Thursday 4 April 2013

PSE Editor is not launching (Mac)

PSE Editor is not launching (Mac)

This issue can appear in various manifestations like-
- Elements Editor splash screen freezes at launch.
- Elements Editor splash screen appears and then goes away.
- Nothing happens on clicking 'Editor' tab in welcome screen.
- Organizer/Editor launches fine but hangs just after launch.

PSE Editor is not launching (Windows)

PSE Editor is not launching (Windows)

This issue can appear in various manifestations like-
- Elements Editor splash screen freezes at launch.
- Elements Editor splash screen appears and then goes away.
- Nothing happens on clicking 'Editor' tab in welcome screen.
- Elements Editor launches fine but hangs just after launch.

Wednesday 3 April 2013

How to fix catalog conversion failure issues?

How to fix catalog conversion failure issues?

The troubleshooting steps mentioned in this blog will work fine for:
- Catalogs created in Adobe Photoshop Elements v5 or older.
- Catalogs created in any version of Adobe Photoshop Album.
- Converting catalogs in Photoshop Elements 7 or newer versions.

- Catalog conversion is done on Windows (this workaround is not valid for Mac).

Monday 1 April 2013

How to improve PSE's performance?

How to improve PSE's performance?

Please refer to this blog, if:
- Elements Organizer is taking a long time to launch.
- Elements Organizer is taking long time to execute simple operations.
- How to Repair/Optimize catalog in Elements Organizer.
- If Editor is taking a long time to launch or to open any images.

Thursday 21 March 2013

Watch folder (Windows only feature of PSE)

Watch folder (Windows only feature of PSE)

Please refer to this blog if -
1. You want Elements Organizer to import media automatically from some pre-defined folders whenever new media is added to them.
2. Just after launching Organizer, an 'Updating' dialog is shown (which sometimes remains for long) with NO Cancel button.

PSE Organizer is not launching (Mac)

PSE Organizer is not launching (Mac)

This issue can appear in various manifestations like-
- Elements Organizer splash screen freezes at launch.
- Elements Organizer splash screen appears and then goes away.
- Nothing happens on clicking 'Organizer' tab in welcome screen.
- Organizer launches fine but hangs just after launch.

Tuesday 19 March 2013

How to deactivate PSE?

How to deactivate PSE?

All posts available on this blog

All posts available on this blog:

Following is a comprehensive list of all posts available on this blog. I will keep on updating this page with new posts. If you would like a post explaining some feature/trouble-shooting a feature in PSE, just leave your comments in comment section on this page.

Monday 18 March 2013

How to change default application associated with a media?

How to change default application associated with a media?

Based on the nature of media, Operating system usually associate some default application for all files. For example by default all images are set to open in Windows Photo Viewer on Windows. Now even if we install some other Photo viewer app, the default application associated with the images may remain same.

This blog shows how to change the default application associated with any image. Lets say on my machine images are set to open in 'Windows Photo viewer'.

Wednesday 13 March 2013

How do I Reconnect Missing files in Organizer?

How do I Reconnect Missing files in Organizer?


This problem can appear in various manifestations like:

- Yellow icon/badge is shown on top left corner of images.
- Elements Organizer shows 'Searching files' dialog in some workflows.
- Reconnect missing files dialog is shown while initiating some workflows.

Friday 8 March 2013

Photoshop Elements (PSE) knowledge base

Photoshop Elements (PSE) knowledge base



Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 11 software helps you edit pictures with powerful, easy-to-use options and share them via print, the web, Facebook, and more.* Live in the moment knowing you can easily turn your everyday snapshots into sensational photos.

As with other software/applications, you might get into some issue or you might want to achieve something but you don't know how. There are numerous forums wherein you can post your queries. Other forum members (which includes some members from Adobe) may answer your questions. 

The overall process is smooth but not a real time. Most of the times you want to accomplish something with application and then you launch the application. Consider the situation that when you launched the application  and what you see is, the application is not launching/crashing at startup. Alternatively you are not able to accomplish what you want to achieve due to some defects. As a next step, you post this question on some fourms. The overall process of getting your query resolved might take a large time. And it might be possible that either your leave the task or you switch the application.

The motivation behind creating this blog is to resolve your queries in real-time. This blog is basically a knowledge repository where you can find a number of tricks/hacks which you need to do if you are stuck in a situation.  If you are stuck in a situation, then as first point of contact, you can visit this blog and search for your issue. As with other repositories, this blog will evolve with time. So ff you are unable to find your query listed here, you can add a comment on this blog. I will try to answer your query ASAP and will add the same to this KB. 

This KB is aimed for PSE11 on Win Vista and later 64 bit machines versions and Mac. If you are using a previous PSE version, these tips will work fine.

Please leave your comments if you have any queries. I will get back to you as soon as possible. Any feedback on improving the quality/content of the blog is highly appreciated.

Cheers!!

PSE Organizer is not launching (Windows)

PSE Organizer is not launching (Windows)

This issue can appear in various manifestations like-
- Elements Organizer splash screen freezes at launch.
- Elements Organizer splash screen appears and then goes away.
- Nothing happens on clicking 'Organizer' tab in welcome screen.
- Organizer/Editor launches fine but hangs just after launch.

I want to upgrade my older PSE version to current PSE version. How?

I want to upgrade my older PSE version to current PSE version. How?

If you own any older PSE version, then instead of buying a full version, you can upgrade to current version (as upgrade will be less expensive than buying Full version). For upgrading, you can visit: http://tinyurl.com/9pgrhte.