Chapter 5

Organizing Your Pictures

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Creating keyword and People tags

check Using the Auto Curator and Auto Creations

check Rating your images and placing them on maps

check Working with albums

check Working with Events

Downloading a bunch of media cards filled with photos and leaving them in folders distributed all over your hard drive is like having a messy office with papers stacked haphazardly all over your desk. Trying to find a file, even with all the great search capabilities we cover in Chapter 6, can take you as much time as sorting through piles of papers. What you need is a good file-management system.

In this chapter, we talk about tagging photos, organizing and annotating files, creating versions and stacks, creating photo albums, and performing other tasks so that you can quickly sort through large collections of photos. Be certain to take some time to understand the organizational methods that Elements offers and keep your files organized when you copy them to your hard drive. ...

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