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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
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.
Note: I
f the file does not open, then the chosen format may not match the file’s true format, or the file may be damaged.
Opening PDF files
Portable Document Format (PDF) is a versatile file format that can represent both vector and bitmap data. It has
electronic document search and navigation features. PDF is the primary format for Adobe Illustrator and Adobe
Acrobat.
Some PDFfiles containasingle image, andotherscontain multiple pagesand images.Whenyou open aPDF file in
Photoshop, you can choose which pages or images to open and specify rasterization options. The pages or images are
imported as Smart Objects in new documents.
In Photoshop, you can also import PDF data using the Place command, the Paste command, and the drag-and-drop
f
eature. The page or image is placed on a separate layer as a Smart Object.
Note: Y
ou can’t bring PDF data into ImageReady.
See also
“PDF” on page 682
“Smart Objects” on page 427
“Placing files” on page 196
“Using drag-and-drop to copy between applications” on page 332
“Using the clipboard to copy between applications” on page 333
To open a PDF file
After you open a PDF document, you can import pages or images from it into new documents in Photoshop. You
can also import pages or images from a PDF document using the Place command.
1 Do one of the following:
• (Photoshop) Choose File > Open.
• (Bridge) Select the PDF file and choose File > Open With > Adobe Photoshop CS2. Skip to step 3.
2 In theOpendialogbox,selectthe name of thefile, andclick Open.You canchange whichtypes of filesare listed
by selecting an option from the Files Of Type (Windows) or Format (Mac OS) pop-up menu.
3 In the Import PDF dialog box, choose Page or Image from the Select menu, depending on what elements of the
PDF document you want to import.
4 Select the pages or images you want to open by clicking the thumbnails. Shift-click to select more than one page
or image. The number of selected items appears under the preview window.