Launching Elements

After running the installer from the Photoshop Elements DVD-ROM or downloading
the program from the Adobe Store (or Apple App Store for Mac
users), double-click the program icon to launch Elements. When the program
launches, you see the Adobe Photoshop Elements Welcome screen, as
shown in Figure 1-1.

Figure 1-1: The Photoshop Elements Welcome screen for Windows.

On the Welcome screen, you find two buttons for opening the Organizer and
the Photo Editor. Click one of these buttons, and you open the respective
Elements application:
✓ Organizer: Click the Organizer button, and Elements opens the Organizer,
the window where you take care of a plethora of file-management and
organization tasks. Among your other options, you can choose to load
pictures in the Organizer window so that they’re ready to use for all your
projects. The Organizer is available to Macintosh users in Photoshop
Elements 9 and above as well as to Windows users.
✓ Photo Editor: Click the Photo Editor button to open the Photoshop
Elements Photo Editor, where you perform all the editing for your
photos.
✓ Settings: Click Settings (the sprocket icon) to open the Adobe
Photoshop Elements 13 preferences for the startup window. Here, you
can choose to show the window on startup, open only the Organizer, or
open only the Photo Editor. By default, the Welcome screen is set to
always open when Elements is launched.
✓ Close: Click the X on the Welcome screen to close it. Closing the Welcome
screen has no effect on the Editors or the Organizer. If either or all are
open, they remain open when you close the Welcome screen.