Use the Photo Library dialog to organize your photos. This tool lets you use albums and tags to categorize your photos, so that they will be easier to find later on. For instance, you may have multiple folders on your computer containing photos of a family member. You can create an album of this person to view all of their photos at the same time.
To open the Photo Library, click on the Library button on the Home tab, or select Photo Library from the File menu.
Home
The Home tab is where you will find the basic controls for getting started with the Photo Library.
Folders
The Folders tab is where you will find a list of all folders being managed by the Photo Library. Your Pictures folder is included by default.
- Adding folders
Click on the Add an existing folder... button at the bottom left of the dialog.
Using the folder browser dialog, select a folder and click on the Select Folder button.
Note: The folder browser dialog does not display files - it only shows folders.
- Edit a Folder
On the side panel with the list of Folders, click the 'Pencil' icon beside the Folder to be edited. - To rename the Folder, enter the new Folder name on the popup and click the Rename button.
NOTE: This also renames the actual systems folder. - To delete the Folder, click the Delete button.
NOTE: This only deletes the folder in Photo Library. Actual system folder is not affected.
- Delete a Folder
Deleting a folder only deletes it in Photo Library. Actual system folder is not affected.
There are two possible ways to delete a folder: - On the side panel with the list of Folders, click the 'Trashcan' icon beside the Folder to be deleted. This will automatically delete the folder.
- Alternatively, clicking the 'Pencil' icon also provides a Delete button on the dialog popup to delete the folder.
- Reorder Folders
Simply drag a folder from the side panel list and drop it on the desired location.
NOTE: A line indicator will appear to guide where the new position will be.
- Moving and Copying Photos
To move or copy photos to another folder, start by selecting the photos you wish to move or copy. If you haven't opened the photos in the Photo Library yet, you can click on Select Images in the home tab, and select the photos from the Recently Added album. With the photos selected, click on the Move or Copy button at the bottom of the dialog.
This will open a new dialog for moving the selected images to a new folder.
Click on the Browse... button to select a destination folder. Note: the folder browser will only display folders, it will not show any files.
Check the Create a copy checkbox if you want to make copies of the selected photos. The copied files will be moved to the destination folder, while the originally selected photos will stay in their current folder.
Click on the Move button to move the photos to the destination folder. The Photo Library will add the destination folder to the Folders list and display it.
Albums
Albums can be used to categorize photos into groups which share a similar topic or theme.
For example, you could have an album for vacation photos, or an album containing photos of a family member.
Click on the Albums tab to view a list of all albums.
- Create an Album
To create an album, make sure you've clicked on the Albums tab, then click on the Create a New Album... button at the bottom left of the dialog. Type in your new album name and click Create.
Alternatively, select some photos and click on the Add to Album button at the bottom of the dialog.
A popup will appear for assigning the photos to an album. Type the name of your new album and press enter, or click on the Create New button.
Any images that are selected when you create an album will automatically be added to the new album.
- Edit an Album
On the side panel with the list of Albums, click the 'Pencil' icon beside the Album to be edited. - To rename the Album, enter the new Album name on the popup and click the Rename button.
- To delete the Album, click the Delete button.
- Delete an Album
There are two possible ways to delete an album: - On the side panel with the list of Albums, click the 'Trashcan' icon beside the Album to be deleted. This will automatically delete the album.
- Alternatively, clicking the 'Pencil' icon also provides a Delete button on the dialog popup to delete the album.
- Reorder Albums
Simply drag an album from the side panel list and drop it on the desired location.
NOTE: A line indicator will appear to guide where the new position will be.
- Add Images to an Album
To add images to an existing album, start by selecting the photos you wish to add to the album. If you haven't opened the photos in the Photo Library yet, click on Select Images in the home tab, and select photos from the Recently Added album.
With the photos selected, click on the Assign Albums button at the bottom of the dialog.
This will open a popup containing a checklist of all existing albums.
NOTE: Common albums between the selected images will already be checked.
Use the search field at the top of the popup to find a specific album in the checklist: - Any album that you check will be assigned to the selected photos.
- Alternatively, any album that you unchecked will be unassigned to the selected photos.
Once you're done making changes, click on the Apply button.
- Recently Added
The Recently Added album is a special album that contains the most recent set of photos which were selected or imported from the Home tab. Photos will be removed from this album after you select or import more images.
Tags
Tags can be used to associate photos with certain keywords. You can use this as an alternative to albums for grouping photos together. Click on the Tags tab to view a list of all tags.
- Create a Tag
To create a tag, make sure you've clicked on the Tags tab, then click on the Add a New Tag... button at the bottom left of the dialog. Type in your new tag keyword and click Create. Alternatively, select some photos and click on the Assign Tags button at the bottom of the dialog.
A popup will appear for assigning tags to the selected photos. Type the name of your new tag and press enter, or click on the Create New button.
Any images that are selected when you create a tag will automatically be tagged with the new tag name.
- Edit a Tag
On the side panel with the list of Tags, click the 'Pencil' icon beside the Tag to be edited. - To rename the Tag, enter the new Tag name on the popup and click the Rename button.
- To delete the Tag, click the Delete button.
- Delete a Tag
There are two possible ways to delete a tag: - On the side panel with the list of Tags, click the 'Trashcan' icon beside the Tag to be deleted. This will automatically delete the tag.
- Alternatively, clicking the 'Pencil' icon also provides a Delete button on the dialog popup to delete the tag.
- Reorder Tags
Simply drag a tag from the side panel list and drop it on the desired location.
NOTE: A line indicator will appear to guide where the new position will be.
- Tagging images
To tag images, start by selecting the photos you wish to assign tags to. If you haven't opened the photos in the Photo Library yet, click on Select Images in the home tab, and select photos from the Recently Added album.
With the photos selected, click on the Assign Tags button at the bottom of the dialog.
This will open a popup containing a checklist of all existing tags.
NOTE: Common tags between the selected images will already be checked.
Use the search field at the top of the popup to find a specific tag in the checklist: - Any tag that you check will be assigned to the selected photos.
- Alternatively, any tag that you unchecked will be unassigned to the selected photos.
Once you're done making changes, click on the Apply button.
Photos
Photos are the loaded images in Photo Library. Multiple actions can be done on an image to better organize the library.
- Add Photos To Albums
Refer to "Album" > "Add Images to an Album" section in this page for more details.
- Add Photos To Tags
Refer to "Tags" > "Tagging images" section in this page for more details.
- Rate Photos
- Click on one or more photos to be rated.
- To rate all the selected photos, do any of the following:
- Place the mouse over one selected photo then click on a star.
- Alternatively, type the rating in your keyboard to rate the photo.
Accepted rating inputs are: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Tip: Clicking on 0 will remove any rating.