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Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 On Demand
Excerpt from Chapter 3: Importing Photos into the Organizer
by Steve Johnson, Perspection Inc.
Creating and Opening a Catalog
You can create a new catalog or open an existing one by using the Catalog Manager. Typically, users create a single catalog for all the media files on their computer when you start Photoshop Elements for the first time. However, you can create more than one for different purposes, such as one catalog for work-related photos and media files, and another one for personal use. When you create a new catalog, you can create one that is accessible by all users on your computer or just the current user logged on. If you have more than one catalog on your computer, you can switch between them at any time. When you open the Organizer, the last opened catalog appears.
Create a New Catalog
In the Organizer, click the File menu, and then click Catalog.
Timesaver - Press Ctrl+Shift +C to open the Catalog Manager dialog box.
Select one of the catalog options:
Catalogs Accessible by All Users. Creates a catalog for all users. Catalogs Accessible by the Current User. Creates a catalog for only the current user. Custom Location. Creates a catalog in the specified location.
Click New. 
Figure 3.21
Type a name for the new catalog. Select the Import free music into this catalog check box to include free music. Click OK. 
Figure 3.22
Open a Catalog
In the Organizer, click the File menu, and then click Catalog. Select one of the catalog options to display the catalog you want to open:
Catalogs Accessible by All Users. Displays catalogs for all users. Catalogs Accessible by the Current User. Displays catalogs for only the current user. Custom Location. Displays catalogs in the specified location.
Select the catalog you want to open from the list. Click Open. 
Figure 3.23
Did You Know? - You can convert a catalog to another type. Click the File menu, click Catalog, click Convert, select a catalog to convert, and then click Convert. If a catalog is not available, click Find More Catalogs to select a catalog folder location. When you're finished, click Done.
Managing Catalogs
The Catalog Manager makes it easy to work with the different catalogs you may have on your computer. In the Catalog Manager, catalogs are organized in different ways: accessible by all users, accessible by the current user, and custom location. When you select one of these options, the catalogs related with the option appear below in the list. After you select a catalog, you can use the buttons in the Catalog Manager to rename, move, remove, optimize (re-builds data for efficiency), and repair (corrects structure errors) it for better use.
Manage Catalogs
In the Organizer, click the File menu, and then click Catalog. Select one of the catalog options:
Catalogs Accessible by All Users. Displays catalogs for all users. Catalogs Accessible by the Current User. Displays catalogs for only the current user. Custom Location. Displays catalogs in the specified location.
Select one of the catalog options:
Rename. Click Rename, type a name, and then click OK. Move. Click Move, select a catalog option to switch to, and then click OK. Remove. Click Remove, and then click Yes to confirm. Optimize. Click Optimize to optimize the catalog, and then click OK upon completion. Repair. Click Repair to repair the catalog. If no problems, click OK or Repair Anyway. Convert. Click Convert to convert catalogs with previous versions of Photoshop Elements.
Click Cancel. 
Figure 3.24
Upgrading Catalogs to Photoshop Elements 6 - When you start Photoshop Elements 6 for the first time, it may not automatically open the catalog from an earlier version of Photoshop Elements or Photoshop Album. If this happens, click Convert in the Catalog Manager dialog box, select the Show Previous Converted Catalogs check box to show converted or backed up catalogs from earlier versions, select your catalog, such as My Catalog, (use the Find More Catalogs button if needed), click Convert, click Done, select the catalog, and then click OK. Photoshop Elements 6 lets you view and edit the following: PSE 5.0 (all creations), PSE 4.0 (slide shows only), PSE 3.0 (no creations), or Photoshop Albums (no creations).
Moving Files in a Catalog
Because the photos and other media files in the Organizer are links to the actual files, if you move the files on your computer, the Organizer will lose the link location and need to reconnect to it. Instead of moving files in an Explorer window, you should move files in the Organizer using the Move command on the File menu. The Move command updates the links in the catalog, so links are not lost.
Move Files in a Catalog
In the Organizer, select one or more files you want to move. Click the File menu, and then click Move.
Timesaver - Press Ctrl+Shift +V to move files in a catalog.
Click Browse. Navigate to the new location for the files, select the folder, and then click OK. If you want to remove files from the catalog, select them, and then click the Remove button. If you want to add files from the catalog, click the Add button, use the Add Photos dialog box to select the photos you want, click Add Selected Photos, and then click Done. Click OK. 
Figure 3.25
Did You Know? - You can duplicate a file in the catalog In the Organizer (Photo Browser), elect a file you want to duplicate, click the File menu, click Duplicate. The file name is appended with "-copy."
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