Graphics Programs Reference
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It's easy to hop back and forth between the Editor and the Organizer, which you can think of
as the two halves of Elements. But in some ways, they function as two separate programs.
For example, if you start in the Organizer, then once you pick a photo to edit, you have to
wait a few seconds while the Editor starts up. And when you have both the Editor and the
Organizer running, quitting the Editor doesn't close the Organizer—you have to close it sep-
arately.
Figure 1-1. Elements' Welcome screen. The images at the bottom are dynamic, meaning they may
change, but the buttons at the top and the gear icon for the settings are always the same. Sometimes
you may see ads for special offers for other Adobe programs.
At the bottom center of the Editor's main window is a button that you can click to launch the
Organizer (or switch over to it if it's already running). If you want to do the opposite—get
photos from the Organizer over to the Editor—select the photo(s) in the Organizer, and then
