Searching for media files in elements organizer – Adobe Elements Organizer 9 User Manual
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Last updated 9/12/2011
Chapter 6: Finding media files in Elements
Organizer
In the Elements
Organizer, you can find photos and media files by date, star rating, album, folder location, filename,
media type, keyword tag, text, or other criteria. You can also sort files in any grouping in chronological, reverse-
chronological, or album order.
Sometimes you need to find the actual file of photos or media. The reason can be that you are uploading the file to a
server or embedding it into the layout of a document.
1 In Elements
Organizer, select the photo or media clip whose file you want to find.
2 Press Alt + Enter/Option + Enter to open the Properties - General window.
3 Click the Reveal in Explorer icon (Windows), or Reveal in Finder (Mac® OS).
Note: In addition to using the Elements Organizer to import media files, you can bring them into Adobe® Elements 9
Organizer by using the File > Open or File > Place commands in the Editor. These commands allow you to browse to a
file and are best used if you already know the precise path and filename for the file you seek.
More Help topics
View or edit file information in the Elements Organizer
Searching for media files in Elements Organizer
Options for finding media files in Elements Organizer
Elements
Organizer enables you to find media files in several ways:
Timeline
Click a month or set a range to find photos and media files chronologically by date, import batch, or folder
location.
Find bar
Drag a photo (Windows®), keyword tag, project, or album onto the find bar to find matching or similar
photos and media files.
Find menu
Use the commands in this menu to find media files by date, caption or note, filename, history, version,
media type, metadata, or visual similarity (Windows only). You can even find photos with faces for tagging (see “
” on page 59). Commands are also available for finding photos and media files that have unknown
dates and times, no keyword tags, or are not in any album.
View menu
Use the commands in this menu to show types of files such as photo, video, audio, project, and PDF files.
The View menu also has options for showing media files that have been marked as “hidden” (See “
Albums panel
Select an album to view only the media files within it.
Keyword Tags panel
Select a keyword tag to see only the media files with that tag.
Star rating filter
View only those media files with a star rating greater than, equal to, or less than the number of stars
you specify.