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Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 3.0: A New Version!
Part 12

 

Sort and Find images in the Mac File Browser

Flag images so you can find them later quickly. Just select the images you want to flag: if they are consecutive, hold the shift key and select a group at once, and if they are not consecutive, hold the command key and click on the ones you want to select, then click the flag icon.

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Quickly find images that are flagged by choosing Flagged Files from the Show menu.

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So, is it worth upgrading from Elements 1 or 2?

So is this upgrade worth it? My opinion, yes!  There are a few problems I'm sure Adobe will work out and post patches for, such as the mailing problems some (including me, but only from my windows desktop computer. It works fine from the laptop) seem to be having.

I have also heard of some problems with converting Photo Album 2.0 catalogs to the new format, but I can't comment from personal experience because I never had Photo Album. I have used a professional cataloging software for years, but since I got Elements 3.0, it has rarely been opened. I love the tags and the searches of the Organizer, and I like the integration with Elements.

I am still a little hesitant on the Create Workspace, simply because it takes so long to load. I preferred the menu items in Elements 2. When I wanted to make a slideshow, it opened in a couple of seconds. The Create Workspace takes considerably longer to open on my Windows machine, a 3.3ghz P4 with 512 mb of ram: 25 seconds. Things seem much faster on the Mac, a 1.8ghz iMac G5 with 1 GB of ram, no doubt due to the amount of things that have to load in Windows compared to the Mac. if I want a slideshow on the Mac, the slideshow dialog opens in less than a second.

The advantages far outweigh any problems. The new photo filters and Auto Smart Fix are superb, I love the Palette Bin, and the new Shadows/Highlights filter is outstanding! I have seen my students saving images that would surely have been thrown away since upgrading to Elements 3..

There are a lot of differences in this new version, and I have written a page to help upgraders find missing or moved items: Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0: You've Got Questions? Here's Some Answers! Read it and see if it makes your transition easier, and you find any that aren't listed, or if you have a tip you want to see added, feel free to email me!

 

System Requirements:

Macintosh

Windows

Macintosh PowerPC® G3, G4, or G5 processor
Mac OS X v.10.2.8 or v.10.3
256MB of RAM 200MB of available hard-disk space
Color monitor with 16-bit color or greater video card
1,024x768 or greater monitor resolution
CD-ROM drive
For handhelds: Requires Palm OS® 4.0, 4.1, or 5.0 and Palm Desktop 4.0 or 4.01
Intel® Pentium® III or 4 (or compatible) 800MHz or faster processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition with Service Pack 1; Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later ( see article Adobe applications on Windows XP with Service Pack 2)
256MB of RAM (512MB or more recommended)
800MB of available hard-disk space
Adobe Reader® 6.0.1 and Microsoft DirectX 9.0 software (included on application CD and installed if not already present)
Color monitor with 16-bit color or greater video card
1,024x768 or greater monitor resolution
CD-ROM drive
For handhelds: Requires Palm OS® 4.0, 4.1, or 5.0 and Palm Desktop 4.0 or 4.01
 

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