davidb34504444 wrote: Is it possible to save People and Location tabs and structures to file (in a similar way to Keyword Tabs) ready to import following an upgrade? I don't think so. Unless I am wrong, it would be useless to save such structures in a text file like for keywords, because that info can't be stored in the metadata section of the files themselves, so you could not import that info. Anyway, the solution is to use the backup and restore process of the organizer. Edit: If you mean to use your catalog when upgrading your Elements version on the same computer, it's enough to 'convert' the catalog to the new format from the catalog manager. ... View more

rpage6943 wrote: I'm using PE14 on a Windows 10 PC. I notice that I get different results when I use the 'File/Reconnect/All Missing Files' menu choice ( 184 files found) vs 'Find/All Missing Files' menu choice (no missing files found). What is the difference in the two options? Thanks, Ralph Page There should be no difference in the number of files; I have never found a result like yours. The big difference is in the interface. The 'Find' menu creates a selection which lets you browse your missing files visually and more conveniently to spot the expected location of the files stored in the catalog ('location' in the top 'general' info section). The 'Reconnect all' menu immediately starts the reconnecting process after showing a list of the missing files; that may be less informative than showing the thumbnails, but you can sort by filename or original folder location. You can also limit the search to the already selected files. With the 'Find' option, you could select (highlight) all found thumbnails and assign a common keyword to help find the reason of the missing files. It's general the best option to find 'why' files are missing and 'where'. If you right click on the thumbnail of a missing file and choose 'go to folder', the left panel may show you dimmed folders with only missing files. Those folders were the one for the original download and they are no longer available (renamed, moved or deleted). A useful tip to select all files of a folder together with all its subfolders: - rename (temporarily) the master folder - use find missing files, select all and assign a common keyword. - rename back. You can use the keyword to select all files, even in the subfolders. ... View more

I do see the advantage of virtual albums or cataloges, but also the disadvantage: If the program crashes or if I am not happy with prices or poor developments in future, I loose all my information put in the cataloge when I move to another program. Not if you 'write metadata to files'. The second problem is: If I have a folder with all pictures and a subfolder with the nice ones and a subfolder with the ones with trees etc., how do I get this Information into the Organizer? The answer is in the way you can assign keywords (tags) to all files in a folder or simply in selected files in a single step. You can also use albums ('collections' in older Elements versions or Lightroom). The second problem is: If I have a folder with all pictures and a subfolder with the nice ones and a subfolder with the ones with trees etc., how do I get this Information into the Organizer? It would be great to have the option to import them, automatically recognize duplicates and assist in removing from disk, but preserving the information (like in tags, ratings, etc.). In the organizer, just like in Lightroom, 'import' may be confusing: it is not a synonym of 'download'. When you 'get' pictures, they may be downloaded from a camera or card reader (implies downloading, copying) or you may simply register, index the information, location of the file and exif data, tags, ratings, captions, notes... You can include a given physical files in several 'albums' for several purposes. That does not  duplicate the file on the drive. That keeps the latest state of info available for each use of the file, which is not the case when you duplicate (copy) physical files. Remember that you are free to also 'write metadata to files', which is used to make the information available to other softwares or simply as a redundant safety. I fear, Adobe lost me as a customer ;-(. That' your choice, you can choose a browser instead of a catalog organizing software. For instance Adobe Bridge ... (yes you dont need to subscribe to the Cloud for that). I am not sure you have considered my previous answers: If you really want to fool the organizer to create duplicates, export the copies elsewhere using a different jpeg compression. They won't be recognized as duplicates since their size will different. That will keep the metadata if 'you write metadata...' You can import folder by folder (each imported folder with its children subfolders). ... View more

maierm96166044 wrote: frage ? hat jemand echte erfahrung mit adobe photoshop elements , mein altes wird für windows 10 nicht mehr unterstützt , verständlich aber....jetzt suche ich ein möglichst ähnliches zu kaufen . Which is your Elements version? Even old versions which are not officially supported may work in Windows 10. I still have version 6 on my Windows 10 computer with the current version 15. ... View more

Harry Widjaja wrote: Thank you Anwesha for your prompt reply. I could not find "Catalogs" folder in my Elements Organizer 11 unfortunately. The catalog folder (the one you find by the menu File >> System Information) is by default a 'hidden folder' in Windows. You'll have to set your explorer preferences in Windows to show 'hidden files and folders'. How to Show Hidden Files and Folders in Windows 10 ... View more

I am not competent about networks, but I wonder: Are you in the situation where all the files of your external drive are shown as 'missing' when it is plugged in with the new router? If so, maybe trying to 'reconnect' them would work ? Photoshop Elements (PSE) knowledge base. ... View more

uweb62415820 wrote: I have two questions: 1. Is there really no option to import duplicates? Uwe, No, no option for that. The catalog based management of the organizer is precisely made for people who don't want to duplicate their files on their drives. You don't need to duplicate files on your computer to manage the files for different purposes. That's the big penalty of using a folder tree management system. With the organizer (or Lightroom for instance) your files don't need to be duplicated on drive for different purposes. The same physical file can be used in different albums, projects and tag hierarchies. By the way, duplicates for organizer are files with the same size in kilobytes and date taken. Files with the same filename are not duplicates if they are different on one of those criteria. So, renaming would not help. Saving them (or exporting them) with a different jpeg compression would work... 2. Is there an easy way to exclude some subfolders manually from importing? Not exactly, but you can import folder by folder, any folder being imported with all its own subfolders. ... View more

What you are seeing would appear if the external drive has been assigned a new letter drive by Windows when you plug in the external drive. Is that your case ? ... View more

adobeuserinpoverty wrote: I have searched the Adobe site and searched the internet. The tutorials tell me either to got to File>Automation. That does not exist on my menu. There is a Automated Tools under File but it is grayed out. I cannot click on it. Another tutorial tells me to go to Enhance and click on "photomerge". It does not exist on my menu. The only way I can access photomerge, I finally found on my own, is through Guided mode and automatic photo merge. It did not do a thing. One of the hundreds of posts about that in the present forum: How do I install Panorama feature in Elements 14 Yes the feature has been moved from the Expert view to the Guided edits. You can also use the Organizer the old way from the menu 'Edit >> Photomerge. ... View more

Original discussion: Editor slow to begin | Photoshop Elements & More Note that the problem is different from other similar slowness complaints, it is linked with plug-ins... ... View more

I don't understand exactly what you are seeing. - After you import files, do their thumbnail appear for each one? - If you see the thumbnail, double clicking is the same as moving the zoom slider to the right. - If the thumbnail does not show, would 'Update thumbnail' from the right click contextual menu help? - Maybe screenshots could help understand better what you are seeing? ... View more

jean-pierre53 wrote: Bonjour et merci, J'utilisais "Message photos" pour envoyer à mes enfants une série de photos qui me permettait de ne pas avoir a ré-travailler chacune des photos pour envoie sur le Web. De cette manière je n'avais pas a faire une dizaine de message pour envoyé des bons moments de notre vie. J'ai exactement le même besoin : sélectionner plusieurs photos et utiliser ma messagerie (web ou pas web) pour un envoi groupé à une sélection de destinataires. - depuis l'organiseur, je sélectionne les photos à exporter (je les mets en brillance) - j'utilise la fonction exporter, format jpeg, compression au choix, format en pixels au choix, je pourrais renommer... - je crée un sous-répertoire temporaire du bureau où j'exporte le tout en une seule opération. - j'utilise n'importe quelle messagerie (web ou locale) pour créer un message avec ma liste de destinataires. - j'ajoute tous les fichiers du répertoire temporaire en pièces jointes - j'expédie en un seul envoi. J'efface le fichier temporaire quand tout s'est bien passé. Je ne vois vraiment pas où je perds du temps ? De plus il est plus facile de gérer l'historique des envois depuis une messagerie que depuis Elements. ... View more

JHaleIT wrote: Elements+ only supports Windows. It's not for Mac.... Buy full version of Elements+ for Mac ... View more

JHaleIT wrote: How can I export all my layers into separate files? You can export each layer individually by showing it only in the layer panel, then using the menu File >> duplicate to create a new file. If you want to export all layers in a single batch, I would recommend using the affordable Elements+ add-on: About Elements+ It has a script for that purpose: http://elementsplus.net/help/en/layers-to-files.htm ... View more

jimd11586707 wrote: I try to use photoshop elements 15, photomerge but when I open enhance. it is not in the scroll down.@ In PSE14 and now in PSE15, photomerge is no longer in the expert mode, it's in the 'Guided edits': How do I install Panorama feature in Elements 14 ... View more

jean-pierre53 wrote: Bonjour, Je suis sous windows 10 (64bits) et dans organizer 15 je n’ai pas “message photo” De plus je ne suis pas sous Outlook mais sous Windows Live et je ne sais pas comment changer. Merci de votre aide Je comprends pas l’anglais je ne comprends rien a votre forum... désolé Cordialement Pourquoi pas faire simple? Au lieu d'esssayer de demander à Elements de contrôler votre messagerie pour envoyer des photos, pourquoi pas simplement ouvrir votre client de messagerie et tout bêtement envoyer la photo en pièce jointe? J'ai pu configurer Elements pour envoyer des photos par hotmail, mais je ne m'en sers jamais. L'idée est de sauvegarder la ou les photos dans le format et la dimension souhaitée sur le bureau (au moins temporairement). J'ouvre n'importe quel compte de messagerie et j'attache la ou les photos en pièces jointes à mon message. Logique non? J'avoue aussi que pour une question de sécurité, je préfère éviter de faire communiquer deux logiciels entre eux quand il n'y a pas besoin. ... View more

Don26812 wrote: Also, if you open the image in another program that can view the metadata, your tags won't be there without writing them to the the image file with File > Save Metadata to File, or you have opened the file in the Photo Editor, which writes whatever tags are assigned to the image at that time. No, even saving a file with keywords in the catalog from the editor does not write the keywords to the metadata of the media file. Even using the 'instant fix' to edit in the organizer does not write metadata to files. So, if saving from the editor does not work, just opening the file just can't write those metadata? ... View more

WSC3 wrote: Does this include all settings and tags, even if not embedded yet? As indicated by Don26812, the catalogs are not affected by installation/deinstallation. They contain all your organization: tags, captions, ratings, notes, projects, stacks, version sets and albums... So your tags/keywords are available even if you have not 'written metadata to files'. ... View more

First test I would do: Start the organizer while keeping the shift key pressed. This opens a menu where you can open the organizer with a new, empty catalog. If the organizer does not crash, then there could be a problem with your current catalog. ... View more

rahulj78388123 wrote: Hi Ross, You can use any of the following option: 1. You can simply select the picture->drag and drop the pictures to external drive When you drag and drop from the left folders panel to another location (drive or master folder), you don't copy, you move your files. 2. You can select the pictures->copy and paste the pictures That is the way to copy from the Explorer/Finder. I don't know how to do that in the organizer. My own way is to use the menu File >> duplicate to create a copy, then I drag and drop the copy to the new media or folder. 3. For cd/dvd, you can use Select the media-> File-> Copy/Move to removable drives options. That should also work with the USB stick. My advice: use the 'export as new files' function of the organizer. That's it's main use, but it also offers several very interesting options when copying: you can resize, rename, change the format, compress... ... View more

peterj47931865 wrote: Does Photo Elements 15 support 'Spot Healing Brush' (proximity match / create texture / content aware) for16 bit colour depth images? No, and 16 bits colour depth has stricly no advantage for detail editing like spot healing brush. When you really need it, on large scale gradients, to avoid posterization, it's available. ... View more

And BTW, I have the program installed on a SSD and the db on a standard drive.  I had a quad core processor.  This should be lightening fast. Wrong asumptions... I only have a common setup, I3 processor, 8 GB RAM, not SSD. My catalog of 60,000 + items (a lot of raws) and 460 GB runs very fast except for backups and similar tasks depending on writing a lot of data to disk. Thumbnail creation does require some time especially for raws, but that can run on background task or when I am away from the computer. But I don't use face recognition nor geotagging. If you look at the forums for Lightroom and Photoshop, you'll see that SSD and multicore processor won't give you 'lightning fast' speed. SSD do provide much faster start time. Multicore processors don't give much advantage unless you are processing different applications. Is my catalog considered large? No, it's not even medium size, especially with jpegs. The big difference if you are using face recognition plus geotagging is that the other functions of the catalog are managed by a database; the efficiency of the database is not proportional to the number of items. A 100.000 items catalog is not twice slower than a 50.000 one. Some users do manage catalogs with up to 200,000 items. If you use FR etc, you create a number of accessory files which is really proportional to the number of items. Difficult to say how big can be such a catalog. Just to give you an idea, assigning a test tag to every single file of my 60,000 items requires 15 seconds only for me, same for removing it. A backup will take 2 to 3 hours. Recreating the thumbnails from scratch ('optimize' or deleting the cache) will require perhaps ten minutes. Using an SSD or multicore processor would not help at all for such tasks (having enough memory,  >= 8 GB does help). Another important fact about those new features is that they require indexing, which is slow, but which will insure correct speed after it's finished. ... View more

Richard1146 wrote: For many years I have been using Photoshop album 2.0. I am considering purchasing Photoshop elements 15 and would be grateful for any information/comments as to whether it is compatible with Photoshop album 2.0. Would it use the same type of organisation of photos etc? About Photoshop album, some history: Adobe Photoshop Album - Wikipedia Photoshop Album Starter Edition support withdrawal FAQ Common catalog upgrade issues in Elements Organizer So, the Organizer in Elements 15 is the follower of Album. It's also based on catalogs working around a database. Obviously, the advice by hatstead is the best we can offer. If you want to convert your album catalogs to the new organizer format, you'll have to look at the following link if you are using a 64-bits computer: Convert-organizer-catalog-elements-13-64 ... View more

nelse8888 wrote: Way back in Elements Organizer 8, one could elect to import photos from a camera or card into folders by date choosing either (1) oldest to newest or (2) newest to oldest. Wrong. 1 - You don't 'import' in a given order, that makes no sense. The order has nothing to do with the sequence of import. It's a choice of how to display your files once they are uploaded. The only feature relating to dates when storing your files at import time is an option of the downloader to create date based subfolders on your drive. 2 - There has been no change in the way the files are imported on that respect. I just checked on my PSE6 version and compared with the recent versions up to PSE15. 3 - The change of DISPLAY order has been greatly enhanced without removing any previous choices. The choice you are mentioning was not introduced later than version 8, it was already present in version 6. You may not want to choose the 'Show Oldest first within each day', but it's the preferred choice of most users. Describe exactly how you want your pictures displayed so that we can tell which setting of the preferences (above) and in the 'sort order' choice in your PSE12: (same window from PSE12 to PSE15 - The PSE11 version lacked the 'Name' option) ... View more

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colin968 wrote: 3.Yes. The only keyword tags showing is a reduced, simple alphabetical list without Categories and Subcategories distinguished. This list is not appearing in the main Keyword Tag panel - which just contains a few of the Adobe- suggested categories. My list, in its reduced form, appears spasmodically in the small sub-window at the bottom of the main Keywords tag panel. If I try to click on any of the categories in this list the whole lot just disappear. Colin Williams This suggests some form of catalog corruption. That's why it's very important to use the 'repair' function of the organizer. The small sub-window at the bottom right end of the screen is a simple text input dialog to quickly find keywords to assign to selectec files in the browsing space. You simply input the starting characters and you are prompted a choice of keywords starting with those characters. The problem is if you can't use the 'keywords' section of the panel on top of the panel on the right when showing tags instead of Information. If it's only a display issue of the interface, you should be able to select files by using the small text input window or by using the advanced search. Also, in that case, when you browse your thumbnails and select a file you are sure you have already an assigned keyword it would show just under the text input dialog in the bottom right. If it's really a catalog corruption problem and you have repaired the catalog, then come back for more suggestions. ... View more

andaleebfatima1 wrote: Hi, Do you have Mac App Store version or Retail version of PSE? Thanks Andaleeb S'il ne s'agit pas d'une version App Store, il faut savoir que le fichier d'installation vous laisse le choix d'installer la langue de votre choix. Il faut donc : - désinstaller la version anglaise - réinstaller faisant bien attention à tous les messages de l'installeur, vous verrez que la langue figure dans ces options. Désinstaller et réinstaller ne nécessite pas de 'désactiver/réactiver' votre license avec votre clé de sécurité, mais si vous avez des doutes, la 'désactivation' se fait par le menu Aide, option Déconnexion [votre id utilisateur]. ... View more