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Adobe Photoshop Help
Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady
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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 Show (Mac OS) pop-up
menu.
3
(Mac OS) Click Show Preview to preview the selected file. This option requires the Apple
QuickTime extension.
Note:
Previews display faster if they are saved with the file. In Photoshop, select Always
Save for Image Previews in the Saving Files preferences to always save a preview; select
Ask When Saving to save previews on a file-per-file basis.
4
Click Open. In some cases, a dialog box appears, letting you set format-specific options.
(See
“Opening and importing PDF files” on page 74
and
“Opening PostScript artwork” on
page 76
.)
Note:
If a color profile warning message appears, specify whether to convert the pixels
based on the file’s color profile. (See
“Specifying color management policies” on page 108
.)
To open a recently used file:
Choose File > Open Recent, and select a file from the submenu.
To specify the number of files that are available in the Open Recent submenu:
1
Do one of the following:
•
(Photoshop) In Windows or Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > File Handling.
•
(Photoshop) In Mac OS X, choose Photoshop > Preferences > File Handling.
•
(ImageReady) In Windows or Mac OS 9.x, choose Edit > Preferences > General.
•
(ImageReady) In Mac OS X, choose ImageReady > Preferences > General.
2
Do one of the following:
•
(Photoshop) Enter a number in the Recent File List Contains text box.
•
(ImageReady) Enter a number in the Recent Files text box.
To specify the file format in which to open a file (Photoshop):
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.
Important:
If the file does not open, then the chosen format may not match the file’s true
format, or the file may be damaged.
Opening and importing PDF files
Portable Document Format (PDF) is a versatile file format that can represent both vector
and bitmap data and can contain electronic document search and navigation features.
PDF is the primary format for Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Acrobat. For more information
on the PDF format, see
“PDF” on page 456
.
