Note: Screen shots using Windows Vista and Corel's Paint Shop Pro Xi.

I have heard a lot about PSPXi’s Organizer, and when I started my first layout today with both a new operating system, Vista, and the new version of PSP, I was a bit nervous.

I immediately started by rebuilding my workspace and saving it. As I was going through the menus, I found one that I had not heard anything about, the Photo Tray. What is this?

I opened Help and read the description. This looks interesting, I thought. I wonder why I have not heard anything about it. Does it work? And, if it does, how will it impact my scrapping? I decided to create a layout and see.

To start, I open the Photo Tray from View> Palettes> Photo Tray or Ctrl+W. It docks itself along the bottom of the workspace. Okay, so it’s right with the Organizer, which replaces the Browser.

How do I add images to the Photo Tray? I use the Organizer to browse to some pictures, papers and elements that I might want to use.

From the Organizer, I right-click on each element that I want to add and choose "Add to Photo Tray" from the menu.

I find that I can also remove items from the Photo Tray by right-clicking on them in the Photo Tray and choosing "Remove from Photo Tray." Easy enough! Now, how do I use what is in the Photo Tray? Can I drag and drop?

Yes, I can! Excellent! I can put a screw or staple in the tray and use it as many times as I want to, without having it open in PSP! And, when I drag it onto the layout, it creates its own layer. This could really speed up my scrapping!

Renaming layers is also easy from the Photo Tray. Right-click on the digital scrapbooking element, choose "Rename," then highlight and copy the name of the item. Click "Cancel" and paste the name in the Layers Palette. All of your items stay in the Photo Tray. Even if you close the program, they are back when it reopens! To empty a Photo Tray, simply select everything in it and Delete.

I really like this feature of PSPXi and plan to use it often!

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