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Despite being a top-of-the-line choice for producing home movies, the older version of Premiere Elements was definitely lacking a bit when it came to the Organizer. Adobe has recognized this and made some marked improvements in version 8. The Organizer is not just a tool for Premiere Elements – it actually links together Premiere Elements,
Photoshop Elements, and Adobe's
Photoshop.com online service.
The Organizer's Auto-Analyzer now applies Smart Tags to videos as they are imported, basically helping you sort your clips as they're uploaded to your PC. This process runs in the background so you don't have to wait for it to complete to start working on other items in Premiere Elements. However, even though the process is automated, you can specify certain clips that you want analyzed right away by right-clicking on that file and selecting Run Auto Analyzer.
If you take advantage of the offerings of Photoshop.com, the new Organizer offers even more functionality – the ability to back up and synchronize your video collection across multiple computers. This is an extremely nice feature, especially in today's world where more and more people regularly use more than one PC and want to have access to their files on every system.
