Working with thumbnails in the Manage workspace

Reviewing, organizing, and finding photos : Working with thumbnails in the Manage workspace

The Manage workspace makes it easy for you to preview and organize photos by using thumbnails.

For a larger view of photos, use Preview mode, zoom in and out on thumbnails, or use Quick Review to view photos in full-screen mode. You can sort thumbnails by criteria such as name, rating, or date. You can also rotate photos by using thumbnails, or delete and rename the files.

For multi-image shooting, you can use Auto Group and RAW/JPG Pairs to group and view thumbnails according to bracketing settings or JPEG+RAW file pairs.

Thumbnails let you edit multiple photos by using Capture editing and Apply editing. For more information, see Capturing and applying edits to multiple photos.

In addition, you can select one or more RAW file thumbnails to convert the files to another format. For more information, see Converting RAW photos to another file format.

To preview an image in the Manage workspace

• In the Organizer palette, click a thumbnail.

If you are not in Preview mode, click the Preview mode button

in the upper-right corner of the application window.

The photo is displayed in the Preview area.

You can also
Display the previous or the next image in the Preview area by using the keyboard	Press the Left arrow or the Right arrow keys.
Preview an image in full-screen mode	Click View  Full Screen Preview, or double-click a thumbnail to open Quick Review. For more information, see “Using Quick Review to review photos” on page 140.

To zoom in or out on thumbnails

1 If the Manage workspace is not in Thumbnail mode, click the Thumbnail mode button

in the upper-right corner of the Manage workspace.

2 On the Organizer toolbar, move the Zoom slider to the left to zoom out, or to the right to zoom in.

The Zoom slider is not available when the Manage workspace is in Preview mode.

To sort thumbnails

Manage workspace

1 On the Organizer toolbar, click the Sort by drop-list.

2 Choose a sorting option.

3 Choose one of the following options:

• Date Created - Newest — sorts thumbnails, from newest to oldest, by the date on which the photo was taken

• Date Created - Oldest — sorts thumbnails, from oldest to newest, by the date on which the photo was taken

• Date Modified — sorts thumbnails by the date on which the image was last modified

• Folder — sorts thumbnails alphabetically by folder name

• Filename — sorts thumbnails alphabetically by filename (image name)

• Rating — sorts thumbnails by image rating

• File Format — sorts thumbnails alphabetically by filename extension (for example, .psp image, .jpg, or .tif)

• File Size — sorts thumbnails by the file size (in kilobytes) from smallest to largest

• Place — sorts thumbnails by the location that is associated with the photo

To group thumbnails according to shooting time

• On the Organizer toolbar, click Auto Group and set a time interval.

Photos that have been captured within the time interval are displayed as sets (dividers appear between sets).

To control how RAW and JPEG pairs are displayed

1 On the Organizer toolbar, click the RAW/JPG Pairs button, and choose one of the following options:

• ON - Show JPG Versions — shows the JPEG versions as thumbnails and hides the RAW versions

• ON - Show RAW Versions — shows the RAW versions as thumbnails and hides the JPEG versions

• OFF — shows thumbnails for both the RAW and JPEG versions of the files.

If you delete a thumbnail when the RAW/JPG Pairs option is turned on, both versions of the files are sent to the Recycle Bin.

To select more than one thumbnail

Manage workspace

• Do one of the following:

• To select adjacent thumbnails, hold down Shift, and click the first and the last thumbnail in the sequence of thumbnails.

• To select nonadjacent thumbnails, hold down Ctrl, and click the thumbnails.

To rotate one or more images in the Organizer palette

Manage workspace

1 Select one or more thumbnails.

2 On the Organizer toolbar, click one of the following buttons:

• Rotate Right

— rotates thumbnails 90 degrees clockwise

• Rotate Left

— rotates thumbnails 90 degrees counterclockwise

You can also right-click a thumbnail and choose Rotate Right or Rotate Left from the context menu.

To delete one or more photos in the Manage workspace

1 Select one or more thumbnails, and press Delete.

The Delete File dialog box or Delete Multiple Items dialog box appears.

2 Click Yes to send the images to the Recycle Bin.

You can also delete photos by selecting thumbnails, right-clicking a selected thumbnail, and clicking Delete in the context menu.

To rename a file in the Manage workspace

1 Right-click the thumbnail of the file that you want to rename and choose Rename.

2 In the Rename File dialog box, type the new filename, and click OK.

To open one or more images for quick touch-up

Manage workspace

• Select one or more thumbnails, and click the Adjust tab.

The images open in the Adjust workspace.

The Organizer palette is available in the Adjust workspace, so you can access other photos.

You can also start the Adjust workspace by right-clicking one or more selected thumbnails and choosing Adjust Photo.

To open one or more images for advanced editing

Manage workspace

• Select one or more thumbnails, and click the Edit tab.

The images open in the Edit workspace.

You can also start the Edit workspace by right-clicking one or more selected thumbnails and clicking Edit Photo in the context menu.