Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual page 64

CHAPTER 2
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Getting Images into Photoshop Elements
To specify the file format in which to open a file:
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 files with File Browser
File Browser helps you quickly locate image files
on your computer.
To open a file using File Browser:
Choose Window > Show File Browser.
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2 Select one of the following from the
drop-down list:
• Hard disk drive to show the directories and files
on the hard disk drive.
• Desktop to show the files saved on the desktop of
your computer. Thumbnails of image files are
displayed to identify each image.
• The name of any other drive or removable media
such as a Photo CD.
3 Double-click a file folder to view its contents.
4 Do one of the following to open the image in
Photoshop Elements:
• Double-click an image file.
Drag and drop an image file.
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Select an image file and then press Return.
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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.
Photoshop Elements recognizes two types of PDF
files: Photoshop PDF files and Generic PDF files.
You can open both types of PDF files; however,
you can only save images to Photoshop PDF
format.
Are created using the
Photoshop PDF files
Photoshop Elements Save As command.
Photoshop PDF files can contain only a single
image.
Photoshop PDF format supports all of the color
modes and features that are supported in standard
Photoshop format. Photoshop PDF also supports
JPEG and ZIP compression, except for Bitmap-
mode images, which use CCITT Group 4
compression.