PSE 9 to 10 Catalog hitch

Quick question regarding PSE 10's Organizer... I received my PSE 10 and duly installed it, and when I opened up Organizer I was asked wether I wanted to import Organizer 9's Catalog, which I did. The hitch is that Org. 10 imported everything, any and all images on my computer all as one huge folder!?! In Org. 9 all my photos were in designated folders, which '10' seemed to ignore.
So my question is, should I delete the whole catalog and start importing one folder at a time? Is there any way for Org. 10 to restore the original folder system? Any other options?
I had upgraded to PSE 9 from PSE 6 because 'Bridge' which was included in '6' ceased to function, despite any effort to restore it. That leads to my next question, Is 'Bridge' available as a stand-alone program?? I loved that program, it allowed me to deal with any type of file, and do what I wantedto inside those folders.
Thanks, Forum

Elements Organizer 10 does not change the folder structure. You can view the images by folder by changing the display view. It can be changed from Display->Folder View. By default Elements Organizer shows the images in thumbnail view.

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David,
Just for clarification, I think by project you mean catalog. (A project in PSE is a slide show or other creation. A catalog is the database that stores links to all your photos and all of the asosicated tags, captions, dates, etc.)
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>Is this why when you add photos to the catalog, PSE 5 reports back that new file wasn't added to the catalog because the filename already exists?
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WickG0ld98 wrote:
Yes, I still have the PSE 10 backup available, and plan to try the restore again but don't have much hope. I'm stymied as to the files missing from the hard drive. Is the PSE backup procedure typically THAT invasive that it DELETES files on the hard drive during the backup?!?
I have never seen the backup process delete anything.
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Check that your backup folder, wherever it is, contains a lot of files starting with 'B00...' and a 'catalog.buc' and 'backup.tly' files. If so, you are fine.
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followed by
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I am seeking advice on the best way to do the following:
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The last time I did this sort of action -- moved my photos to a new machine -- it was sheer bedlum. Hoping to avoid the pain this time.
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The recommended way to move to another computer with a new OS or PSE version is to use the built-in backup and restore function in PSE.
- Start with a clean catalog : reconnect missing files, repair, optimize. That's good practice even if it is not strictly necessary.
- Do a full backup on an external media (external USB drives are safe and affordable). If you have several catalogs, do as many backups. Warning ! each separate backup must be in its own separate folder.
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The smart thing about this process is that not only everything is restored, but if you have upgraded to a newer PSE version, the catalog will be automatically converted to the newer version ; furthermore, you have a backup!
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshop-elements-faq.htm#_Move_your_photos_1
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/common-catalog-issues-upgrade-elements.html
Edit:
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Hi folks,
I am looking for some search terms to find recommendations on how to use PSE organizer to catalog several hundred hours of personal video footage on DVD.
I've tried searching Adobe's forums, Google and Elements Village to find some clues if Organizer can be used for this. Ideally, I would grab a screenshot from DVD, store it as a thumbnail reference the DVD name, and then be able to use tags (ideally, I'd like to use my existing still catalog tags) to lookup scenes for editing in Premiere Elements.
Again, not looking immediately for the answers in this thread - just how to find the answers if they already exist.
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Ideally, I would grab a screenshot from DVD, store it as a thumbnail
reference the DVD name, and then be able to use tags (ideally, I'd like
to use my existing still catalog tags) to lookup scenes for editing in
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James,
Interesting question.
You say you have searched on the Adobe forums and Elements Village, so my first suggestion is that you add another source. Muvipix.com is a site formed by several book authors and Adobe Premiere Elements forum participants. It has free forums and also subscription offerings. It has been a great source of Premiere Elements information for me.
My expereince -
I have taken a screen shot of a .mpg file (containing SD MPEG-2 video from a HD camcorder) and used it to represent the video by saving the screen shot using a file name that correlates to the video file. I also used the Organizer command to modify the "date taken" field it uses for Organizer sequencing to be the same date in this screen shot jpeg as the video file from which it was taken. (Ideally this is the date the video was originally recorded.) The screen shot can be captured from the video using either Premiere Elements or the Photoshop Elements Editor.
My interpretation of your post is that
your DVD disc is of a video DVD format: it probably has a folder structure with DVD menus and several files which contain the video.You want to effectively tag the contents of this DVD disc with Adobe Elements Organizer tags.
Because you are working with a DVD video disc (rather than my single video file on the hard drive), there are additional questions for your scenario.
So I suggest that you also post your question over on the muvipix forums at
http://muvipix.com/phpBB3/index.php
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2)      The catalog and thumbnail files need to be in the same folder.
3)      It works better if the catalog and thumbnail files are in a separate folder from the pictures. I suspect performance is improved because it finds the thumbnail file faster; I have 21,000 photos in the catalog.
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If you would be kind enough to confirm the above three points I would appreciate it. I will keep this open for your reply.
Thank you again, it seems simple now that I understand a bit more, thanks for your time and for sharing your knowledge.

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Here are the results from the tool.
psedbtool version 1.08
Opening catalog D:\Photographs\Catalogs\marty and marti 3\catalog.pse8db
Photoshop Elements version:      8
Total files               :      1
Warning: Two drives on this computer, R: and D:, have the same volume
serial number 3826-166A. PSE will behave unpredictably -- see the
documentation!
Warning: Two drives on this computer, S: and E:, have the same volume
serial number E89F-8061. PSE will behave unpredictably -- see the
documentation!
Warning: Two drives on this computer, T: and C:, have the same volume
serial number 601C-24F0. PSE will behave unpredictably -- see the
documentation!
Total files missing       :      1
Total files offline       :      0
Total files wrong volume :      0
****** Volumes with warnings: 1
PSE Volume Table
Path used by PSE        : T:
Type                    : builtin_drive
Status                  : online
Total files             : 1
Total files missing     : 1
Total files wrong volume: 0
Description             : Win 7
Serial                  : 601C-24F0
Drive_path_if_builtin   : C:
Id                      : 173
***** WARNING *****     : Wrong drive letter in catalog
Path used by PSE        : D:\Photographs\Catalogs\marty and marti 3
Type                    : database_relative_drive
Status                  : online
Total files             : 0
Total files missing     : 0
Total files wrong volume: 0
Description             : database relative
Serial                  : amoc:database_relative_volume
Drive_path_if_builtin   :
Id                      : 2
Windows Drives
Drive Type             Serial     Path
A:     removable_drive 0000-0000
C:     builtin_drive    601C-24F0
D:     builtin_drive    3826-166A
E:     builtin_drive    E89F-8061
I:     readonly_drive   0000-0000
J:     readonly_drive   0000-0000
K:     removable_drive 4C90-B3BC
L:     builtin_drive    482A-67F3
M:     network_drive    0000-0000 \\000000CFB78F\canon_memory\
R:     builtin_drive    3826-166A
S:     builtin_drive    E89F-8061
T:     builtin_drive    601C-24F0
X:     builtin_drive    DCCF-2DCB
Z:     builtin_drive    8CCF-03AB

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