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Re: PSE11 - alphabetical sort workarounds

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 00:12:54 GMT

Thank you! When will the update be available? Have I now to pay for this “lost and found again” ?

Kind regards

Christian Matticzk

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Re: PSE11 - alphabetical sort workarounds

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:11:38 GMT

Update :

Alphabetical sort has been reintroduced in PSE12, in all three view modes : thumbnail, Pictures and My Pictures.

Re: PSE11 - alphabetical sort workarounds

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 17:23:45 GMT

Thank You for the immediate response. I will think about your suggestions or/and wait for PhEl 12 ! :-( The Problem are the thousands of files I wanted to transfer from PhEl 9, to click them in the desired order within the albums will be a "hard work".

PSE11 - alphabetical sort workarounds

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:43:56 GMT

Here are a few ideas for those who miss the alphabetical sort in the PSE11 organizer. In previous versions, the pictures were displayed in alphabetical order when in folder view.

Now, when you are either in 'Folders' or 'My folders' views, you can only sort by date or import batch.

When you are in an album, the choice is also date or 'custom'.

Understandably, that lacking sort order is mainly a problem for those working from scans and with a folder structure organization.

1 - When you are in 'Folders' or 'My folders' view, higlight the folder in the left panel and right click 'Reveal in explorer'. Two clicks and you can browse the thumbnails in the default alphabetical order in the Windows window. (I suppose it must be the same for Macs...)

2 - From the same right click you can choose : 'instant album'. Two clicks again and you have a new album. It's possible to sort the album manually in a sticky 'custom order'. If your photos have been just imported from a scanning session, I think the best workflow is not to name/rename your pictures before the import. It seems more logical to order the files manually in the album, then use the organizer rename function to give the pictures in your folder a common starting name + digits.

3 - In numerous cases, the 'date taken' is totally irrelevant for scanned pictures. Either you will change the date for a suitable estimate, or if date does not matter, you can try the following.

Select all files in the folder and use the organizer to give them the same date. That will use the secondary sort order of the Organizer : alphabetical. That's enough to display the pictures in a folder in alphanumerical order. Note that it will be the common ASCII sorting which is somewhat different from the Windows alphabetical order.

My guess is that this 'acknowledged' problem will only be solved in PSE12. So, in the meantime, it may good to have two click solutions to display alphabetically or to create an 'instant album'.

Also see the feedback page on this problem:

http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/element_organizer_do_not_sort_alphab etically?page=1