Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0

Set advanced photo downloading options

The Advanced dialog box of the Adobe Photo Downloader offers several options not available in the Standard dialog box. For example, it lets you view all of the photos stored on a device, preview videos before importing them, and add copyright metadata. The settings you specify in this dialog box retain their values until you reset them.

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Adobe Photoshop Elements Photo Downloader Advanced dialog box

A.
Name of connected device

B.
Options for saving files

C.
Click the box to download a photo.

D.
Rotate buttons

E.
Name for all files

F.
Selects metadata templates

G.
Check All or Uncheck All photos

H.
Gets the photos

  1. In the Standard Adobe Photo Downloader dialog box, click Advanced Dialog.

    Thumbnail images of every file on your device appear.

  2. To show or hide different file types, click the Image , Video , or Audio  buttons. If the device contains duplicate files, the Duplicate button  is also available.
    Note: Duplicate files are those that are already in the Organizer or have already been copied to your hard disk. If you download duplicate files, they are copied to your hard drive, but are not added to the Organizer.
  3. Select photos to download by doing any of the following:

    • To select individual photos, click the boxes below each thumbnail.

    • To select multiple photos, drag a rectangle around their thumbnails, and then right-click and select Check Selected, or click a box below one of the selected images to check them all.

    • To select all photos, click Check All. To deselect all images, click Uncheck All.

  4. To rotate one or more photos, select them by clicking on the images (not the check boxes), and click the Rotate Left button or the Rotate Right button .
  5. In the Save Options section, choose an option for naming subfolders from the Create Subfolder(s) menu. The Custom Groups (Advanced) option creates a subfolder with the group name format you select in the Group Name box. The group tag name helps you find and distinguish photos within a category.
    Note: If you switch to the Standard dialog box, Custom Groups settings are lost.
  6. In the Advanced Options section, select any of the following:
    Automatically Fix Red Eyes
    Applies the Fix Red Eye command to all selected photos.
    Note: Automatically removing red eye on a large number of image files increases the amount of time required to import your photos.

    Automatically Suggest Photo Stacks
    Combines selected photos into suggested photo stacks based on visual similarity.

    Make Group Custom Name A Tag
    Applies the custom name tag of the specified group to the selected photos. Use this option only if you have assigned custom groups. Applying tags while downloading helps you find photos more easily in the Organizer.

  7. To add metadata, select a template to use and type in the following fields:
    Author
    Specifies the file creator. Information typed into this field is appended to the author metadata in the file.

    Copyright
    Specifies the date and other relevant information to protect your photos. Information typed into this field overwrites any data already in the copyright metadata in the file.

  8. Click Get Photos.