
Unfortunately, the software does not indicate when the initial analysis has been completed, so you need to keep clicking the Auto Curate check box until the message no longer appears. It took about 3.5 minutes for Elements to analyze 917 JPEG and Raw photos on my year-old MacBook Air that has 8GB of RAM. You just click a button and decide whether you want to use Auto Curate, and Elements will select a theme, an opening slide and a music track and put it all together. Try again later." Only when this analysis is complete can you click Auto Curate to see the culled results. If you click Auto Curate too soon, you get a message saying, "Auto curation is in progress. You have to wait until the initial analysis is completed in the background before you can run the Auto Curate and see the results. By default, images are analyzed when they are imported into the Organizer.

The latter attempts to intelligently include people who are important to you, adding an emotional component to the curated collection of photos.Ī slider allows you to choose how many photos are selected, with a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20,000.

The software also takes into account facial recognition, Smart Tags (a feature that automatically or manually labels subject matter, such as dog, automobile) and other parameters. Internet connection required for product activation and content download Auto Curate: Finding (most of) your best picsĭesigned to speed the process of identifying your best pictures, Auto Curate - located in the Organizer component of the software - automatically analyzes your images based on a number of criteria, including quality, composition and focus.

5GB of available hard-disk space to install applications additional 2GB to download all optional contentġ280 x 800 display resolution (at 100 percent scale factor)ĭVD-ROM drive (for installation from DVD)
