Understanding photoshop elements 11

I am startiang from scrach since I only was able to transfer photos to a new hard drive. I installed elements 11 and connected with the photos on my hard drive. I have set up various albums and have placed photos in the album they belong. Now I was familar with earlier photoshop and by "tagging" the photo to a particular album. Then I could go to show untagged items to slowly organize the thousands of photos i have. But the same photos are still showing up in the media display. So what am I doing wrong. Is tagging something different from the earlier versions where you could drag an album label to the photo and then see it listed. The photos are showing up in the album but I see no tags. Very confused about something that should be simple. Any ideas??

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Read the Adobe licence agreement. I don't understand it. Its written for lawyers, judges and jury IMO.

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Yes and Yes. In iPhoto: You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
Note that iPhoto sends a copy+ of the file to Photoshop, so when you save be sure to use the Save command, not Save As... If you use Save As then you're creating a new file and iPhoto has no way of knowing about this new file. iPhoto is preserving your original anyway.
In Aperture, Preferences _. Export and set your external editor there. WHen you send a pic to PS with Aperture it makes a tiif or psd and sends it over. Saving in Photoshop brings it back.
4. Does the program you mention in #1 strong enough to handle typical adjustments on jpegs-aging, color casts, lack of proper lighting, red-eye (iPhoto seems to do okay on this even in the auto function, but on occasion, it sometimes replaces with too dark of a correction, or not fully complete.)
Photoshop Elements is a good compromise between the cost of full photoshop and the features you'll need.
5. Does Shutterfly have a print plug-in so I could make photobooks on either Aperture or iPhoto and have Shutterfly print? Or is that just available on Photoshop (unless I print to jpegs and then upload to Shutterfly using the Shutterfly uploader)?
You could look that one up at Shutterfly yourself, no?
6. Is it really beneficial to shoot in raw over jpeg?
Depends on what you want to do... Really that's a massively basic question. I would check out some o the online Photo forums and see what advice you can find there tom get you started. You could do worse than look here
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/
7. If Photoshop is even part of your answer in #1, is it worth it to have CS5 or CS5 Extended with the 3D option?
Given the amount of your experience, rather than diving in and spending a whole lot of money, start with iPhoto and Photoshop Elements. Explore. IF you want to upgrade, when you're ready, migrate to Aperture and Elements. I think you're a good way from facing CS5 yet.
Regards
TD

Photoshop Elements with too many bugs

I have been using your Photoshop elements for a lot of years now and a lot of different versions.
This is because I have been very satisfied with the program and its quality.
Now I have bought the latest version 12 and have found it totally impossible to use.
What have happened with your quality?
1   When I click on "Organise" I am always thrown out of the program completely. The only way to come to my albums is to click to "Editor" and then go through the backdoor and in "Editor" click on "Organise". This is not the way I want it to be!
2   I have been using my albums in Elements versions 5, 6, 9 and 10 without any problems regarding time delays. I am using raw-format so I am used to wait a little (= some seconds) before the photo appears. This has however not been any problem for me!
In version 12 a lot of photos are shown only with hourglasses and the ones that originally are shown correctly will change to hourglasses after a period of time. After that time I am sitting looking upon only a lot of hourglasses.
These hourglasses never changes to any photo irrespective how long time I wait.
Thus, I cannot use this programme.
3   For many of my albums a lot of photos are shown indication for "no link". For the same installation this has never happened in previous versions.
In the same album photos are shown both as photos or as indications as "no link". All photos are placed in the same catalogue and I cannot understand the difference.
Thus, I cannot use this programme.
Regards
Kjell Wadelius    [email protected]

Try deleting the thumbnail cache. Start by closing Elements and click the Windows start button >> Computer. Navigate to:
C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Elements Organizer\Catalogs\MyCatalog
Inside the My Catalog folder (or whatever name you gave your catalog) you should find a CACHE file:
thumb.5.cache
Highlight that file and delete it.
After deleting thumb.5.cache restart the elements Organizer and wait. It should regenerate a new set of thumbnails.
N.B. if you can’t immediately find the ProgramData folder it’s probably a hidden system file.
Here's how to display hidden files and folders.
Click the Windows Start Button >> Control Panel >> Folder Options
(Folder Options could be located under Appearance and Personalization or All Control Panel Items; or find it in Windows Explorer, choose Tools >> Folder Options)
In the folder options dialog click the View tab.
Under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files, folders, and drives, and then click OK.

Why can't I install Photoshop Elements 8 on my computer?

I currently have Windows 7 - I purchased Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 at Best Buy over a week ago and still can't install the software. I've contacted Adobe Support more than once. My experience has been HORRIBLE.
1.     I went online and verified that my system meets all of the requirements for this program.
2.     I went through every single trouble shooting item I could find. This has taken me approximately 2 days.
3.     I called Adobe Support and spoke with someone who couldn't understand what I was saying and kept telling me that he could not help me because i bought this through a 3rd party online service - no, I didn't... I bought this from Best Buy! I had to repeat this more than 4x before he finally understood what I was saying.
4.     He suggested I download the trial version from the Adobe website. (I'm thinking, why would I do this when I paid $100 for the actual software?) But I tried it anyway.
5.     Since I've downloaded the trial version, it's been working OK - but now I'm trying to enter my serial number before my trial ends and it's pulling up as an invalid serial number!
6.     I go back to Best Buy to return this so I can just purchase the program online - they will not take it back and says I have to go through Adobe... (sigh)... here we go again.
7.     I call Adobe again, spoke with someone else who was having a difficult time understanding me. I explained everything above - he told me I have to uninstall my trial version and install the program with the software... THIS DOES NOT WORK! (Which is what I told him in the beginning of the call)
Does anyone have any input on how I can attempt to install this on my computer, or am I really out $100 on my very first Adobe product? I'm beginning to lose faith in this very troublesome experience... =( I would love to speak with someone who can understand what I am asking and what kind of help I am looking for. I just need to be able to install the software with a valid serial number, or instructions to just return this product all together.
Please help!

Hi Rosera,
This is bad and I am sorry to hear that you are running into these issues.
Let me connect with you, so right now, the current state is that you have installed copy of PSE 8 in trial on your windows 7 machine, and when you are trying to enter the serial number from your PSE 8 Box, it is saying the serial number to be invalid?
It might sound pretty obvious, but please make sure that you are entering the serial number correctly and of PSE 8(in case you bought a PEPE box)?
Have you tried the steps mentioned below by Barbara?
If possible, you can send me the serial number through PRIVATE MESSAGE and I can check it on my end that whether the serial number is indeed invalid or that the issue is with your machine?
Regards,
Ankush

Can't update or sign in to Revel account using Photoshop Elements 13

I have Adobe Revel and can't sign in using my online account usning the selection in the file menu group in Photoshop Elements 13. I can sign in to the Revel account directly but I can't update it. What can I do to correct this problem? I am running Window 7 64 bitt system

I did not understand the meaning of updating your revel account from elements. Could you please explain?
Regards,
vaishali

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