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Opening an image

Opening an image - Photoshop Tutorial

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Opening an image

In this exercise, I am going to show you how to use the Open command inside Photoshop. Now, some of you might be thinking, oh, for crying out loud, I do not need your help to use the Open command. I think I can handle that all by my big old self, which is true, absolutely, of course. However, what I am going to be doing is showing you a few things you might not know about the command. A few things that might hang you up, as well some tricks, of course. So you might want to stay tuned. Now, here I am confronted by the ultra unfriendly Application Frame inside of Photoshop. I'll go up to the File menu, and I'll choose the Open command or press Ctrl+O, Cmd+O on the Mac. However, there is another way to work. Very few people know about this one. It's a really cool technique. If you're seeing the Application Frame as I am here on the PC, if you're not seeing it on a Mac, you can go the Window menu and choose the Application Frame command, which exist between tools Presets and Options…

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