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USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8
Import photos
Last updated 7/26/2011
After the image is scanned, it appears in an untitled Photoshop Elements window.
More Help topics
“File formats for saving” on page 40
“About image size and resolution” on page 137
Local files, CDs, DVDs, and video
Get photos from files and folders
You can bring photos into Photoshop Elements from a hard disk or optical disc drive in your computer, either by
dragging them, or by browsing to them using the File
> Open or the File > Browse With Bridge command.
Browse to files on your computer
1 Select File > Open or File > Browse With Bridge.
2 In the dialog box, navigate to the folder that contains the files you want.
3 Do one of the following to select photos:
• To get a single photo, select it.
• To get multiple photos, Command-click to select the files you want. Or, click the first file, and then Shift-click the
last file in the list that you want.
• To get all the photos in a folder, navigate up one level from your current level, select the desired fold, and click
Open.
You can import a PDF file or a Photoshop Elements project in PDF format. Text in imported PDF files becomes part
of the image (you can’t edit the text).
Search for files on your computer
❖ From Adobe Bridge, choose Edit > Find.
About preview files
When you import photos, you can choose to download either high-quality or quick thumbnails (sometimes called
preview files). Thumbnail files appear as space-saving copies of the high-resolution originals.
Use the Thumbnails and Advanced options on the Bridge Preferences menu to specify settings for thumbnail files.
Get photos from a CD or DVD
You can copy photos from a CD or DVD onto your hard disk. You can make high-quality copies, as you might for
editing purposes, or, to save disk space, quick thumbnail files.
1 Select File > Open.
2 From the list of devices, select your CD or DVD drive, and select the photos you want to copy.
3 Click Open to bring in the photos.
