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Sending photos and media files by email

Last updated on 21 Dec 2021 | Also applies to Elements Organizer

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Elements Organizer User Guide
Introduction
Workspace and workflow
Importing media files
Viewing and fixing media files
Marking places, faces, and events
Managing catalogs, folders, and albums
Searching photos and videos
Creating photo projects
Creating video projects
1. Create instant movies and video stories
2. Viewing video projects
Printing, sharing, and exporting

Learn how you can send photos and media files by email using Elements Organizer.

You can share files using email in the following ways.

PDF Slide Show

Combine images into a single PDF file. Your recipients can view the PDF file as a slideshow using the free Adobe Reader software.

E-mail Attachments

Send image or media files as individual email attachments. You can specify the size of the photo.

Note

All tags and metadata are preserved in your e-mailed file.

If you plan to email a project, see About projects.

Set default desktop client

Select the desktop email client to use for sharing photos. The client is used as default when you share photos in Elements Organizer.

Select Adobe Elements Organizer > Preferences > Sharing.
From the E-Mail Client menu, choose one of the following, and then click OK:
- Mail to choose the application as the default.
- (Outlook 2011 for Mac OS) Microsoft Outlook® to choose the application as the default.
- Microsoft Entourage to choose the application as the default.

Set default web-based client

For web-based email service like Google or Yahoo Mail, you can use the Adobe email Service to send Photo Mail directly to recipients.

Select Adobe Elements Organizer > Preferences > Sharing.
Select Adobe E‑mail Service from the E‑mail Client menu.
Enter your name and email address.
Click OK. The first time you use Adobe E‑mail Service, a verification email is sent to the address you entered in the Preferences dialog box.
In the body of the email, you’ll see a Sender Verification code. When prompted to enter the code, copy the code from the verification email, paste it into the dialog box, and then click OK.
When your email is verified, click OK. Now you can send email directly from Elements Organizer whenever you’re connected to the Internet.

Share photos as email attachments

Select photos that you want to share.
Select Share > E‑mail Attachments.
If your images are in a format other than JPEG and you want to mail them as JPEG images, select Convert Photos to JPEGs.
Choose an option from the Maximum Photo Size menu, and use the Quality slider to adjust image resolution. Higher values increase the file size.
Select recipients of the email by clicking a name in the Select Recipients list (the names you see are from your contact book.) To edit recipients in the contact book, click the edit recipients icon .

If you have not configured a contact book, you can later enter names of recipients directly in the email client.
Click Next. The email containing selected attachments along with the addresses of recipients is displayed.

If Elements Organizer doesn’t support your preferred email application, attach the file manually. See your email application’s Help for information about attaching files to an email.
Edit the contents of the email message, and click Send.

Using the contact book

The contact book helps you maintain a listing of your commonly used email addresses. Configuring your contact book in Elements Organizer helps you quickly send photos to a person or group of people.

Add an entry to the contact book

Select Edit > Contact Book.
Click the New Contact button.
Type a name, email address, and other information, as desired, for the contact, and then click OK.

Delete or modify an entry in the contact book

Select Edit > Contact Book.
Select one or more entries in the list, click Delete, and then click OK.

Edit an entry in the contact book

Select Edit > Contact Book.
Select an entry, and click the Edit button (or double-click an entry). Edit the entry, and then click OK.

Create a group in the contact book

Select Edit > Contact Book.
Click the New Group button.
Type a name for the group in the Group Name text box.
Add members to the group by selecting an entry in the Contacts list and clicking the Add button to move it to the Members list. Shift-click to add adjacent contacts or Ctrl-click to add nonadjacent ones.
To remove contacts from the group, select one or more entries in the Members list, and click the Remove button.
Click OK to close the New Group dialog box. The group is added to your contact book.
Click OK.

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