Chapter 2. Importing, Managing, and Saving Your Photos
Now that youâve had a look around Elements, itâs time to start learning how to get photos into the program, and how to keep track of where these photos are stored. As a digital photographer, you donât have to deal with shoeboxes stuffed with prints, but youâve still got to face the menace of photos piling up on your hard drive. Fortunately, Elements gives you some great tools for organizing your collection and quickly finding individual pictures.
In this chapter, youâll learn how to import photos from cameras, memory card readers, and scanners. Youâll also find out how to import individual frames from videos, create a new file from scratch, and open files already on your computer. Then youâll be ready for a quick tour of the Organizer, where you can sort and find pictures once theyâre in Elements. Finally, youâll learn about photo preservation: saving and backing up your precious files.
Importing from Cameras
Elements gives you lots of different ways to get photos from camera to computer, but if you use the Organizer, the simplest way is using Adobeâs Photo Downloader. Later in this section, youâll learn about other ways to import your photos.
Note
Take a moment to carefully read the instructions from your cameraâs manufacturer. If those directions conflict with anything you read here, follow the manufacturerâs instructions.
The Photo Downloader
What happens when you plug a camera or memory card reader into ...
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