Can I reverse the order of the objects in a Photoshop Elements album?

[gfbugaboo]

I just created an album in the Photoshop Elements 18 Organizer that is meant to show a timeline of events in 2022. But I selected them (foolishly, in retrospect) by viewing photos and videos from most recent to oldest, so they are in the reverse order that I want to present them in. I know that I can move the elements in there one-at-a-time to get them in the order I want, but is there a way to reverse the album order from oldest to newest?

[Greg_S.]

Use the Sort by: dropdown menu to change between Oldest and Newest.

Note that when you have an Album selected, Album Order will appear as a choice.  (Starting in Elements 2022, I believe, this is automatically chosen.)  When in Album Order, you can click and drag thumbnail(s) to your own selected order.

[gfbugaboo]

Viewing them in the Sort By order doesn't help when I want to create a slideshow (for example) from the Album: it uses the album's order, not the order displayed in the Organizer by Sort By. Which is why I posed this question. So I assume the answer is that I can only drag one photo at a time to get things in the right order for my album.

[Greg_S. · Accepted solution]

@gfbugaboo said:  Viewing them in the Sort By order doesn't help when I want to create a slideshow (for example) from the Album: it uses the album's order, not the order displayed in the Organizer by Sort By. Which is why I posed this question. So I assume the answer is that I can only drag one photo at a time to get things in the right order for my album.

I suggest that you create a new album as follows:

• Open the Album which is in the wrong order
• Use the Sort By: menu to place the photos in the correct order
• Press Ctrl+A to select all the photos in the Album
• Create a new album

The photos in the new album should now be in the correct order. 

[gfbugaboo]

Of course! Why didn't I think of that? Excellent idea. Thank you.