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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78fea"><h1 class="topictitle1">Open a file using the Open command</h1>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78fda"><h1 class="topictitle1">Open a recently used file</h1>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78fba"><h1 class="topictitle1">Specify the file format in which to open a file</h1>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>You can open files using the Open command
and Open Recent command. You can also open files into Photoshop
from Adobe Bridge or Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom™.</p>
<p>When
opening certain files, such as camera raw and PDF, you specify settings
and options in a dialog box before the files completely open in
Photoshop.</p>
<p>In addition to still images, Photoshop® CS4 Extended
users can open and edit 3D files, video and image sequence files.
For more information, see <a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/WS38EADB62-E9AE-406f-90E2-8243DD303DF1a.html" target="_blank">Importing
video files and image sequences (Photoshop Extended)</a>.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>Photoshop
uses plug‑in modules to open and import many file formats. If a
file format does not appear in the Open dialog box or in the File&#160;&gt;
Import submenu, you may need to install the format’s plug‑in module.</div>
<p>Sometimes
Photoshop may not be able to determine the correct format for a
file. This can happen, for&#160;example, because the file has
been transferred between two operating systems. Sometimes a transfer
between Mac&#160;OS and Windows can cause the file format to
be mislabeled. In&#160;such cases, you must specify the correct format
in which to open the file.</p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />You can retain (where
possible) layers, masks, transparency, compound shapes, slices,
image maps, and editable type when bringing your Illustrator art
into Photoshop. In Illustrator, export the art in the Photoshop
(PSD) file format. If your Illustrator art contains elements that
Photoshop doesn’t support, the appearance of the artwork is preserved,
but the layers are merged and the artwork is rasterized. </div></div>
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<div id="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78fea" class="nochunk"><a name="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78fea"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Open a file using the Open command</h3><div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose File&#160;&gt; Open.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the name of the file you want to open. If&#160;the
file does not appear, select the option for showing all files from
the Files Of Type (Windows) or Enable (Mac&#160;OS) pop‑up menu.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click Open. In some cases, a dialog box appears, letting
you set format-specific options.</span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If a color profile warning message appears, specify
whether to use embedded profile as the working space, convert the
document color to working space, or reverse the embedded profile.
For more information, see <a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/WS0288D7CD-EEA8-4c6c-B48E-F499B06F8632.html" target="_blank">Color-managing
imported images</a>.</div>
</li>
</ol>
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<div id="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78fda" class="nochunk"><a name="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78fda"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Open a recently used file</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Choose
File&#160;&gt; Open Recent, and select a file from the submenu.</span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>To
specify the number of files listed in the Open Recent menu, change
the Recent File List Contains option in the File Handling preferences.
Choose Edit&#160;&gt; Preferences&#160;&gt; File Handling
(Windows), or Photoshop&#160;&gt; Preferences&#160;&gt;
File Handling (Mac&#160;OS).</div>
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<div id="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78fba" class="nochunk"><a name="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78fba"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Specify the file format in which to open a file</h3><div><div class="section"><p>If a file was saved with an extension that
doesn’t match its true format (for example, a PSD file saved with
a .gif extension), or has no extension, Photoshop may not be able
to open the file. Selecting the correct format will allow Photoshop
to recognize and open the file.</p>
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<div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Do
one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>(Windows) Choose File&#160;&gt; 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.</p>
</li>
<li><p>(Mac&#160;OS) Choose File&#160;&gt; Open,
and choose All&#160;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.</p>
</li>
</ul>
 <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If the file does not open, then the chosen format may
not match the file’s true format, or the file may be damaged.</div>
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