The basics

4.12 Creating Image Stacks
Suitable for Elements – 5.0, 4.0, 3.0 | Diffi culty level – Basic
Related techniques – 4.07, 4.11
An Image Stack is slightly different from a Version Set
as it is a set of pictures that have been grouped together
into a single place in the Organizer workspace. Most
often Stacks are used to group pictures that have a
common subject or theme and the feature is one way
that Elements users can sort and manage their pictures.
To create a Version Stack, multi-select a series of
thumbnails in the workspace then right-click on one
of the selected images to show the menu and from here
select the Stack > Stack Selected Photos option. You can
identify stacked image groups by the small icon in the
top right of the thumbnail.
Auto photo stacking
The idea of grouping together like photos in a single
stack was introduced in version 3.0 of the program.
New for 5.0 is the ability to auto stack images as they
are downloaded from camera, imported into Elements
from folders or even when displayed in the Organizer
workspace.
The feature searches for similar images, either visually
similar, or multiple photos taken within a short period
of time, and then assembles these in groups in the
‘automatically suggest photo stacks’ window. From here
you can choose to remove selected photos from a group
or even remove a group all together from the window.
Once you have fi ne-tuned which photos to include,
clicking the Stack All Groups button will create Photo
Stacks from all the groups in the window.
To auto stack pictures that are already in your catalog
select a group of thumbnails fi rst and then choose
Automatically Suggest Photo Stacks from either the Edit
> Stack or the right-click pop-up menus. Alternatively,
to stack when importing pictures from a folder, camera
or card reader choose the Automatically Suggest
Photo Stacks option in the Get Photos or Adobe Photo
Downloader dialog.
ADVANCED PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 5.0 FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
Image Stacks icon >> Image Stacks use a
Layered Photos icon in the top right of the
thumbnail to indicate that the picture is
one of several images that have been
grouped.
Auto stack whilst downloading >>
The Advanced dialog of the Adobe Photo
Downloader contains the Automatically
Suggest Photo Stacks option so you can
group alike images as you transfer your
fi les from camera to computer.
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PHOTO ORGANIZATION
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