The Organizer
One drawback of digital photography is that we accumulate masses of digital images and other assets, such as audio files and video clips. Keeping track of everything on a monthly basis, let alone annually, is something of a nightmare, especially if you plan on upgrading your skill set from keen amateur status to something approaching a professional occupation.
Sorting everything into meaningful collections, therefore, is the main function of the Organizer. Once it's installed, you'll note that it runs as a separate application, albeit one with almost inseparable ties to the photo-editing part of Elements, and, indeed, with its video-editing partner, Adobe Premiere Elements (often sold with Elements as a bundle).
Images and other digital assets are imported into the Organizer and sorted into meaningful groups using a range of clever tools such as albums, keywords, labels, place and people tags, star ratings, and metadata. Because all of these attributes can be applied...