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@Bonnie26642331u0gs said: I mentioned in my last communication that when I mported this time it indcated seagate expanison is where it was stored? I think there is a clich because previous to this import it went into pictures this import did not go into pictures on my laptop.
As you can see from the following screenshots, when you import photos from a memory card, you can control where the files are copied and stored. The screenshots show the Adobe Photo Downloader (APD) dialog which opens when you choose Import>From Camera or Card Reader in the Organizer. On the left is the standard dialog. On the right is the advanced dialog which is available by clicking on the Advanced Dialog button. I recommend using the advanced dialog because it offers additional options: thumbnails and file names and dates of photos on your memory card are displayed; you can filter by photo and video files; you can avoid the reimport of files already in the catalog; and you can choose to stack jpeg/raw files if you shoot both formats of the same image.
If you wish to change the location to store your files, simply click on the Browse button and navigate to the desired folder location.
@Bonnie26642331u0gs said: YOU SAID: In the case of your external drive, it must be connected to your computer for you to edit your photo file. this contradicts the first POINT 1 ?
I'm not sure I understand why you think this is contradictory. The Editor can only edit files that are available on the hard drive where they are stored. The Organizer can identify and catalog your files wherever they are located on your machine. If you disconnect an external drive e.g. to stop it overheating, the Organizer will show the file as missing (with the yellow ? icon). If you reconnect the external drive (and maintain the same drive letter as the drive had when the photos were imported) the photos will be reconnected and no longer show as missing. Similarly, the Editor will be able to open the files. If you were to disconnect and reconnect an external drive and the drive were given a different drive letter, the photo will be missing in the Organizer and cannot be opened from there. BUT, the file would still be available on your computer and could be opened and edited in the Editor using the Editor's File>Open menu to navigate to the file. I would not recommend that you do this. Always make sure that the external drives maintain a consistent drive letter when you reconnect them.
@Bonnie26642331u0gs said: Yousaid:. The Organizer does NOT copy or move the files.How can I tell where the photos are located
There are several ways:
- Select a file in the Organizer's grid. The Information Panel on the right will display the Location of the file:
- In the My Folders panel on the left, make sure you are in the View as Tree, not View as List which is the default display.
- Right-click on the photo and choose Go to Folder from the context menu. The selected photo's folder will be selected and you can see its location in your computer's folder hierarchy. All photos in that folder will then be displayed in the Media Grid.
@Bonnie26642331u0gs said: I mentioned before that when the external drive is used for about an hour the external gets hot and in my opionion it is not a good . That being said I want to avoid using the external and somehow edit the photo in the editor function in Adobe Elements but you have not indicated how or if that can be done? IT CONTRADICTS YOUR FIRST POINT AND CONDRADICTS - your external drive, it must be connected to your computer for you to edit your photo file.
As mentioned before, the Editor can only edit photos stored on one of your computer's hard drives. You can store your photos on any of your drives, internal or external. It is only if the file is stored on your external drive that the drive needs to be connected to your computer in order to edit it. If you are concerned about your external hard drive overheating, you can disconnect it or switch it off and only connect it when you want to edit a file stored on it. Frankly, I think you are overstating the concern about the external hard drive heat (unless you are living in a very hot climate). I have many external hard drives connected almost 24/7. And, yes, my Seagate drives do tend to be hotter than the others, I don't think I have ever had a drive fail because of it. In any event, there is nothing to stop you disconnecting the drive whenever you want. But, at least on Windows, make sure you disconnect when the computer is off, or use the utility in the Task Bar to safely remove a live drive.
@Bonnie26642331u0gs said: SHOULD I ASSUME IF THE PHOTO AND/OR PHOTOS ARE ON OR GET THEM TO GO INTO MY INTERNAL HARD DRIVE THAT I CAN IMPORT? OR IS IT EXPORT? THE PHOTO INTO THE EDITOR IN ADOBE ELEMENTS THEREFORE AVOIDING THE USE OF EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE WHICH I WANT TO DO.
What do you see if the catalog is open? is this the way to accomplish the above question?
Hopefully, my above responses have answered this question.
@Bonnie26642331u0gs said:
- The photo will be converted to the .PSD format. This allows edits to be made using layers, transparency and other editing features that could not be made to a jpeg for example. WHAT ABOUT USING CAMERA RAW FILTER ASSUME THAT IS OFFERED IN ADOBE ELEMENTS ? IS PSD AUTOMATIC?
There is no Camera Raw filter in Elements (and probably never will be). That feature is only in Photoshop CC. In my earlier post, I described how the ACR dialog will launch if you open a raw file in Elements. The Elements ACR offers very limited raw file editing features compared with Lightroom or Photoshop CC. However, the basic crop, exposure and tone commands are all there. If you complete your editing in the ACR, you can click the Done button and your edits will be saved in what is known as a sidecar text file. Your original raw file is not touched. Any software (including the Organizer) will interpret the edited raw file for viewing using the sidecar file. If you want to share the raw file for viewing e.g. in an email or on social media, you need to use the ACR's Open button. This will open the file in the Elements Editor and you can then save the file as a jpeg, tiff, png or other format.
All my photos which I do not understand is in (Microsoft Storage) none of the current photos, (dresdenlondon 2023) are in MICROSOFT STORAGE, I plugged in my external and was glad I could edit again I do not want to leave the external plugged in while I edit .
...again I guess I will edit in and with the external plugged in .
By @Bonnie26642331u0gs
What do you mean by Microsoft storage ?
I suppose you are using OneDrive.
Remember that the organizer can't see or access anything from Cloud storage, only files on a physical drive (internal or physically plugged in external one).
The service provided by OneDrive is to create such a folder with the ability of Microsoft to synchronize the contents of that folder with their own Cloud. The syncing is managed totally outside of Elements organizer by Microsoft in the background.
@Bonnie26642331u0gs asked: Please explain the save or save as funtion thanks.
The Editor's Save and Save As functions operate like any other program.
- If you use File>Save, the file that you opened to edit will be saved with the same name and in the same format as the original file. So, if you opened a jpeg file named File 001.jpg and edit it, the original file will be overwritten with the edits you have made and the edited file will also be named File 001.jpg.
- If you use the File>Save As command, you can save a copy of the file with either a different name or a different format (or both).
There are various other options that are available in the Save/Save As dialogs, but they depend on what you are doing at the time. In my jpeg example above, if the edits create a situation where you cannot save the file as a jpeg, e.g. if you have added a layer to the file, the file will default to save as a .psd file. It is still possible to save the file as a jpeg, but the saved file will be flattened into one layer because jpeg files cannot have more than one layer. You may also see a warning button which will tell you more about the situation you face.
For more detailed information, see this HelpX article.
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