The Organizer

One drawback of digital photography is that we accumulate masses of digital images and other assets, such as audio tracks and video clips. Keeping track of everything on a monthly basis, let alone annually, becomes something of a nightmare, especially if you plan on upgrading your skillset from amateur status to professional.

Sorting everything into meaningful collections, therefore, is the main function of the Organizer. Once 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 to its video-editing partner, Adobe Premiere Elements, which is often sold with Elements as a bundle:

Images and other digital assets are imported into the Organizer and sorted into a meaningful order 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...