Graphics Programs Reference
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click the Advanced Dialog button (circled) so you can choose which photos to grab and fine-
tune other settings.
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Create Subfolder(s)
. If you want to have more levels of organization, you can put your
image files into a subfolder
inside
the folder you chose for the Location. Use this drop-
down menu to decide what Elements uses as the subfolder's name: today's date, the shot
date (in your choice of several different formats), or a custom name. If you don't want to
create a subfolder, choose None.
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Rename Files
. Here you can choose to give all the files you're importing a custom
name. If you select Custom Name from the drop-down menu and then type
obedien-
ce_school_graduation
in the box below it, for example, then you get photos named obed-
ience_school_graduation_0001, obedience_school_graduation_0002, and so on. Or you
can use just the shot date or today's date, the name of the subfolder, or a combination of a
custom name and the date you shot the photo. No matter which naming scheme you
choose, Elements adds a four-digit number to the end of each file's name (as in the
obedience-school example above) to help you distinguish among them. You can also
choose Advanced Rename to bring up a window where you can set a very complex
group of parameters for naming your photos. If you leave the Rename Files field set to
“Do not rename files,” then Elements keeps the filenames your camera assigned.
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Preserve Current Filename in XMP
. Turn this checkbox on if you want the photos'
current filenames to be stored in the photos'
metadata
(
Media View
)
.
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Open Organizer when Finished (Windows only)
. You won't see this checkbox if the
Organizer is already running when you import your photos, but it appears if the Down-
loader opened automatically or you launched it as described at the beginning of this sec-
tion (
The Photo Downloader
). If you're going to put your files in the Organizer, leave
this checkbox turned on. Turn it off if you don't use the Organizer, or if you'd rather wait
until later to get organized.
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Delete Options
. You can have the Downloader delete your files from your camera's
memory card when it's done importing them.
Figure 2-2
explains more about this option.
