The basics

PHOTO ORGANIZATION
AND MANAGEMENT
90 ADVANCED PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 5.0 FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
New Backup
features for 5.0
Backup regularly
There is no point having duplicate versions of your data if they are out of date. Base the interval
between backups on the amount of work you do. In heavy periods when you are downloading,
editing and enhancing many images at a time backup more often; in the quieter moments you
won’t need to duplicate fi les as frequently. Most professionals backup on a daily basis or at the
conclusion of a work session.
Store the duplicates securely
In ensuring the security of your images you will not only need to protect you photos from the
possibility of a hard drive crash but also from such dramatic events as burglary and fi re. Do this
by storing one copy of your fi les securely at home and an extra copy of your archive disks or
external backup drives somewhere other than your home or offi ce. I know that this may sound a
little extreme but swapping archive disks with a friend who is just as passionate about protecting
their images will prove to be less painful than losing all your hard work.
In version 5.0 the Backup Catalog feature has
been enhanced so that now it is possible to archive
your catalog over a series of CD or DVD
disks. In previous versions, the Backup feature
only allowed writing to a single disk and
even with the growing use of DVD-ROMs for
archive scenarios, many digital photographers
have a catalog of photos that far exceeds the
space available on a single disk. The feature
estimates the space required for creating the
backup copy of the catalog and, after selecting
the drive that will be used for archiving, the
feature also determines the number of disks
required to complete the action. During the
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writing process the feature displays instruction
windows at the end of writing each disk
and when you need to insert a new disk. All
disks need to be written for the backup to be
complete. To restore a catalog from a set of
backup disks use the File > Restore Catalog
option in the Organizer workspace.
The revised backup feature also allows multisession
recording of archives. Multi-session
DVD or CD-ROM recording means that you
can add extra backup fi les to disks that you
have already recorded to. Most Elements
users will fi nd this useful when performing
incremental backups.
In addition a new online archive option is
included with version 5.0, called Online
Backup; the feature provides a way of storing
a copy of important image fi les on a server
on the internet. The service is provided by
Iron Mountain. After registering Elements
users can backup their pictures, but not their
catalog, to the secure server.