Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2 - Page 56

CHAPTER 3
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Acquiring and Opening Photos
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. 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 48 and “Opening PostScript artwork” on
page 49.)
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:
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 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.
Photoshop PDF files Created using the 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.
Generic PDF files Created using applications
other than Photoshop Elements, such as Adobe
Acrobat and Adobe Illustrator
®
, Generic PDF files
can contain multiple pages and images. When you
open a Generic PDF file, Photoshop Elements
rasterizes the image.
You can also bring PDF data into Photoshop
Elements using the Place command, the Paste
command, and the drag-and-drop feature.
(See “Placing files” on page 52, “Using drag-and-
drop to copy between applications” on page 124,
and “Using the Clipboard to copy between appli-
cations” on page 124.)