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scubagal57
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November 13, 2016
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Places Tag in Elements 14/15

  • November 13, 2016
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I had hoped when I upgraded to Elements 15 that I would be able to add Place Tags to my photos, but again, I have to put them on a map, which I don't do. WHY can't I simply have the option of organizing the way I want to? Has anyone found a solution to this other than putting the "Place" photos in "Other" like I am currently doing?

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    Correct answer MichelBParis

    I think they were saying create a new category in the PSE tag "KEYWORDS" (PSE has four main tags builtin -KEYWORDS, PEOPLE, PLACES, EVENTS)  and then create a "places" tag (PSE has .already created colour, nature, other and photography here). And then create your specific place names and not to use the built in PLACES keyword that comes within the program. 

    I think this is what you may be doing under the other category, Just taking it to a bit more specific with the places name.  Unfortunately you can't use the main "PLACES" as it brings to the maps. 

    I am fairly new to PSE but this was my experience and I prefer not to use the maps also.  I don't call my tag places, but use the main word "Locations"  and go from there. 


    susant14532844 wrote:

    I think this is what you may be doing under the other category, Just taking it to a bit more specific with the places name. Unfortunately you can't use the main "PLACES" as it brings to the maps.

    I am fairly new to PSE but this was my experience and I prefer not to use the maps also. I don't call my tag places, but use the main word "Locations" and go from there.

    Yes, you can still use your places as usual in the older versions. The trouble is only in the word 'places': when converting older catalogs, the softwares converts your 'standard type' keyword category as a special one with links to maps. If you rename your keyword category before the conversion ("Locations" or "MyPlaces" or...) the software will consider that category as a normal one.

    To summarize:

    - if converting from an old version catalog (up to version 10) rename your 'Places' keyword category before the conversion. If you have recently converted, remember you can convert again from the catalog manager.

    - if starting from scratch, create a new category in the normal keyword section as indicated by Susan.

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    pwhelan81
    Participant
    March 13, 2021

    Amazing to read a thread like this and note that Adobe is SO DEAF to feedback.  I am still using photoshop 6.0  and have downloaded and tried to look at versions of photoshop over the years, but never found any compelling reason to upgrade, plus the facial recognition slowed my computer to a crawl, so i always gave up and reverted back to using the old version.  with PSE 2021 and a fast computer, i decided to try again.  after a week of analysis of >25,000 photos, it had done its facial recognition job and i spent a lot of time helping it learn by combining faces....i was beginning to think that i was going to give Adobe some money this time....then i tried to deal with Places. 

     

    The Map based Places functionality is very poorly conceived in my opinion and i understand from reading these forums that PSE 2021  is six versions into this map functionality.  I attempted to add an existing place to the map it creates a NEW HIERACHY?   I had an existing place in my hand built tree at United States> Louisiana > New Orleans >  Jackson Square.  When i right click Jackson Square and place it on the map,  it builds a completely separate Hierachy matching exactly the one I have (which is stupid) but then refuses to call it Jackson Square...instead it calls it French Quarter and changes all the photos i had tagged with Jackson Square to French Quarter....what the?  I tried to place Mulate's restaurant and it calls it "Central Business District"  i know someone will say well you can rename it...but if you add another site in the same area...you are back to the same issue.     Try as i might to trick it to do what i want i can't get it to accept how I want this organized.

     

    So i thought no problem I'll just keep managing my places manually.  They all came over from the old version and i can see the tree there.   Then i discover, YOU CAN'T manually add places without placing them on the map.  

     

    I have read suggestions that tell me i could recreate my places hierarchy under tags and manage it there....ok ridiculous amount of rework,   it also ruins the one feature of newer versions of PSE i like about places, when you drag a lower level of the places hierarchy onto the photo, it automatically adds the tags above it

     

    This is SO EASY to resolve,  just add the option to "Add places not on map" CHECK,  DONE .  Clearly they already support such places as they already exist in the imported hierarchy.    Does adobe ever talk to people who are curating a lifetime of 10's of thousands of photos?  Apparently not. 

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    paleolith
    Known Participant
    May 11, 2021

    Has anyone cracked the database structure to determine how to alter it to change Places to an ordinary Tag? I've used SQLiteSpy in the past to make updates that PSE can't do, for example moving part of the image collection to a different path.

     

    Last year I moved from PSE7 to PSE2020 -- all in all a mixed bag, I figure I lost as much as I gained. PSE moved my Tag Places to the new map-based places without asking me. (One of my tags is "in the air". Where's that on the map. OK, I'm preaching to the choir here.)

     

    Unfortunately I didn't notice this problem for a long time -- I noticed the separate Places hierarchy but for a long time I didn't need to add new places. Hey, who went anywhere new in the past year? I have over 120 Places tags, tagging over 12,000 photos. Creating a new hierarchy and retagging them all ... ugh.

     

    Edward

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    SK Prairie Chicken
    Participating Frequently
    November 13, 2016

    My solution may be a bit basic but it's been working for me for years (since long before Places was map based).  Under the Keyword Places category I create keywords that suit my needs, then further break them down by year.  So, for example, I have Keyword Places, then Arizona 2016

    California 2016

    Caribbean (under which I have additional keywords such as Antigua 2013, Barbados 2015, etc.)

    Spain (under which I have additional keywords 2013 Spain, 2014 Spain, etc.)

    When I import a new batch of photos, typically from one Place, I just select all, & tag them with the appropriate keyword.  Simple & quick.  I rarely use the Places option on PSE.

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    scubagal57Author
    Participating Frequently
    November 13, 2016

    Thank you for the quick reply but that doesn't quite answer my question. I am not able to add anything to keyword tag "Places". As soon as I try to add a place to it, such as NC Blue Ridge Parkway, I immediately get sent to the map. Thus, I have given up and resorted to adding my travel photos to keytag "Other" which I can add to with no problems.  For large files of photos from other countries I put them in albums, but I like to sort my smaller files from states close to home with keyword Tags.

    susant14532844
    susant14532844
    Participant
    November 14, 2016

    I think they were saying create a new category in the PSE tag "KEYWORDS" (PSE has four main tags builtin -KEYWORDS, PEOPLE, PLACES, EVENTS)  and then create a "places" tag (PSE has .already created colour, nature, other and photography here). And then create your specific place names and not to use the built in PLACES keyword that comes within the program. 

    I think this is what you may be doing under the other category, Just taking it to a bit more specific with the places name.  Unfortunately you can't use the main "PLACES" as it brings to the maps. 

    I am fairly new to PSE but this was my experience and I prefer not to use the maps also.  I don't call my tag places, but use the main word "Locations"  and go from there. 

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