Photoshop Getting to Know the Workspace

Lesson 1: Opening Files

The frustrating aspect of learning photoshop is that when learning it you will realise that you can accomplish the same task several ways. The following tutorials cover some of the different ways that you can open up different files in photoshop.

Opening an image

Professional Development for Educators – Opening an image in Photoshop on Adobe TV
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This brief tutorial shows you how to open an image in Photoshop. This activity comes from the Adobe Professional Development Workshop, “Explore Creativity in Today’s Classroom”.

Opening an image without Photoshop

The Best Ways to Open a PSD File Without Photoshop

Photoshop definitely got it right with the PSD file format. It saves the complete state of a still-being-edited image so that you can close down and resume work later. When working with images, you should always keep a PSD copy around in case you need to make tweaks to the image later on.

Opening a PDF in Photoshop

Opening a PDF in PhotoshopOpening and Editing PDF Files in Photoshop (Adobe Photoshop CS6)A simple tutorial on opening and editing PDF files using photoshop for calendar purposes.