Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 70)

63 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Opening and importing images
Last updated 1/10/2010
Acquiring images from cameras and scanners
Acquiring digital images from cameras
You can copy images to your computer by connecting your camera or a media card reader to your computer.
• Use the Get Photos From Camera command in Adobe® Bridge® CS4 to download photos, and to organize, rename,
and apply metadata to them.
• If your camera or the card reader appears as a drive on your computer, copy images directly to your hard disk or
into Adobe Bridge.
• Use the software that came with your camera, Windows Image Acquisition (WIA), or Image Capture (Mac OS).
For more information on using Windows Image Acquisition or Image Capture, see your computer documentation.
Import images from a digital camera using WIA (Windows only)
Certain digital cameras import images using Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) support. When you use WIA,
Photoshop works with Windows and your digital camera or scanner software to import images directly into
Photoshop.
1 Choose File > Import > WIA Support.
2 Choose a destination in which to save your image files on your computer.
3 Make sure that Open Acquired Images in Photoshop is selected. If you are importing a large number of images, or
if you want to edit the images later, deselect Open Acquired Images.
4 To save the imported images directly into a folder whose name is the current date, select Unique Subfolder.
5 Click Start.
6 Select the digital camera from which to import images.
Note: If the name of your camera does not appear in the submenu, verify that the software and drivers were properly
installed and that the camera is connected.
7 Choose the image or images you want to import:
• Click the image from the list of thumbnails to import the image.
• Hold down Shift and click multiple images to import them at the same time.
• Click Select All to import all available images.
8 Click Get Picture to import the image.
Importing scanned images
Make sure to install the software necessary for your scanner. Some scanner software lets you designate Photoshop as
the external editor or viewer for an image after a scanning is completed. Other scanning software saves the image as a
file on your computer that can be opened in Photoshop.
Note: Scanner drivers are supported by the scanner manufacturer, not Adobe® Systems Incorporated. If you have
problems with scanning, make sure that you are using the latest version of the scanner driver and software.
You can also import scanned images directly from any scanner that has a Photoshop-compatible plug-in module. To
import the scan using a plug-in module, choose the scanner name from the File
> Import submenu. See your scanner
documentation for instructions on installing the scanner plug-in. Or, use the scanner manufacturer’s software to scan
your images, and save the images as TIFF, PICT, or BMP files. Then open the files in Photoshop.