Open a file using the open command, Open a recently used file, Specify the file format in which to open a file – Adobe Photoshop CS4 User Manual
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USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Opening and importing images
Last updated 1/10/2010
Open a file using the Open command
1
Choose File
> Open.
2
Select the name of the file you want to open. If the file does not appear, select the option for showing all files from
the Files Of Type (Windows) or Enable (Mac
OS) pop-up menu.
3
Click Open. In some cases, a dialog box appears, letting you set format-specific options.
Note: If a color profile warning message appears, specify whether to use embedded profile as the working space, convert
the document color to working space, or reverse the embedded profile. For more information, see “
136.
Open a recently used file
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Choose File
> Open Recent, and select a file from the submenu.
Note: To specify the number of files listed in the Open Recent menu, change the Recent File List Contains option in the
File Handling preferences. Choose Edit > Preferences > File Handling (Windows), or Photoshop
> Preferences > File
Handling (Mac OS).
Specify the file format in which to open a file
If a file was saved with an extension that doesn’t match its true format (for example, a PSD file saved with a .gif
extension), or has no extension, Photoshop may not be able to open the file. Selecting the correct format will allow
Photoshop to recognize and open the file.
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Do one of the following:
•
(Windows) Choose File
> Open As, and select the file you want to open. Then choose the desired format from the
Open As pop-up menu, and click Open.
•
(Mac
OS) Choose File
> Open, and choose All Documents from the Show pop-up menu. Then select the file you
want to open, choose the desired file format from the Format pop-up menu, and click Open.
Note: If the file does not open, then the chosen format may not match the file’s true format, or the file may be damaged.
Open PDF files
Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) is a versatile file format that can represent both vector and bitmap data. It
has electronic document search and navigation features. PDF is the primary format for Adobe Illustrator and Adobe
Acrobat.
Some PDF files contain a single image, and others contain multiple pages and images. When you open a PDF file in
Photoshop, you can choose which pages or images to open and specify rasterization options.
You can also import PDF data using the Place command, the Paste command, and the drag-and-drop feature. The
page or image is placed on a separate layer as a Smart Object.
Note: The following procedure is only for opening generic PDF files in Photoshop. You don’t need to specify options in the
Import PDF dialog box, when opening Photoshop PDF files.
1
Do one of the following:
•
(Photoshop) Choose File
> Open.
•
(Bridge) Select the PDF file and choose File
> Open With
> Adobe Photoshop CS4. Skip to step
3.
2
In the Open dialog box, select the name of the file, and click Open.
3
Under Select in the Import PDF dialog box, select Pages or Images, depending on what elements of the PDF
document you want to import.