Adobe Elements Organizer 9 - Manual (Page 58)

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Last updated 9/12/2011
Chapter 5: Tagging and organizing photos
and videos
You can use keyword tags to identify photos and videos with keywords and retrieve individual media files or albums.
Like physical photo albums, in Adobe® Elements 9 Organizer albums let you group photos and other media files by
category, and to place them in a desired order.
Tagging photos and videos
About keyword tags
Keyword tags are personalized keywords, such as “Dad” or “Florida,” that you attach to photos, video files, audio clips,
PDFs, and projects in the Media Browser. Keyword tags enable you to easily organize and find the tagged files. When
you use keyword tags, there’s no need to manually organize your media files in subject-specific folders or rename files
with content-specific names. Instead, you can simply attach one or more keyword tags to each media file. Then, you
can retrieve the media files you want by selecting one or more keyword tags in the Keyword Tags panel. You can also
find media files with specific keyword tags when you type a keyword in the Search textbox.
For example, you can create a keyword tag called “Anna” and attach it to every media file featuring your sister, Anna.
Then, to instantly find all the media files of Anna that are stored on your computer, select the tag ‘Anna’ in the
Keyword Tags panel.
You can create keyword tags using any keywords you want. For example, you can create keyword tags for individual
people, places, and events. When media files have multiple keyword tags, you can select a combination of keyword tags
to find a particular person at a particular place or event. For example, you can search for all “Anna” keyword tags and
all “Marie” keyword tags to find all pictures of Anna with daughter, Marie. Or search for all “Anna” keyword tags and
all “Cabo” keyword tags to find all the pictures of Anna vacationing in Cabo San Lucas.
More Help topics
“ Find media files by their keyword tags ” on page 63
“ Find media files using the Search box ” on page 87
“ Attach keyword tags to media files ” on page 56
Using the Keyword Tags panel
You create and work with keyword tags in the Keyword Tags panel of the Organize tab.