Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual

48 Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual

Using the Organizer

NOTE When an image first gets imported into the Organizer, the Image Well shows only the

photos in the batch of photos you’ve just imported. You’ll see an icon in the upper-right corner of

the Image Well called Instant Tag (when in Folder view). Clicking it assigns the photo’s folder

name as a tag to all the photos in the group.

Creating Collections

You can also group your photos into collections, which are great for gathering

together pictures taken at a particular event. They can also be used to prepare

groups of photos that you plan on using in one of the Create projects, like slide-

shows or Photo Galleries (covered on page 447). When you create a collection,

you’re not actually making a copy of all the photos you’re including; instead,

you’re simply creating a group of virtual “pointers” to each image. That means col-

lections can hold as many pictures as you want without taking up much space and,

even better, you can include individual pictures in multiple collections. Photos

inside a collection can appear in any order you choose, which is important, for

instance, if you want to control the order of photos in a slideshow.

NOTE Collections are also good for gathering together groups of photos you want to export for

use with another program.

You work with collections very much the way you do with tags, but you start by

clicking