In the new Home Screen of Elements 2019, there are links to many of the tutorials referenced by Peru Bob.  The tutorial cards indicate whether the feature is new to 2019 or simply an existing feature for you to try. I also recommend that you take a look at the Guided Edits in the Editor.  These give you hands-on instructions for many basic and advanced editing features. ... View more

I know nothing about MACs so I can only give you some general suggestions. Is this a new catalog that you have created?  How did you import the files into the catalog?  Did you try to import from a backup?  If so, how? Before creating a slideshow, you need to repair the catalog itself so that you have no missing files.  In the Find menu, click All Missing Files.  This will present you with thumbnails of all the disconnected files in your catalog.  How many are there?  Is it all of your catalog or just a few files? Depending on your answers to these questions, we can make some suggestions to fix the problem. ... View more

What is your concern about the number of photos? I have never seen a recommendation by Adobe concerning the maximum number of media files in a catalog.  I currently have 150,000 photo and video files in my catalog and I have seen others report substantially more than that.  I DO use face recognition and the other auto-analysis tools such as Auto-creations which is a new feature of 2019.  The size of the catalog does affect how long the analysis will take.  And while the analysis is in progress, the performance and stability of the program may be affected. Your computer hardware will also be a factor in performance too. ... View more

Who did you purchase from?  And what version did you buy?   If you did not receive an activation code, it sounds to me like you have been scammed.  I hope this is not the case and that Arshla's response answers your question. ... View more

When you import a photo file into the Organizer it does not create a new copy of the file.  It merely creates a database of your files wherever they are located.  So, when you delete a file outside of the Organizer e.g. through a Windows File Explorer window, the file still exists in the database, but because you deleted it, the Organizer can't find it.  When you edit an image and save it, there are several choices that can be made: If you truly want to delete the original file after editing it in the Editor, the easiest way would probably be to overwrite the original file by using the same file name to save the copy.  When you open a file from the Organizer into the Editor, it automatically gives a new name to the file that has been opened - with "edited" as a suffix.  You can change this back to the original name and the original will be overwritten when you click the Save button. The normal practice for most users is probably to save the edited copy  in the Organizer and to Save in a "version set" with the original.  When you do this, the Organizer creates a "stack" of the original and edited copy, so that only one thumbnail is seen in the Organizer grid.  You can then view both versions of the image by clicking on an arrow to spread the stack out. In this screenshot, you see:  1.  Icon in top right corner of thumbnail, showing this is a stacked version set; 2.  An arrow to click and see all photos in the stack; 3.  The original image in a complete version set; 4. The edited copy of the image; 5.  The arrow to close the stack. If you are going to use the Organizer, you should conduct all file management operations within the Organizer.  If you select one or more images to delete in the Organizer, a message will pop up when you hit the delete button asking whether you just want to remove the file from the Organizer or also from your hard drive.  This will also avoid the problem you are having. Hope I haven't confused you too much.  ... View more

You can change the view by clicking the button shown in my screenshot and selecting View as List instead of View as Tree.  However, this does not show the location of the folder unless you hover over it. ... View more

If you want to keep the color profile as sRGB, I think you need to set the Edit>Color Settings to Always Optimize Colors for Computer Screens: ... View more

Each version of Premiere Elements only works with the Organizer associated with that version.   If you installed Premiere Elements 2019, it automatically installs the Organizer for that version.  When you open the 2019 Organizer, it will ask you whether you want to convert the catalog from the earlier version.  You can then use the converted 2019 catalog  to work together with Premiere Elements 2019. (While it is possible to add an additional Editor in the Preferences dialog of the Organizer, I just found that this only allows you to send images from the 2018 Organizer to the 2019 Elements Video Editor.) I should add that it is also possible to click and drag media from the 2018 Organizer to the 2019 Premiere Elements.  At least, it is possible in Windows - I have no idea about the Mac. ... View more

MichelBParis  wrote Greg_S.   wrote . . .  the edited files do not necessarily have to be saved in version sets - they can be saved simply as copies.  There are several choices to make when saving the edited files. I don't see the point of saving as a copy. What advantage would that have over saving in version sets, "saving as" and possibly stacking? It's not something I would do often either.  But it was not clear whether the OP was using the Organizer or whether the goal was simply to place edited images in a different folder.  I was merely suggesting some different ways to skin this cat.  ... View more

. . .  the edited files do not necessarily have to be saved in version sets - they can be saved simply as copies.  There are several choices to make when saving the edited files. It is also possible to use the File>Copy/Move to Removable Drive option in the Organizer.  This menu command is misnamed because you can actually copy selected files to any folder location on your computer. ... View more

Elements Organizer has many tools to assist you with organizing your files by date, person and event.  It undertakes a lot of analysis to automate much of this task.  However, it also requires some heavy user input to complete the organization, particularly with scanned images since those files do not contain date and other information which makes the task more automatic. There are a number of photobook templates which allow you to drag and drop photos into the pages.  These can be "printed" to PDF format, but they do not generate the type of indexing you are looking for.  This would require a more sophisticated PDF editing program. Elements 2019 has also greatly improved the photo collage feature and has added a variety of new templates for creating them.  However, these are not what I would consider "scrapbook" pages with themes.  They are more different layouts for multi-image pages. Having said that, I should add that many scrapbookers use Elements for their craft and there is a whole cottage industry of scrappers who create scrapbook pages and scrapbook "elements" for sale and use by others. ... View more

Are you talking about creating a slideshow in Premiere Elements or in the Elements Organizer?  Also, what version are you talking about?  The Slideshow feature has changed in the Organizer over the years and the P&Z feature has also changed in Premiere Elements in recent versions. ... View more

There are a number of other resources that are available to learn the program.  Things have changed slightly between 2018 and 2019.  However, both programs have direct links to tutorial articles and videos. You should also take a look at the Guided Edits that are available.  These provide you with step-by-step instructions for editing a photo, from basics to some sophisticated effects.  They are a great learning tool. ... View more

Are you receiving any error messages or crash reporter dialogs? Try deleting the preferences file by holding down Alt+Ctrl+Shift before launching the Organizer. The following dialog will come up and you should select "yes".  How large is the catalog?  (It shouldn't make a difference.) Have you tried repairing or optimizing the catalog?  Hold Shift while launching the Organizer.  It will bring up the catalog manager and you can use it to perform these tasks. ... View more

Have you tried going to the Help menu and selecting Updates?  A version of Camera Raw should have been installed with the program.  You will generally be prompted for any updates, but if you missed or ignored the prompt, the Help>Updates choice should open the Adobe Application Manager and will provide any uninstalled updates. ... View more

Yes, you can do all 3 tasks in Photoshop Elements. You can download a 30-day free trial so that you can confirm that the program fits your needs.  Click here. ... View more

I don't know if this is the only way, but you can clear the list by going to the Editor's Preferences>Saving Files dialog and changing the entry for Recent files list contains to 0.   Click OK and the recent files list will be eliminated in both the File Menu and the new Hub. The problem is that the list will be inactive until you change the preferences back to a positive number.  BUT, if you do this, the recently opened files list will return.  I'm assuming that you can delete the list somewhere in the Windows registry if you don't mind living dangerously. Added:  The recently used files can be found in the registry at the following location: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Photoshop Elements\17.0\common\settings\Elements MRU Don't mess with the registry unless you know what you are doing.  ... View more

You seem to be describing the People tab of the Organizer.  This is part of the face recognition feature of the program. If you click on the Media tab, you will see all of your images.  You can turn off face recognition analysis in Preferences>Media-Analysis (uncheck the Images box). What have you done to "try to get rid of them"? If I have misunderstood your question, please provide more information. ... View more

Are you first selecting your images for the slideshow before opening the Slideshow editor?  If not, what you are seeing is "normal."  I believe that if you don't select the files first, the Slideshow is going through a process of using ALL the media in your Organizer grid and preparing them for the slideshow.  You will then see a warning that there is a maximum of 250 files that can be used for a slideshow.  This process can take several minutes.  If you have already selected a large number of media for the slideshow, it can also go through a lengthy process. If this is the case, be patient.  Yes, the program may show it is non-responsive, but it will eventually open in the Slideshow editor. Try selecting a few images for the slideshow first.  Then, click the slideshow button. The Slideshow editor should then open fairly quickly and you can then add media from the slideshow creator screen. ... View more

Do you have the File Name filtered in the Place dialog?  And what version are you using? ... View more

I am not entirely clear about your questions and you haven't said what version of Elements you are using.  But if you have a recent version, click on the Layout button (1) and select Default.  The Photo Bin should reappear if you click on the button (2). ... View more

The template is still there under the Create menu.  You just can't upload to Facebook from Elements.  This is because of Facebook's decision, not Adobe's.  ... View more

It is working for me too.  Just quickly browsing through the found untagged items, I see that many are video files that have not been keyword tagged by me.  None of the untagged photo files contain smart tags.  Given Somya's response, I'm assuming that files will not show up in the untagged category if they have a smart tag. ... View more

Do you have the Details view showing?  If you are in the anamorphic view (which is the default), hit Ctrl+D and the grid view will show up with your tags. ... View more

In addition to Michel's advice, I would point out that upgrading from PSE 8 to 2019 will require the catalog to be converted.  Also, there have been many changes in the structure of the Organizer since version 8 and there are many more auto-analysis features such as Smart Tags.  For this reason, and depending on the number of media in your catalog, there are a couple of other approaches you may want to take. First, if using Michel's suggestions, I would get PSE 8 up and running with your catalog before installing PSE 2019.  That way, everything should convert over when upgrading to 2019. Second, I would consider starting a new catalog in 2019 and importing all your media from the current folder structure on your new computer.  You will be given the opportunity to import all keyword tags existing in your photos and they will show up in the new catalog as imported keyword tags.  If you have a large and complex keyword tag structure, it is possible to export that structure from the old catalog to the new catalog and you can then "map" the imported tags to the old tag structure at the time of import.  If you are interested in this approach, we can give more instructions. ... View more

Is the line always in the same place? Does the line disappear if you refresh the thumbnail of the image? (Ctrl/Cmd+Shft+U) ... View more