Photoshop Elements 13 questions...

[psimon]

These questions are in reference to Photoshop Elements 13, but also apply to previous Elements as well.

Currently, all of my photos are in directories in Windows with each directory titled by the date of the photos, whether there is 1 photo or 250 shots the same day. This is how the Canon software downloads the pictures and has worked well for me for years.

I just bought Photoshop Elements 13 and it wants me to use their Organizer. It would also like to import all of my photos.

My questions:
1. Will this double the amount of space on my hard drive keeping the same photos in 2 places?

2. What do I gain by using their organizer?

3. What won't I be able to do if I don't use their organizer?

All thoughts on this are greatly appreciated!

Thanks...

---Paul in Southern NJ

 

[photo_chick]

Lightroom (also an Adobe product) has an option to import but keep files at their current location. Does PSE 13 have a similar option?

Many organizers work by creating a library file that references the file's location.

As far as the gains... it depends on what the software does. I haven't used the Elements organizer but I use LR heavily. If it's similar it could be useful. If it's like Adobe Bridge (used with Photoshop CS) then I'd run far, far away.