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Participating Frequently
November 30, 2022
Question

PSE 2020 Organizer auto creation not working

Preferences media analysis on

auto creation is in the background (W10 task manager)

but auto creation is not using any CPU and very little RAM memory

how can I get auto creations to function

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Greg_S.
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 5, 2022

[I've just discovered why I didn't have any Auto Creations in my Elements 2020 installation - I had a new blank catalog open.]

If you go to the C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Elements Organizer\18.0\CAHeadless\Creations folder, do you see any sub-folders?  Each one will contain an Auto Creation.  If you sort the Creations folder by Date Modified, you can see when the last one was created.  This may give you a clue as to why you are not seeing any new Auto Creations.

 

@axelolympus said:

auto-curate recommends with reasonable certainty (60-70%) images that are
in no way co-related to the image on which the curate is comparing and
selecting.

I'm not following what you are saying here.  As I understand it, the algorithms for Auto-Curate are looking for the best quality photos.  Auto-creations use a number of factors that are gleaned from file/folder names, dates of events and keyword tags.  For example, if you have a folder/tag that includes wedding, you may see a slideshow of wedding photos in Auto Creations.

Greg_S.
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 30, 2022

Has it ever worked for you?  I have just noticed that I don't have any Auto Creations either.  I'm wondering whether a recent Windows update has created a problem.

Participating Frequently
December 5, 2022
Hello, thanks for the question has PSE 2020 Organizer every completed an
auto-creations pass through my library.
The answer is a tentative yes. tentative because I usually blast past the
welcome screen and its interesting ideas and suggestions, straight into
elements or premiere.

Another puzzling behavior of organizer, I mention now because it might be
connected to the no auto-creation puzzle:
auto-curate recommends with reasonable certainty (60-70%) images that are
in no way co-related to the image on which the curate is comparing and
selecting.

If not mentioned before, the auto-create function is in the background.
Task manager shows it as -0- CPU activity and very little RAM reserved.

Gary Axelson
Participating Frequently
August 30, 2024

I understand the difference between auto create (background process if switched on)

and Auto-Curate

The images selected by auto-curate (with a 60 - 70% certainty) haven't any similarity I can decipher.