User Guide
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Organize
You can organize your images in Manage mode or View mode, adding categories
and ratings, or tagging images to apply organize settings to more than one image
at a time. Once you have organized your images, you will be able to quickly nd just
the image you are looking for.
Categorize
Categories can organize and group your images so
that you do not need to create extra copies or move
les into dierent folders. Categories also make it
possible to nd images with similar subject matter
with a single click. A single image can belong to
many categories.
How you decide to arrange your categories
depends on your preferences, but here are a few
possible strategies to help you get started:
Create top-level categories of themes, such as Landscapes, Portraits,
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Weddings, or Wildlife. Then create sub-categories below that. For example,
under Landscapes, create sub-categories such as British Columbia, New
Mexico, and Urban. Some images might t more than one category or
sub-category. Unlike a folder system, you do not need to make extra
copies of an image, you just assign it to multiple categories.
Use categories to create a workow system to identify images that are
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ready to print or others that still need editing. You could also create
categories to indicate what type of editing needs to be done. For example,
you could create a category called Edit, with sub-categories for Exposure,
Color Cast, and Sharpen. You can then assign images that require any of
those tasks to the appropriate categories. When you have completed the
editing, just remove the image from the category.
To create a new category:
In the Organize pane, do one of the following:1
To make a new top-level category, click the ▪ New Category button.
In the Create Category dialog box, select Create a new, top-level
category.
Right-click the name of an existing category, and select
▪ New
Category. In the Create Category dialog box, select Create a sub-
category within the current selection.
In the Name text box, type a name for the new category.
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Click 3 OK to create the category and add it to the list in the Organize pane.