Chapter 1. Organized Chaos: Managing Photos Using the Organizer

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“Organized Chaos” is the perfect name for this chapter because not only is it a song title (by the band Benediction), it’s also apparently a marketing directive put forth by a super-secret department at Adobe who, from what I gather, is charged with making simple things more complex. For example, let’s take a look at the Photo Browser (for sorting images), which is basically the same as the Organizer. By adding the word “Organizer,” they secured a hefty annual bonus. Now, when they introduced the Organizer (also ...

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