Now I feel a need for Catalog for Catalogs

Its been more than 5 years now that I have been using various versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements and all my photographs used to be in one catalog. Over the time, I found it difficult to organize thousands of photographs in one catalog as  number of Albums and Tags was increasing every week.. Huge size of catalog with Thousnads of photographs and hundreds of albums/tags... For last one year, I have been organizing each shoot in separate catalog which means 250-2000 photographs per shoot ! Now I have lot many catalogs but it becomes difficult when I need some specific kinds of photographs irrespective of the event or photo-shoot.
So, here is my wishlist as a continuous user of Adobe Photoshop Elements Organizer !!!

Wish-list :

- There should be a catalog for catalogs
- In that master catalog, it should be very convenient to see low-res thumbs of photographs in various catalogs spread over various drives/folders on the hard-drive.
- It should be easy to merge two catalogs with all the existing Albums, Tags, Star Rating etc.
- It should easy to access photographs for other catalog on the basis of various metadata things like star rating, Albums and Tags etc..

Check out if your SLR Camera is supported in Adobe Camera Raw 6.4 or not?

Today Adobe has announced a new update of Adobe Camera Raw for Adobe Photoshop Elements users and more details about this update can be seen at http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/extend.html

This update is available for Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Premiere Elements, Adobe Lightroom and Photosop !!!



13 new cameras and 30 new lens profiles are supported in latest update of Adobe Camera Raw 6.4.

Know more about Adobe Camera Raw at http://photoshopelementsbyadobe.blogspot.com/search/label/Adobe%20Camera%20Raw

New Cameras Supported:


Canon EOS 600D (Rebel T3i / Kiss X5)
Canon EOS 1100D (Rebel T3 / Kiss X50)
Hasselblad H4D-40
Olympus E-PL1s
Olympus E-PL2
Olympus XZ-1
Samsung NX11

Check out more about this particular release of ACR 6.4, check out http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2011/03/lightroom-3-4-and-camera-raw-6-4-available-on-adobe-labs.html

How Date/Time sorting exactly works in Adobe Photoshop Elements Organizer

Although sorting on the basis of Date/Time is quite clear to many folks who are regular users of Elements Organizer, but I have seen few people who gets confused about the sorting behavior  of photographs in image-well !! Let me share some basics of these sorting and how they can be handled through preferences.

In Elements Organizer, we have two sorting mechanisms on the basis of Date/Time :

1. Date (Newest First) -  Recently clicked photographs will be shown on the top of organizer and bottom will have oldest ones. E.g.- Photographs clicked on 1st Jan 2011 will be shown above the photographs clicked on 15th Jan 2011.

2. Date (Oldest First) - Recently clicked photographs will be shown in the bottom of organizer and top will have oldest ones. E.g.- Photographs clicked on 1st Jan 2011 will be shown below the photographs clicked on 15th Jan 2011.

*** If we have multiple photographs from single day, time is used to sort the files and following preferences govern this. This one confuses most of the times...

By default, Date(Newest First) is selected in organizer with ‘Show Oldest First within Each day’ and this gives a very valid reason for users to get confused as they would not be aware of such preferences and everyone would expect the photographs in a way that recently clicked photograph should come on the top.

This effectively means that if you have photographs from a two days event, you will see photographs from morning of second day on the top and evening of first day in the bottom.  Please have a look if this is what you are seeing in your organizer or not.

Hope these details would help in making best use of Organizer for sorting media inside it and using accordingly !!! Leave comments with your opinion about this behavior and what was more confusing for you?

Email Sharing problem in Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0 or 8.0 on Windows-7 : “There is no email program”

Error message “There is no email program” or freezing of Organizer is reported at many places when folks tried to share photographs via the Adobe E-mail Service in the Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0 OR 8.0 !!! Also Elements Organizer on Microsoft Windows 7 freezes... An error message  - "There is no email program associated to perform the requested action. Please install an email program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default Programs control panel." is shown sometimes...

Now thing is how to resolve the problem in Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0/8.0 if its installed on Windows-7..actually we have to install Microsoft Windows Live Mail and then configure it as the default mail client in preferences(through a registry entry) of Adobe Photoshop Elements Organizer...


1. Close Adobe Photoshop Elements.

2. Download and install Windows Live Mail...  For download and installation instructions, see the Windows Live website at  http://download.live.com/

3. Open SetDefaultEmailClient.reg in your browser and save it on desktop with the same filename.

4. On desktop, double-click SetDefaultEmailClient.reg. If prompted, click Continue. Click Yes on registry confirmation dialog !!!

5. Relaunch Adobe Photoshop Elements and attempt to share something and there should not be any problem now !!


When we share our photographs with the Adobe E-mail Service, Elements Organizer uses the e-mail client which is by default installed with Windows. These e-mail clients include: Outlook Express on Windows XP, or Windows Mail on Windows Vista, among others.

Because Windows 7 does not include an e-mail client by default, the Organizer is unable to send e-mail.

Installation for Adobe Photoshop Elements rolls back after some time (e.g.- 97%)

There could be following 4 different reasons why installation of Adobe Photoshop Elements may rollback :

1.       Conflicting processes running.  

Resolution:  Close all the Adobe applications inside Task Manager. Ensure that no Adobe process is running while installing the software on your machine.

2.       Updater API failure.

Resolution :- Create an empty folder say “abc” inside “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\AAMUpdaterInventory\1.0\” location

3.       Failure in AFL calls                                          

Resolution :- Make sure that you do not have any other Adobe application installed on this machine. If none, then delete cache.db file inside this location “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe PCD\cache\”

4.       Installation Location                                      

Resolution:- Place the installer at say “C:\PSE9\” folder location and then try to install again.

Photoshop Elements 9 Organizer’s preferences freezes at loading

Recently we have seen many folks discussing about some problems with Preferences dialog and sometimes it freezes on launch. Its discussed at various places but most of the times it not a consistent problem. Sometimes it takes time to recover and there is standard solution to get rid of preferences related problem. Here is the one and if you are facing such issue, try this :

1. Go to Start options of your windows

2. Click on Run option :

3. Run dialog will open

4. Type following instead of 'msconfig' as shown in dialog above:-

<%appdata%>/Adobe/Elements Organizer/9.0/Organizer/

5. It will launch a windows explorer

6. Locate psa.prf and status.dat files

7. Delete these two files

8. Relaunch Organizer now and try to open preferences.

Hope it solves your problem.

A New Update for Adobe Photoshop Elements 9.0 is available (9.0.3) - It's a good news for Wacom Users

I am not sure if anyone noticed of not, Adobe has just released a new update for folks who are using Adobe Photoshop Elements and it's a great news for people who have been facing some problems while using their Wacom Tablets !!! So, it's time to update to Adobe Photoshop Elements 9.0.3 and enjoy working with your Wacom Tablets !!! Cheers !!!

Now next thing is about the improvements one can see in this update and how to update your current version with this latest upgrades !!!

Actually this update is about resolving problems like :

1. Photoshop Elements Organizer in 9th version does not work properly with Wacom tablets.

2. The Brush Tool in Photoshop Elements Editor did not work properly with Wacom tablets.

3. A file which is open in Editor and its tabbed with main user interface, Wacom stylus could not be used to close it...

These are few main issues, which are improved through this update. This information has been picked from adobe' official website !!!

How to apply Adobe Photoshop Elements 9.0.3 Update on your Computer/Mac :

1. Launch Adobe Photoshop Elements and open any of the application ; Organizer OR Editor.

2. Go to Help Menu and click Updates.

3. Adobe Applications Manager window will open up in front of the application.

4. Now look for Adobe Photoshop Elements 9.0.3 update under Photoshop Elements 9.0.

5. Make sure you check the option for this update and click Update button. (Please note that all checkboxes are checked in screenshot shown above, which means that on pressing UPDATE all these updates would be applied on my machine)

6. When updation is complete, close Adobe Photoshop Elements.

7. Make sure that all components were closed while update was running.

8. Relaunch Photoshop Elements.

Enjoy your update Adobe Photoshop Elements 9.0.3 with your Wacom Tablets !!!

Another fact worth noting is that Wacom users need to follow below mentioned things to properly handle the third problem regarding files in tabbed view :


1. In Photoshop Elements editor, select Edit > Preferences.
2. Select 'Allow Floating Documents In Full Edit Mode'.
3. Click OK.

Ready to Rock !!!

All the information provided here is taken from official website of Adobe and tried to explain the whole thing in more simplified way with screenshots !!! Please have a look at clear and crisp details about this update @ http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/899/cpsid_89980.html 

On MAC, how to download photographs into Photoshop Elements Organizer instead of iPHOTO?

On Mac version of Organizer in Adobe Photoshop Elements, there is no way to automatically import photographs on attaching a device, Camera or Card-Reader. Many times I have heard people saying that they want to download their photos directly into my organizer but instead iPhoto opens up and downloads them there ! Then they have to go to Organizer and import through File Menu option.


As mentioned earlier, there is no way to automatically import photographs into Elements Organizer 9.0. But there is a way out to stop auto-import into iPHOTO to avoid unnecessary confusion. Here are the steps to follow:


1. Go into the iPHOTO preferences
2. Choose Connecting Camera Opens > No Application. 


Now when we will connect any camera/card to the MAC, it will mount as a drive on the desktop. From organizer, launch the Downloader by choosing file>get photos>from Camera or Card Reader.

ADOBE PHOTO DOWNLOADER 4 COMPONENT HAS ENCOUNTED A PROBLEM : Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 or 6.0

Recently I have seen folks complaining about the problem where users get "ADOBE PHOTO DOWNLOADER 4 COMPONENT HAS ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM" error on system restart. This should not happens on the machine with 7th, 8th or 9th version of Adobe Photoshop Elements. 

Here is the woraround to get rid of this message on every system restart :

1.    Click on “START” button on your desktop.

 

2.    After clicking Start, various options will be shown like shown below. (Note – Look and feel may be different depending upon operating system you are using.)

3.    Click on “Run” option here.
4.    Following dialog will be shown on clicking Run.

 

5.    Type in ‘msconfig’ here and click OK button.

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 5.0

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 6.0

6.    Above shown dialog will be shown.
7.    Click on “Startup” tab
8.    Locate “Adobe Photo Downloader 4.0 …”
9.    Uncheck the option in the left.
10.    Click ‘Apply’ button and then ‘OK’