For example, if I had a tag called ‘Uncle Joe’ attached to 30 pictures in my hard drive (regardless of their filename, which folders they were in or when they were taken), all I need to do is to search for tag ‘Uncle Joe; in Photoshop Album. The program will automatically locate and retrieve those 30 pictures for my viewing pleasure.

OK, back to Photoshop Album. If you have existing tags, you can attach them to your photos by dragging and dropping them on individual photos. You can tell that a photo has been tagged if there is a small icon shown in photo’s thumbnail.

If you don’t have an existing tag, you can create a new one choosing Tag > New Tag option from menu. You’re allowed to specify category of tag (e.g. People, Places, Events) and can enter actual tag keyword, along with a note for describing tag. Step 4: Move Your Photos to Appropriate Folders Once you’ve tagged all your photos in Photoshop Album, it doesn’t matter where they reside in computer’s hard drive. If you’ve just imported a new batch of photos, you can proceed to now move your digital photos to whichever folders you want. For me, I’d first rename any new photos in my ‘Unsorted Photos’ folder, then proceed to move them into ‘Raw Photos’ folder.

Step 5: Edit Your Photos If Necessary You can perform basic image edits like rotation within Photoshop Album itself. Basic image editing functions like rotation, cropping and red-eye removal are readily available at click of a button.

Step 6: Backup All Your Photos Regularly Within Photoshop Album, there is a function to regularly backup your entire photo catalog. All database information (in particular, tag information) will be backed up as well. You will want to get a CD burner, DVD burner or even an external hard drive to cater for this purpose. Conclusion Taking time to organize and clean up you digital photo collection is a worthwhile investment. By tagging your photos properly, you’ll be able to retrieve images in a snap. No more sifting through folders and image files to locate that specific photo. Try above organization tips out and I’m sure your digital photo experience will be that much more rewarding. Good luck and have a great time organizing!