Operation Manual

CHAPTER 1: FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND ELEMENTS
7
ORGANIZING
YOUR PHOTOS
FIGURE 1-2
The Organizer lets you
arrange and sort photos
by the people, places, and
events they represent, in
addition to using keyword
tags and categories.
This is Media view , which
is where your photos go
when you first import
them to the Organizer.
(Adobe calls the different
areas of the Organizer
“views.”)
FIGURE 1-3
Adobe’s Photo Downloader is yet another program you get when you
install Elements. Its job is to pull photos from your camera (or other
storage device) into the Organizer. To use the Downloader in Windows
Vista, 7, or 8, just click “Organize and Edit using Adobe Elements Orga-
nizer 12.0” (circled) when this AutoPlay dialog box appears. (If you use
Windows XP, you’ll see a dialog box with similar options.)
On a Mac, you launch the Downloader from the Organizer by going to
File → “Get Photos and Videos” → “From Camera or Card Reader.”
After the Downloader does its thing, you end up in the Organizer.