Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
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Include in the Elements Organizer
. This checkbox is turned on the first time you use
Elements. Leave it on and your photo gets saved in the Organizer. Turn it off if you don't
want the new file to go to the Organizer. If you turn it off, Elements should
leave
it off, at
least for this editing session or until you save a photo that came from the Organizer.
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Save in Version Set with Original
. This option tells the Organizer to save your image
(including any edits you've made) as a new
version
, separate from the original. The im-
age gets the same name as the original, plus a suffix to indicate it's an edited version.
Elements lets you create as many versions as you want. That way, you can go directly to
any state of the image that you've saved as a version, which is really handy. When you
turn on this checkbox to start a version set, from then on, you'll be presented with the
Save As dialog box every time you save. Elements does that to give you the chance to
create a new version each time.
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As a Copy
. When you save an image as a copy, Elements makes the copy, names it
“[Original filename] copy,” and puts the copy away, but the original version remains
open. If you want to work on the copy, you have to specifically open it. Sometimes Ele-
ments
forces
you to save an image as a copy—for instance, when you want to save a
layered image and you turn off the Layers checkbox described in the next bullet point.
you turn this setting off, Elements usually forces you to save the file as a copy. To avoid
having to do that,
flatten
the image (
Flattening an Image
) before saving it. But bear in
mind that, once you close a flattened image, you can't get your layers back—flattening is
a
permanent
change.
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ICC Profile
. Turn on this checkbox to make Elements embed a color profile (
Choosing a
Color Space
)
in your file.
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Thumbnail
. This setting is visible only in Windows, and it's always turned on—you
can't change it.
