Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual page 112

CHAPTER 2
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Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady
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.
Click Open. In some cases, a dialog box appears,
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letting you set format-specific options.
(See "Opening and importing PDF files" on
page 102 and "Opening PostScript artwork" on
page 104.)
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 128.)
For more information on opening and
importing Photo CD files, see "Opening
Photo CD files," "Opening Raw files (Photoshop),"
"Importing anti-aliased PICT files (Mac OS),"
and "Importing PICT Resources (Mac OS)" in
online Help.
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, choose Edit > Prefer-
ences > Saving Files, and enter a number in the
Recent File List Contains 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
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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
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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 9.0 and
Adobe Acrobat.
For more information, see "PDF" in
online Help.
Some PDF files contain a single image.
Other PDF files (called Generic PDF files) may
contain multiple pages and images. When you
open a Generic PDF file, you can choose which
page to open and specify rasterization options.
If you want to open an image (versus a page) from
a PDF file, you can use the File > Import > PDF
Image command.