Graphics Programs Reference
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Figure 8-2. When you have several files open in the Raw Converter, you get this handy filmstrip
view down the left side of the window. You can select a single image from the group by clicking it,
and then your changes apply only to that file. Shift-click or Ctrl-click to select multiple images (or
use the Select All button at the top of the filmstrip), and all the selected files get changed along with
the one in the main preview area. When you finish your tweaks and click Open, all the selected files
appear in the Editor's Photo Bin. If you want to save a group of them in another format, and then
use the Process Multiple Files command (page 301).
One important point to remember about raw files:
Elements never overwrites the original
file
. As a matter of fact, Elements
can't
modify the original raw file in any way. So your ori-
ginal is always there if you want to try converting it again later using different settings. It's
something like having a negative from which you can always get more prints. This also ap-
plies to
any
image you edit in the Raw Converter, not just raw files. You can crop a JPEG file
