Operation Manual

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Tagging in the Organizer
e Project Assets panel is great for quickly finding clips, but the Organizer is
Adobe Premiere Elements’ best tool for serious organization and search-and-
retrieval work. You can open the Organizer by clicking the Organizer icon (
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in Adobe Premiere Elements’ Action bar. is exercise details how to perform
manual and Smart Tagging in the Organizer, and then how to search for clips using
those tags in the Organizer.
Star ratings
Manual tagging
with Keyword Tags
Smart TaggingMedia browser
People, Places,
and Events
As shown in the figure, there are three ways that the Adobe Organizer helps you
organize your clips: by categorizing them into People, Places, and Events; by giving
them star ratings on a scale from 1 to 5; and by manually tagging them with key-
words and via smart tags. Let’s take a quick look at each technique in this introduc-
tory overview, and then you’ll learn how to use them.
In Adobe Premiere Elements 11, the Organizer’s interface has been optimized for
three views, as shown on the top toolbar: People, Places, and Events. By associat-
ing your video clips with one or more of these categories, you can easily find all
clips associated with a person, place, or event. I’ll demonstrate how to associate