viewing the calendar (Date view)
  • Keys for editing photos (Elements Organizer)
  • Keys for finding photos