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Organize your Photos with Photoshop Elements
This is the index of lessons for the free online class "Organize your Photos with Photoshop Elements 3." The course covers the Organizer component of Photoshop Elements 3. Users of Photoshop Elements 4 can also follow the course, although some of the new features in Elements 4 are not included in the lessons, and there may be some minor user interface differences.
If you need help with a lesson, a link is provided in the sidebar of every page. Just click through and post your question as a reply in the forum.
Notes about the course:
- It applies only to the Windows version of Photoshop Elements 3 and higher.
- Working with camera Raw files is not covered.
If you need help with a lesson, a link is provided in the sidebar of every page. Just click through and post your question as a reply in the forum.
Notes about the course:
- It applies only to the Windows version of Photoshop Elements 3 and higher.
- Working with camera Raw files is not covered.
Free Email Course: Organize Your Photos with Photoshop Elements
Sign up to receive daily lessons by e-mail on the Photo Organizer component of Photoshop Elements 3. In just two weeks of daily lessons, you will learn how to utilize all the features of Photoshop Elements 3's Photo Organizer to get your photo collection organized and begin enjoying your photos more.
Lesson 101: Welcome to Photoshop Elements 3
A tour of the many workspaces in Photoshop Elements 3.
Lesson 102: Setting Organizer Preferences
Setting the preferences in Photoshop Elements 3.
Lesson 103: Getting Started - Populating your Catalog
Learn how to populate your catalog with all your photos.
Lesson 104: A Closer Look at the Photo Organizer
Let's take a closer look at the Photo Organizer interface, and learn more about navigating your photo collection in the photo browser.
Lesson 105: Get Organized by Tagging Your Photos
Get started creating a tag hierarchy and tagging your own photo collection.
Lesson 201: Rating Photos and Searching with Tags
As you've been working on tagging your photos, you may have come across some photos you haven't seen in a while--some favorites you'd like to share with others, and perhaps some that you'd rather not let anyone else see! No worries... Photoshop Elements can help you address both of these situations.
Lesson 202a: The Hidden Tag and Photo Stacks
We've already talked about deleting files in the photo browser, but what about images you want to keep in the catalog, but don't want cluttering up your photo browser all the time? There are two ways to deal with these photos--the Hidden tag and Photo Stacks.
Lesson 202b: Step-by-Step Working with Stacks
Photo Stacks are a great way to group a series of similar shots so they take up less space in the Photoshop Elements Organizer photo browser window. Here's an illustrated demonstation on working with photo stacks.
Lesson 203: The Properties Palette
A tour of the properties palette in Photoshop Elements Organizer
Lesson 204: Rename, Move, and Adjust Dates
As you work through organizing your photo collection, you may come across photos that you'd like to rename or move. You may find photos with incorrect dates, either because they were scanned into the computer, received from someone else, or you had the date set incorrectly on your digital camera. All of these things are very easy to do right in the Photoshop Elements 3 Organizer.
Lesson 205a: Backing Up Your Photos and Catalog
You've put a lot of hard work into organizing your photo collection in Photoshop Elements. Keep everything safe by making regular backups.
Lesson 205b: Step-by-Step Guide to Backing Up Your Catalog
This step-by-step tutorial walks you through the back up process.
Lesson 301: Getting New Photos into the Organizer
Now that you've learned the basics of organizing your existing photos, you're going to want to add to your collection over time. You can add new photos to Photoshop Elements Organizer using the Adobe Photo Downloader, watched folders, the Get Photos command, or by using drag & drop.
Lesson 302a: Photo Review and Photo Compare
Photo Review and Photo Compare offer a nice way to get a full screen view of your photos and compare photos side-by-side.
Lesson 302b: Photo Review Toolbar
Explore the functions of the photo review toolbar in Photoshop Elements Organizer Photo Review mode.
Lesson 303: Emailing Photos from Elements
When you want to send digital photos by email, it's considered good 'netiquette' to reduce their size so they don't take a long time to download and can be viewed more easily on the recipient's screen. Photoshop Elements' E-mail command makes it easy to send one or many photos by email, and it does all the resizing work for you.
Lesson 304: The Date View of Photoshop Elements Organizer
The Date View of Photoshop Elements Photo Organizer lets you browse your photo collection in a calendar-based environment. Follow along to explore the Date View of Photoshop Elements 3 Organizer.