Sources of Images

You can get images from different sources like:

1. Scanned photos from printed materials
2. Digital photos from your camera
3. Images purchased from the internet
Create your own image from scratch using Photoshops drawing and painting tools.

Opening an Image
There are two ways to open an image in Photoshop
To open an image using in the workspace:
1. Double click the gray area in the Photoshop window.
2. When the Open dialog box appears, select the file name of the image you want to open,
and then click Open.
OPEN
Double click the
gray area to
show the
Open dialog box

Open dialog box

Location

Choose the file

you want to open
Open
File Name

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To open an image using the Menu Bar:

1. On the Menu Bar, click File and click Open.
2. When the Open dialog box appears, select the file name of the image you want to open.
3. In the Open dialog box, go to the Look in and select the location where the image is
stored.
4. From the list, choose an image in the existing files and click the file name or type the file
name in the File name textbox and click Open.
5. The image will now appear in the window and ready for editing.

Opened Image

Creating a New Image In Photoshop

You can create new images in Photoshop from scratch to make your own image using different
tools of the program.
1. On the Menu Bar, click File.
2. Click New.
3. When the New dialog box appears, fill up the name and settings required such as size,
resolution and background.
4. Click OK.
5. A blank window will open where you can work on your image.
New

New dialog box

Creating New Window Image

You can create multiple windows for your image. This allows you to compare the original image
from your edited image and makes it easier to navigate through with multiple windows to
organize.
1. Go to the Menu Bar and click Window.
2. Check Arrange, select New Window.
3. A new window will appear for your image.
Arrange

New Window

Importing an Image
There are a number of ways to import images to your Photoshop.
1. Go to the Menu Bar and click File and click Open.
2. A dialog box will appear for you to select the image you would like to place in Photoshop
and click Open.
Open

3. Another way is by dragging an image file from another folder going to the Photoshop
window. This is the quickest way to import an image so that you do not have to find the
image you would like to import in Photoshop. Just choose the image that you would like
to insert and then drag it to the Photoshop window. You need to minimize Photoshop so
that you can click and drag your image easily to the Photoshop window.

Photoshop Window
Open dialog box

Dragging your image to the

Photoshop window will
import the image directly

Importing Multiple Images

You can import multiple files in your Photoshop using Open dialog box.
1. On the Menu Bar, click File then click Open.
2. Select as many images as you want simultaneously for multiple image imports by
highlighting the images that you want to import.
3. Then clicking the Open button will import all the images in the Photoshop window.
4. After importing multiple files, you will see separated windows for the respective files that
you opened.

Highlighted Files

Open

Arrange
Stock of Opened Files

Float all in windows

5. You can also float the opened files by manually by dragging the file to the Photoshop
window by its title bar.

Drag the title bar down to

float the image window

Browsing an Image in Bridge

The Bridge file browser allows you to easily open existing image file.
1. On the Menu Bar, click File and click Browse in Bridge.
2. You can also click the Launch Bridge button from the Application Bar.
3. When the Adobe Bridge file browser opens, click the Folders tab.
4. Click the arrow to open your existing folders.
5. Select and double click the image you want to open.

Browse in Bridge

Displaying a Slide Show in Bridge

1. On the Application Bar, click the Launch Bridge button.
2. When the Adobe Bridge file browser opens, click a folder containing the slide show
images.
3. On the Menu Bar, click View and click Slideshow Options.
4. On the Slideshow Options dialog box, set the alignment and other settings and specify
the duration between slides.
5. Click Play.
6. To pause and resume the slideshow, press the Spacebar on your keyboard.
7. To end the slideshow, press the Esc key.

Displaying the Information of an Image

You can display the information of your image which is located in the lower left part of the
image window. You will see the values, the image size and many more. This is useful to know
your images pixels and for any adjustments you want to make.
Click the arrow to show the menu and select the information you would like to see. The
information will display at the bottom of the window.

Menu
Arrow
Information

Using Rulers
Rulers help you position your images accurately. They will help you organize your images and
measure your design precisely.
To view the ruler, go to the Menu Bar and click Window, select View and check Ruler. This will
show the ruler at the left side of the image and at the top of the window.

Rulers
Ruler
Snap

Using Ruler Guides

Guides are lines to help you place your image or object in a specific area. A guide will not be visible
when you print your file.
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On the Menu Bar, click View and select Rulers.

When the ruler appears, click the edge of the ruler until you see blue line.
Drag the line to your desired measurement.
Check the Snap command for the object to be pulled into the ruler guide.

Ruler Guides

Snapping
Snapping lets you snap the image to a precise point in the ruler. The default snapping location Is (0,0). To
snap your image, go to the Menu Bar and click View and select Snap.

Using the Navigator Panel

You can also use the Navigation Panel to view particular area in your image .
1. On the Menu Bar, click Window and click Navigator.
2. The Navigator panel to show your current view relative to the entire image.
3. Click and drag the navigator slider to zoom in or out.
Window
Navigator Panel

Zoom Value
Zoom Slider
Navigator

Using the Hand Tool

You can view another area image by selecting the Hand
tool and dragging to the area you want to
view in. You can use this tool when you want to edit another art if the image and instead if zooming out
you just move the image using the Hand Tool to see your desired area.
1. On the Tools panel, click Hand
2. Click and drag the image to go to a particular area.

Click and drag to

move
Hand Tool
Zoom
Hand Tool

Zooming the image

You can change the size of the view of your image on the screen to have a closer look at your image to
work on it with better control and flexibility. One way is to zoom in and out of your image by clicking the
Zoom tool in the Tools panel. Then elect the part of your image where you want to zoom in. The image
will now move closer and can now be edited in a bigger and closer view. You can also use the keyboard
shortcuts Ctrl + to zoom in and Ctrl to zoom out.

Zoom Level
When you click the Zoom tool, plus + sign will appear. The image will be magnified more each time you
click the mouse. To zoom out or decrease the magnification, click the Zoom icon and hold the Alt Key. A
minus sign will appear. The view will be reduced each time you click the mouse.
You can view another area image by selecting the Hand Tool and dragging to the area you want to view
in. You can use this tool when you want to edit another part of the image and instead of zooming out, you
can just move the image using the Hand tool to see your desired area as you can see from the image above
to the image below.

Using the History panel

You can undo multiple commands by using the History panel. The history panel shows the list of recently
executed commands that you view to correct mistakes, undo or redo the operations you have performance
on your image.
1. On the Menu Bar, click Window and click History.
2. On the History panel, click the History slider and drag it upward to undo the previous
command.
3. Click and drag he slider down to redo the command.
Window

History

History Panel

4. You can also go to the Menu Bar, click Edit and click Undo.

Undo

Saving your image

It is important to know the options to save a file. New, Edited and opened document may be saved for
future use or for a succeeding action such as printing and modifying.
SAVE COMMANDS

Command
Save

This save function overwrites a previously saved file. This save command opens a Save
As Dialog box the first time a document is saved, You can enter a file name and location
where the file will be saved.

Save as

This save command opens the Save As dialog box so you can save an existing file either
using the same name or giving it a new name. You can also choose to save the file in a
different file location, name or file type.

You can save your images to many kinds if files. If you are not ready to save your image permanently to
another application, you can save your image to a Photoshop file. You can do this by just clicking on
Save As on the File menu and then a dialog box will appear that will ask you where you will save the file
and what kind of application you want it to be saved in.

Save As..

As you type your file name and the folder where you want to save, on the format drop down menu select
Photoshop. The file extension for that application is .psd or .pdd. This will save your application to the
Photoshop image and can be edited again with the layers and the effev that you have placed in the image.
You can also save your image through any kind files like the .jpeg file or the .bmp file in case your
image is final. Just by selecting the format drop down menu, choose the file name where you want to save
your image.

Exiting Photoshop
After you have finished using the application, you can exit Photoshop.
1. On the Menu Bar, click File and click Exit.
2. If you have not saved your work, Photoshop alerts you to save them first.
3. You can also use the Close
button to close the program.